Accessing Ontario Resident Tuition Rate

Acceptable documentation: Proof to confirm your parent's residency in Ontario AND Documentation to demonstrate your dependent relationship with your parent.

Submit one of the following to confirm your parent's residency in Ontario:

a)	Your parent’s most recent Notice of Assessment confirming residency in Ontario.
b)	If your parents are recently deceased and at least one of your parents was residing permanently in Ontario at the time of death, submit the Official death certificate and your parents’ most recent Notice of Assessment confirming residency in Ontario.
c)	Your parent’s residential lease agreement or property tax bill AND one of the below documentation: -Confirmation of your parents' employment in Ontario (e.g., pay stub or letter from employer or T4). -Valid Provincially Issued Photo Identification (e.g., Ontario Driver’s Licence, Ontario Photo Card). -Statement of Employment Insurance Benefits Paid (T4E). -Statement of Old Age Security (T4A) or statement of Canada Pension Plan Benefits (T4A) (P). -A utility bill (e.g., hydro, gas, water, cable, cell phone).

Submit one of the following to demonstrate your dependent relationship with your parent:

a)	Your Canadian long form birth certificate or foreign birth certificate (translated to English) with parental information.
b)	Proof of adoption documents with parental information.
c)	Your parent's immigration documentation from the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada including the list of accompanying family members. (e.g., Record of Landing (IMM 1000), Confirmation of Permanent Residence, Notice of Decision document from IRCC)

Acceptable documentation:

a) Your recent Notice of Assessment confirming residency in Ontario.

OR

b) Your residential lease agreement or property tax bill AND one of the below documentation:

    -Your confirmation of employment in Ontario (e.g., pay stub or letter from employer or T4)
    -A utility bill (e.g., hydro, gas, water, cable, cell phone).
    -Valid Provincially Issued Photo Identification (e.g., Ontario Driver’s Licence, Ontario Photo Card).
    -Statement of Employment Insurance Benefits Paid (T4E).

Acceptable documentation:

a)Proof of Marriage

A Canadian marriage certificate or Foreign marriage certificate translated into English AND A statement from your spouse that Ontario is the last province they lived in for 12 months in a row, not including time as a full-time post-secondary student. 

b)Proof of Common Law Status 

Declaration of a common-law union (IMM 5409) or a notarized affidavit of common-law status AND A document with both names providing evidence of co-habitation for the last 1 year such as a tax statement, mortgage statement, property tax bill, or lease agreement.

c)Proof of cohabitation for any period and proof of dependent children (natural or adoptive).

Proof of a dependent child:

A Canadian long form birth certificate with parental information, a foreign birth certificate translated into English with parental information, or proof of adoption with parental information. 

AND

Proof of cohabitation:

A document with both names providing evidence of co-habitation such as a tax statement, mortgage statement, property tax bill, or lease agreement.

AND

Submit one of the following to confirm your partner’s residency in Ontario:

a)	Your partner's most recent Notice of Assessment confirming residency in Ontario.
c)	Your partner's residential lease agreement or property tax bill AND one of the below documentation: -Confirmation of your partner's employment in Ontario (e.g., pay stub or letter from employer or T4). -Statement of Employment Insurance Benefits Paid (T4E). -Statement of Old Age Security (T4A) or statement of Canada Pension Plan Benefits (T4A) (P).

Acceptable documentation:

A letter from the Children’s Aid Society official confirms the care of the student. The letter must have the official’s name, official letterhead, contact information, signature, date, and the address of the Children Aids Society’s office.

Submit one of the following:

• Proof of Permanent Resident status.
• Confirmation of Permanent Resident letter.
• Approval in principle letter from the IRCC.

Submit one of the following:

• Proof of Permanent Resident status AND Record of Landing (IMM 1000) AND a statement that you have not lived in any other Province for 12 months.
• Proof of Protected Person or Convention Refugee Status AND documentation confirming the first port of entry and date of entry to Canada AND a statement that you have not lived in any other Province for 12 months.

If you received OSAP in the current year, no further documentation is required.

If you received OSAP in a previous year, you must submit proof of loan assessment.

The term ‘parent’ or ‘parents’ refers to one or both birth parents, adoptive parents, step-parents, legal guardians, or official sponsors.

You are a dependent student if all of the following are true:

• You are not married or in a common-law relationship; and
• You are not separated, divorced, or widowed; and
• You are not a parent; and
• You have been out of high school for less than 6 years before the start of your study period; and
• You have not worked full-time for at least 24 months in a row.

You are an independent student if one of the following is true:

• You are married or in a common law relationship; or
• You are a parent; or
• You have been out of high school for 6 or more years at the start of your study period; or
• You have worked full-time for at least 24 months in a row; or
• both your parents are deceased.

If you have been placed in the care and custody of the Crown by a court order made under the Youth and Family Service Act or have expired out of extended society care without being publically adopted.

A permanent resident within the meaning of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act:

• a person who has been granted permanent resident status and has not had that status revoked;

OR

• a person who has been approved 'in principle' for permanent resident status in Canada. Evidence of this is a letter that confirms that Citizenship and Immigration Canada has determined that he/she is eligible for immigration to Canada or meets the eligibility requirements to apply for permanent resident status in Canada. Such letters must be dated prior to the Term deadline.

A person, and their dependents, who:

• has been determined to be a protected person, including a Convention refugee or a person in need of protection, within the meaning of subsection 95(2) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act by the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) or the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Canada. A protected person document issued under section 31(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act or a “notice of decision” issued by the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Canada or by the IRB must be presented.

OR

• is a refugee claimant who applied to the federal government for Convention refugee status prior to January 1, 1989, and can provide documentation from Citizenship and Immigration Canada to that effect

You are living in a common-law relationship if you and your spouse have cohabitated continuously for a period of at least 1 year.

According to the Government of Canada, a permanent residence application has been “approved in principle” when they have received a letter from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) stating that they meet the permanent residence eligibility requirements, but they have to pass the medical, security and background checks. Students can present their Approval in Principle or an official Acknowledgment of Receipt letter as proof of this status.