OSAP Checklist for High School Students

Visit the OSAP website for more information about how OSAP works

Prepare for the submission of your OSAP application by collecting the following information.

Note: You are considered a dependent student until you have been out of high school for 4 years or more and if you are a dependent student, parental information will be required.

Your Personal Information

E-mail Address
Social Insurance Number
Month and year you last attended high school full-time
Driver's Licence Number
If you own or lease a vehicle, know the make, model, licence plate number, year and current market value of each vehicle.
Cost of one trip home to your parents' home by the most economical means available i.e., bus.

Your Financial Information

Estimate of your total gross income from January 2010 to December 31, 2010
Your total gross income from January 2010 to the start of your pre-study period. If you finished high school in January, the start of your pre-study period would be May15th, if you finished high school in June, the start of your pre-study period would be July 1st.
Estimate of your total gross income expected in your pre-study period. If you graduate high school in June, this would be July 1, 2010 to the start of classes in September 2010. If you finished being a full-time student prior to May, your pre-study period would be May 15th, 2010 to the start of classes in September 2010.
Estimate of your total gross income during your study period, September 2010 to April 2011, if you will be registered in the fall and winter semesters.
Total amount of scholarship and bursary funding to be received during your study period.
Type and amount of government assistance (i.e., Orphans Benefits) to be received during your study period.
Total amount of your RRSPs.
Total amount of any other assets i.e., savings, bonds, term deposits, GICs etc.

Your Parental Information

Marital status - If parents are separated or divorced, the parent and step-parent with whom you currently live, or who last supported you, must complete the parental section and sign the declaration. If parents are in a common-law or same sex relationship (Ministry policy states three years to be considered common-law), both must complete the application.
Social Insurance Numbers of both parents.
Total gross annual income for 2009(taken from line 150 of their 2009 Canadian Income Tax returns)
CPP contributions (lines 308 and 310)
Total tax payable (line 435)
E.I. premiums (line 312)' Birth date of each parent
Other income not included on the tax return, i.e. foreign income