Income from government programs

2026-27 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 (CPP-DB), 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, Veterans Affairs Canada - Education and Training Benefit, Veterans Affairs Canada - Income Replacement 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")
• Canada Disability Benefit (CDB)
• Ontario Trillium Benefit
• GST/HST credit
• Ready, Set, Go (allowance from your Children's Aid Society or Child and Family Services Agency)
• Veterans Affairs Canada - Disability Benefits
• Veterans Affairs Canada - Additional Pain and Suffering Compensation
• 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