OSAP for Ontario students studying medicine out-of-province?

[Guest Scholastica]

Hello,

 

I'm an Ontario resident, planning to study medicine at the University of Alberta. I'm wondering if I can still apply for OSAP even though I will be a med student in Alberta, not Ontario. I wasn't able to find the information I need on the OSAP website, so I'm wondering if anyone knows more about this.

 

Thanks!

[Guest Ollie]

Hey,

 

I'm fairly certain that you always get your student loan from your "home" province. I'm a BC resident at an Ontario school and I get my loans from BC even though I don't have a permanent address there anymore. The stipulation for changing provinces (at least in BC) is that you must have lived on your new province for greater than 12 months without being a full time student.

[Guest aneliz]

Yes, you would still qualify for OSAP. You would not qualify for Alberta student loans, so you should apply to OSAP as soon as possible. It is not a problem that you are attenting an out of province school.

[Guest Kirsteen]

Hi there,

 

There are a few folk in my class who come from Ontario and who have received OSAP each year. You simply apply on-line and one of the only differences noted is that your "signature" form needs to be sent to Thunder Bay as opposed to an Ontario university.

 

Cheers,

Kirsteen