2017-18 OSAP for Full-Time Students

Application Agreement

Before you can apply for OSAP assistance, you must read and agree to the terms and conditions in this OSAP Application Agreement. Once you have read all of the sections you must indicate that you agree to the terms and conditions and then select "Next."

The terms and conditions are set out in the Consents, Declarations and Signatures sections below and include the following:

I understand that any Ontario Student Grant that I receive may be converted into a loan if I do not meet the terms and conditions of the grant. In particular, if:

I withdraw from full-time studies within the first 30 days of my study period;
The income I have reported, or my parent(s) or spouse have reported, cannot be verified to the satisfaction of the minister; or
A reassessment results in a determination that I am no longer eligible for the grant or that I am no longer entitled to the amount of the grant received.

I understand that if I fail to provide complete and true information, the ministry may restrict me from receiving OSAP assistance in connection with this application and any future applications.
I am responsible for providing all required supporting documentation.
I understand that I am responsible for promptly notifying my financial aid office or the ministry (in writing) of changes to my address and/or my financial, academic, family, and/or study period status.
The ministry can collect and exchange personal information about me for the administration and enforcement of OSAP.

Collection and Use of Personal Information

Your personal information, including your Social Insurance Number (SIN), provided in connection with your student profile, this application, and any previous applications and financial assistance received will be used by the Ministry of Colleges and Universities (ministry) to administer and finance the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) and by Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) to administer and finance the Canada Student Loans Program (CSLP). Your SIN will be used as a general identifier in administering OSAP. The ministry and ESDC may use other parties for any of these activities. Under agreement with ESDC, the National Student Loans Service Centre (NSLSC) uses your personal information to administer OSAP and CSLP. Under agreement with the ministry, your postsecondary institution and, where authorized by the ministry, its agents who administer OSAP and its auditors, use your personal information to administer OSAP and CSLP.

Administration includes: determining your eligibility for financial assistance; verifying your application, including verifying the amounts and types of any other form of provincial or federal government financial assistance; updating your OSAP profile; paying your financial assistance; verifying your financial assistance, any relief granted from any payment you are required to make and any loan rehabilitation; considering any applications for review of determinations relating to your financial assistance, eligibility for relief from any payment or loan rehabilitation; auditing your file; assessing and collecting loans, overpayments and repayments; enforcing the legislation set out below and your agreements with the ministry and ESDC; and monitoring and auditing the NSLSC and your postsecondary institution or its authorized agents to ensure that they are administering the programs appropriately. In addition, administration by the ministry and ESDC includes public reporting on postsecondary education and training, including the administration and financing of student assistance programs and accessibility to and affordability of postsecondary education; planning, delivering, evaluating and monitoring student assistance programs for quality and improvements in both content and delivery, including establishing and monitoring the minimum amount of student aid your postsecondary institution is required to provide under the Student Access Guarantee, if applicable; conducting risk management, error management, audit and quality assessment activities; conducting inspections or investigations; and conducting research related to postsecondary education and training, including all aspects of student financial assistance and accessibility to and affordability of postsecondary education and training such as developing key performance indicators on the aggregated Ontario Student Loan default rates of your postsecondary institution’s students. The ministry may also disclose your personal information to other ministries of the Ontario government for the purpose of conducting post-secondary education related research on behalf of the ministry. You may be contacted to participate in surveys related to postsecondary education and training. Financing includes: planning, arranging or providing funding of the programs.

The ministry collects your personal information under the authority of the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.M.19, as amended, O. Reg. 70/17 as amended, and O. Reg. 282/13 as amended; s.10.1 of the Financial Administration Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.F.12, as amended; the Canada Student Financial Assistance Act, S.C. 1994, c. 28, as amended and the Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations, SOR 95-329, as amended and s. 266.3(4) of the Education Act. If you have any questions about the collection or use of this information, contact the Director, Student Financial Assistance Branch, Ministry of Colleges and Universities, PO Box 4500, 189 Red River Road, 4th Floor, Thunder Bay, ON, P7B 6G9; (807) 343-7260.

Consent to the Indirect Collection and Disclosure of Personal Information

I agree that until my loans, any amounts of excess financial assistance received and any other required repayments of financial assistance are assessed and repaid, the ministry can, without limitation, collect and exchange personal information about me that is relevant to the administration and financing of OSAP and CSLP with: ESDC; Canada Revenue Agency (CRA); NSLSC; my postsecondary institution and its authorized financial administration agents and auditors; any financial institution I have identified to the ministry or NSLSC for the purposes of direct deposit and repayment of my financial assistance; any person, including my employer, who received government funding or income support that was for my benefit; bodies identified on this application by name or bodies that administer programs identified on this application; persons or bodies, including government bodies within and outside Canada, that administer any form of financial assistance and that may have information about any of my sources of income, assets or residency or any defaults in repayment of a loan, grant or award made by a government body; other parties used by the ministry to administer and finance OSAP; ESDC’s contractors and auditors; collection agencies operated or retained by the federal or provincial governments; and consumer reporting agencies.
I agree that the ministry may use my personal information for the administration and enforcement of other applications I make to the ministry for financial assistance and of any OSAP application made by my spouse, any dependent children and/or my parent(s).

Applicant's Instruction to Obtain a Consumer Report

This is my instruction authorizing the ministry to obtain information about my credit history from a consumer reporting agency for the purpose of determining whether I am eligible for financial assistance.

Applicant's Declaration

I have given complete and true information on this form.
I understand that I am responsible for providing all required supporting documentation as indicated on my application or as directed by my financial aid office or the ministry.
I have advised my dependants who are 16 years of age or older that I have provided limited personal information about them on this application. I have shown them this section and I have obtained their consent to the disclosure and use of their limited personal information for the administration and financing of OSAP.
I understand that I am responsible for promptly notifying my financial aid office or the ministry of changes to any information I have provided in my personal profile or application, including the income or assets reported by me (or my spouse or parent(s), if applicable) and my financial institution, or of changes to my address and/or financial, academic, family, and/or period of study status. I will communicate any changes in information by updating my account on the OSAP website or in writing to my financial aid office or the ministry.
I understand that information I provide will be verified and the ministry may also conduct audits and investigations.
I understand that any change to the information I provide and any change resulting from verification and audit will result in a reassessment.
I understand that if my application is reassessed, it may affect my eligibility and the type and amount of financial assistance. If I received financial assistance in excess of my entitlement, I will promptly repay all or part of my grants, loans, bursaries, and/or scholarships, or my future loans may be reduced by the amount I owe.
I understand that if I am not eligible for a particular student financial assistance program, this may affect my eligibility for other loans, grants, awards, scholarships, or benefits.
I will not receive student financial assistance from any other province, territory, state, or country while receiving OSAP assistance and I have not defaulted in repayment of a loan, grant or award made by any other province or territory.
I must have financial assistance to continue my postsecondary studies, and I will use this financial assistance to pay my academic fees first and then to cover educational and living costs related to my studies.
I acknowledge and agree that my postsecondary school will forward the full amount of any refund of academic fees to the NSLSC for credit against my outstanding student loans.
I understand that I can withdraw any required consent I have given by writing to the Director, Student Financial Assistance Branch, Ministry of Colleges and Universities, PO Box 4500, 189 Red River Road, 4th Floor, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 6G9, at any time before I accept financial assistance. I understand that if I withdraw any of my required consents it will affect my eligibility for and the type and amount of financial assistance.
I understand that if I fail to provide complete and true information; fail to promptly notify my financial aid office or the ministry through my account on the OSAP website or in writing of changes to the income or assets reported by me (and my spouse or parent(s), if applicable) and my financial institution or any changes to my address and/or financial, academic, family, and/or period of study status; or fail to fulfil any obligations respecting the repayment of any loan or overpayment, the ministry may restrict me from receiving financial assistance in the future, including the Ontario Student Opportunity Grant, and may take legal action and may require me to repay any financial assistance that I received. I further understand that it is an offence to knowingly provide false information for the purpose of obtaining or receiving OSAP assistance. If convicted, I may be liable for a fine of up to $25,000 and one year in prison.

Consent to the Indirect Collection and Disclosure of Information from Income Tax Returns

I authorize the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) to provide to the ministry, identifying and income and expense information about me (“the information”), from its tax records. The information will be used solely for the purpose of determining my entitlement to, and collecting overpayments of, financial assistance under the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP). The ministry will not disclose the information to any person or organization without my written consent, except where authorized by or where required by law. The ministry administers OSAP under the authority of the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.M.19, as amended, O. Reg. 70/17 as amended, and O. Reg. 282/13 as amended; s.10.1 of the Financial Administration Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.F.12, as amended; the Canada Student Financial Assistance Act, S.C. 1994, c. 28, as amended and the Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations, SOR 95-329, as amended and s. 266.3(4) of the Education Act. This consent applies to the 2016, 2017 and 2018 taxation years and to any subsequent taxation year for which assistance is requested.