Parent’s dependent children

2019-20 OSAP Application for Full-time Students

A dependent child is the natural, foster, adoptive, or non-adoptive child from a previous relationship, of the parent, who is:

• under 18 years of age and living with the parent (and his or her spouse, if applicable) for 50% or more of the applicant's study period; or
• 18 years of age or older; and
• is enrolled in high school and taking at least 60% of a full course load and living with the parent (and his or her spouse, if applicable) for 50% or more of the applicant's study period; or
• is a full-time postsecondary student and has been out of high school less than six years; or
• has a disability and is wholly dependent on the parent (and his or her spouse, if applicable).

To be wholly dependent, a child over the age of 18 must meet all of the following conditions:

• The child is single and lives with the parent (and his or her spouse, if applicable);
• The child is, by reason of a mental or physical disability, dependent on others for their personal needs and care; and
• The child is claimed by the parent (and/or his or her spouse, if applicable) for tax purposes and Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has accepted the child as being wholly dependent upon the parent (and his or her spouse, if applicable) for tax purposes.