Income from government programs

2024-25 OSAP Application for Full-time Students

What to report:

  • Employment Insurance
  • Loss of Earnings Benefits (WSIB)
  • Ontario Disability Support Program
  • Ontario Works
  • Canada Pension Plan (Disability Benefits, Orphans' Benefits, Survivors' Benefits, Disabled Contributors' Child's Benefits)
  • Better Jobs Ontario
  • Canada-Ontario Job Grant
  • Government program that provides funding for costs of a postsecondary education program (e.g., the BEGIN Initiative: Bridging Educational Grant in Nursing)
  • Other (e.g., Social Assistance or Disability Benefits from another province in Canada, Resettlement Assistance Program and/or Private Sponsorship Program funding, funding from Sports Canada, Quest for Gold or other Athletic Training Programs, Veteran Affairs Canada - Education and Training Benefit, Canadian Armed Forces Education Benefits, etc.)

If you are receiving a Canada Apprenticeship Loan for your current study period, you are not eligible to apply for OSAP funding

What not to report:

  • Ontario Learn and Stay Grant
  • Registered Education Savings Plans (RESPs), Canada Education Savings Grant (CESG) or Canada Learning Bond (CLB)
  • Post-Secondary Student Support Program (PSSSP)
  • Indigenous Services Canada (previously known as INAC) funding, including the Métis Nation Post-Secondary Education Strategy, and the Inuit Post-Secondary Education Strategy
  • Canada Child Benefit (CCB)
  • Ontario Child Benefit (OCB)
  • Child support (report under "other income received during your study period")
  • Ontario Trillium Benefit
  • GST/HST credit
  • Ready, Set, Go (allowance from your Children's Aid Society or Child and Family Services Agency)
  • Veteran Affairs Disability Benefits
  • Criminal Injuries Compensation Board funding (victims of violent crimes)
  • Wage Earner Protection Program (WEPP) (report under "other income received during your study period")
  • Canada Training Benefit
  • International Education Strategy (including Global Skills Opportunity funding)
  • Funding for Athletes (such as Quest for Gold from Sports Canada or other Athletic Training Programs; only funding for training expenses or equipment is exempt)
  • Affordable Housing Programs
  • Community Homelessness Prevention Initiative
  • Assistance for Children with Severe Disabilities
  • Foster care payments