The ministry has been advised by the financial aid office at your postsecondary school that you have failed to maintain satisfactory academic progress in your most recent academic year while you were on academic probation.
Common reasons for not progressing academically
If you wish to be considered for OSAP funding in the future, you must meet conditions during your restriction period.
You may continue your studies during the one-year restriction period; however, you are not eligible to receive OSAP loan, grant, or bursary funding. You may be eligible for Continuation of Interest-free Status on your existing loans if you are in full-time studies.
How to apply for interest-free status
If you do not continue full-time studies during the period of academic restriction, you will be required to begin repayment of your existing student loans six months after your last study period end date.
Programs available to assist with your repayment
If your course load is reduced or your study period end date changed (examples include, but are not limited to: withdrawing from studies, or not actively participating in one or more courses), you may have received more grant funding than you are now entitled to because of the change in your circumstance. Any grant which you were overpaid will be converted to loan. For additional details, visit the Status of your application page.
If you failed to achieve satisfactory academic progress because of exceptional circumstances which were beyond your control, you may appeal your academic restriction, and may have any conversion of your grants to loans reviewed. Should this appeal option apply to your situation, you may contact your financial aid office or the ministry as outlined below.
If you're going to school in Ontario:
Financial aid office at your school
If you're going to school outside Ontario:
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 or 1-877-672-7411