How to be eligible for osap?

The Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) is a financial aid program that can help you pay for college or university.

OSAP offers funding through:

When you apply for OSAP, we automatically consider you for both grants and a loan. If you don’t want to take a loan, and you’re a full-time or part-time student, you can decline it after your application is approved.

OSAP can help you pay for:

OSAP is open to Ontario residents of any age who are:

You may not be eligible for OSAP if you:

Before you begin your studies, you need to:

You can use OSAP to go to a private or public college or university anywhere in the world, as long as it’s been approved.

If you’re in a micro-credential program, you can only receive OSAP for OSAP approved micro-credentials offered at a postsecondary institution in Ontario.

Or, log-in to your OSAP account to see the OSAP approved micro-credentials.

The amount of money you can get depends on your:

If you use money from your Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP), it won’t affect how much OSAP you can get.

Additional funding may be available if you are:

be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or have protected person status; international students are ineligible. have Ontario residency, that is, have lived in Ontario for at least 12 consecutive months without attending full-time postsecondary school. register in an OSAP-approved degree program.