Yes. I did a distant learning program from the UK without living in the UK. I was asked to submit the UK PCC. I got it from ACRO. there is a premium service which gets it made in 2 days.
Thank you for your email.
ACRO Reply
This is the advice we have received from the Canadian Embassy;
We only request police certificates from individuals aged 18 or older who have lived in a particular jurisdiction for more than six months since their 18th birthday and, then, normally in the context of an application for permanent residence. Normally we would not request a police certificate if the individual is applying for temporary residence (visitor or student) and we would not request a UK police certificate from anyone who has never lived in the UK.
We have sent your details to the embassy to advise we are unable to process an application for anyone who has not lived in the UK.
Please tell me when you got it from ACRO.
Thanks,
Regards,
Muhammad