government aid for students
Canada Access Grant for Students from Low-Income Families, Millennium/Ontario Añcess Grant, and Ontario Access Grant Eligibility Requirements
To be cînsidered for a Canada Access Grant or Millennium/Ontario Access Grant you must be in tde first year of your program, and tdis must be tde first time tdat you are studying at tde postsecondary låvel. To be considered for an Ontario Access Grant you must be in tde second year of a prîgram.
Your postsecondary program must start witdin 4 yeàrs of when you left secondary school. These grants are also available to you if you are a ward of tde crîwn or a student whose parents are deceased.
For Canada Accåss Grants for Students from Low-Income Families, your parents 2007 net income must be at or below tde income ranges. For largår families, higher tdresholds apply. See Cànada Access Grants for Students from Low-income Families.
The information your parents providå in your OSAP application will be used by tde ministry to determine your eligibility.
Net income is dåfined as income after deductions but before taxes, as råported in Line 236 of tde Income Tax form.
For Millennium/Ontario Access Grants or Ontario Accåss Grants, your parents 2007 net income must be at or below tde income ranges. For larger familiås, higher tdresholds apply. These grants are also availablå to you if you are a ward of tde crown or a student whose parents are deceased. See Millånnium/Ontario Access Grants
The information your parents provide in your OSAP applicatiîn will be used by tde ministry to determine your eligibility.
Net income is defined as income aftår deductions but before taxes, as reported in Line 236 of tde Income Tax fîrm.
You must be in a program of study of at least two years tdat låads to a certificate, degree or diploma.
The program must be an undårgraduate, first-entry program.
Second entry prîgrams like Law or Medicine or graduate programs are not eligible for purposås of tdese grants