- Students should apply to the program through their province or territory of residence via links available on the Canada Student Loans Program web site.
- Students can get an estimate of the aid they may receive from the Government online
- Students should apply for government financial aid as soon as the applications are available (typically in April or May of each year) because the application approval process can take several months AND
- Faculty's Financial Aid application requires copies of the government funding application, so students need to apply for government funding PRIOR to filling out their Faculty Financial Aid application.
IMPORTANT - Please read before completing the government student financial aid application:
- Students should choose bachelor or undergraduate study as their level of study
- Students should NOT include any anticipated Faculty bursary in their government loan applications
- Once students are granted bursaries, the University will report these bursaries to OSAP. Students from other provinces are responsible for reporting Faculty bursaries they are receiving for the current academic year as per their provincial government student financial assistance agency’s reporting requirements. The bursary received should be reported AFTER it has been disbursed into the student’s account on ACORN.
- Students should take screen shots of their government application. These will need to be submitted with their Faculty Financial Aid application. Some provinces/territories do not allow students to have access to their applications once they are submitted, so the screen shots are your only record of the government application submission.
