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Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations — Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations
provincial loan means a loan issued by a province for the purpose of assisting a student in the pursuit of studies at a designated educational institution; ( prêt provincial )
Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations — Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations
risk-shared loan means a debt obligation incurred by a qualifying student on entering into a risk-shared loan agreement and which is owed to a lender or Her Majesty in right of Canada, as represented by the Minister; ( prêt à risque partagé )
Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations — Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations
risk-shared loan agreement means a full-time risk-shared loan agreement, a student loan agreement or a consolidated risk-shared loan agreement and includes agreements entered into under subsection 14(3) of the Regulations, whatever the date they are entered into. ( contrat de prêt à risque partagé )
Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations — 2.1
Person with a disability 2.1 A person who has either a permanent disability or a persistent or prolonged disability and who, during a confirmed period within a period of studies, is enrolled in courses that constitute at least 40 per cent but less than 60 per cent of a course load recognized by the designated educational institution as constituting a full course load, may elect to be considered as a full-time student. SOR/2022-131, s. 2
Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations — 3
3 A certificate of eligibility issued under subsection 12(1) of the Act shall specify whether the qualifying student named in that certificate qualifies for the issuance of that certificate under the Act and these Regulations as a full-time student or part-time student. SOR/96-368, s. 2; SOR/2000-290, s. 2; SOR/2009-143, s. 2; SOR/2011-96, s. 2
Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations — 7
7 (1) A borrower shall, in order to continue to be or again become a full-time student, (a) within 30 days after obtaining confirmation of their enrolment from an officer of the designated educational institution at which they are enrolled but before the end of the confirmed period, submits the confirmation of enrolment (i) to the Minister, if they are indebted under a direct loan agreement, and (ii) to the branch of the lender to which they are indebted under a risk-shared loan agreement or guaranteed student loan agreement; (b) when more than six months have elapsed between the day on which they ceased to be a full-time student under section 8 and the first day of the current confirmed period, (i) pay, if they are indebted under any full-time risk-shared loan agreement or guaranteed student loan agreement entered into as a full-time student, to the lender any interest accrued under those agreements to the day before the first day of the confirmed period, and (ii) pay, if they are indebted under any full-time direct loan agreement, to the Minister any interest accrued under that agreement to the day before the first day of the confirmed period; (c) if the confirmation of enrolment is submitted more than six months after the day that they ceased to be a full-time student under section 8 but before the last day of the confirmed period that started within the six-month period and (i) if they are indebted under any full-time risk-shared loan agreement or guaranteed student loan agreement that was entered into as a full-time student, either (A) pay to the lender the interest accrued under those agreements from the day after they ceased to be a full-time student, or (B) enter into a consolidated risk-shared loan agreement or a consolidated guaranteed student loan agreement in which the unpaid accrued interest referred to in clause (A) is added to the principal amount; or (ii) if they are indebted under any full-time direct loan agreement, either (A) pay to the Minister the interest accrued under that agreement from the day after they ceased to be a full-time student, or (B) directs the addition of the unpaid accrued interest referred to in clause (A) to the outstanding principal. (2) A borrower who meets the conditions referred to in paragraph (1)(a) (a) in the case where they meet the conditions of paragraph (1)(b) or (c), again becomes a full-time student on the day on which they meet those conditions; or (b) in any other case, continues to be a full-time student beginning on the day following the day on which they would otherwise have ceased to be a full-time student. SOR/96-368, s. 2; SOR/2000-290, s. 5; SOR/2002-233, s. 2; SOR/2011-96, s. 4; SOR/2012-68, s. 3 SOR/2023-273, s. 10
Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations — 7.01
7.01 (1) A borrower who ceases to be a full-time student under paragraph 8(1)(c) due to the occurrence of an event referred to in paragraph 15(1)(a), (b) or (i) cannot again become a full-time student unless the requirements in paragraphs 16(1)(a) to (d) are met, in addition to those set out in section 7. (2) A borrower who ceases to be a full-time student under paragraph 8(1)(c) due to the occurrence of an event referred to in any of paragraphs 15(1)(c) to (g) cannot again become a full-time student unless one of the requirements in paragraphs 16(2)(a) to (d) is met, in addition to those set out in section 7. (3) A borrower who ceases to be a full-time student under paragraph 8(1)(c) due to the occurrence of an event referred to in paragraph 15(1)(h) cannot again become a full-time student unless the requirements in paragraphs 16(3)(a) to (d) are met, in addition to those set out in section 7. (4) If a borrower who ceases to be a full-time student under paragraph 8(1)(c) was a minor when they received a risk-shared loan and has refused to ratify that loan, and the Minister has made a payment to the lender pursuant to subparagraph 5(a)(ix) of the Act in respect of that loan, the borrower cannot again become a full-time student unless the requirements in paragraphs 16(4)(a) and (b) are met, in addition to those set out in section 7. (5) If a borrower who ceases to be a full-time student under paragraph 8(1)(c) was a minor when they received a direct loan and has refused to ratify that loan, the borrower cannot again become a full-time student unless the requirements in paragraphs 16(4.1)(a) and (b) are met, in addition to those set out in section 7. (6) A borrower who ceases to be a full-time student under paragraph 8(1)(c) due to the occurrence of an event referred to in paragraph 15(1)(k) cannot again become a full-time student unless the requirement in subsection 16(4.2) is met, in addition to meeting the requirements set out in section 7. (7) If a judgment has been obtained against a borrower, the borrower cannot again become a full-time student unless the requirements in subsection 16(5) are met, in addition to those set out in section 7. SOR/2023-273, s. 11
Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations — 7.1
7.1 (1) The following definitions apply in this section and in section 12.21. medical leave means a leave from studies taken by a borrower as a result of a medical problem that, in the opinion of a medical professional, would significantly interfere with the borrower’s ability to pursue their program of studies. ( congé pour raisons médicales ) parental leave means a leave from studies taken by a borrower as a result of the birth of a child of the borrower, the adoption of a child by the borrower, or the commencement of the guardianship or tutorship of a child by the borrower. ( congé parental ) period of postponement of repayment means the period during which, by reason of a medical leave or parental leave, no amount on account of principal or interest is required to be paid by the borrower in respect of a student loan. ( différé de remboursement ) (2) The Minister may, on application, grant a borrower who ceases to be a full-time student on or after October 1, 2020 a period of postponement of repayment by reason of medical leave or parental leave, if the borrower submits the application in the form and manner specified by the Minister in the six months after the end of the borrower’s most recent period of studies, but no later than 12 months after (a) in the case of a medical leave, the date specified by the medical professional; or (b) in the case of a parental leave, the date of the birth or adoption of a child or the date the borrower becomes the guardian or tutor of a child. (3) If the Minister grants the borrower’s application, the borrower is deemed to continue to be a full-time student despite section 8 for a six-month period beginning on the first day of the month after the month in which they would otherwise have ceased to be a full-time student. (4) If the borrower’s medical leave or parental leave must be extended or the borrower is entitled to a new medical leave or a new parental leave, the borrower may, no earlier than 30 days before the end of the six-month period referred to in subsection (3) and no later than 30 days after that period, submit a request to the Minister to extend the length of the period of postponement of repayment to 12 months. (5) If the borrower’s medical leave or parental leave must be further extended or the borrower is entitled to a new medical leave or a new parental leave, the borrower may, no earlier than 30 days before the end of the 12-month period referred to in subsection (4) and no later than 30 days after that period, submit a request to the Minister to extend the length of the period of postponement of repayment to 18 months. (6) A borrower who has been granted a period of postponement of repayment cannot submit a new application for a period of postponement of repayment by reason of a new medical leave or a new parental leave for 30 days after the first day of the current confirmed period. SOR/2020-182, s. 1 SOR/2023-273, s. 12
Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations — Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations
medical leave means a leave from studies taken by a borrower as a result of a medical problem that, in the opinion of a medical professional, would significantly interfere with the borrower’s ability to pursue their program of studies. ( congé pour raisons médicales )
Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations — Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations
parental leave means a leave from studies taken by a borrower as a result of the birth of a child of the borrower, the adoption of a child by the borrower, or the commencement of the guardianship or tutorship of a child by the borrower. ( congé parental )
Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations — Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations
period of postponement of repayment means the period during which, by reason of a medical leave or parental leave, no amount on account of principal or interest is required to be paid by the borrower in respect of a student loan. ( différé de remboursement )
Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations — 8
avation was attributable to or was incurred during the designated operation, the borrower ceases to be a full-time student on the earlier of the day (a) on which the Minister determines that the injury or disease, or the aggravation of the injury or disease, no longer precludes the borrower from returning to a program of studies; and (b) that is 2 years after the day on which the borrower’s service on the designated operation ended. (5) The following definitions apply in this section: designated operation means an operation that is designated under paragraph 247.5(1)(a) of the Canada Labour Code . ( opération désignée ) reserve force has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the National Defence Act . ( force de réserve ) SOR/96-368, s. 2; SOR/2008-187, s. 3; SOR/2009-201, s. 1; SOR/2011-96, s. 5; SOR/2012-68, s. 4 SOR/2020-182, s. 2 SOR/2023-273, s. 13
Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations — Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations
designated operation means an operation that is designated under paragraph 247.5(1)(a) of the Canada Labour Code . ( opération désignée )
Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations — Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations
reserve force has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the National Defence Act . ( force de réserve )
Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations — 9
9 (1) Sections 8, 10 and 11 and subsection 12(4) of the Act apply in respect of risk-shared loans made to full-time students. (2) Section 8 and subsection 12(4) of the Act apply in respect of direct loans made to full-time students. SOR/96-368, s. 2; SOR/2000-290, s. 6 SOR/2023-273, s. 14
Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations — 10
10 For the purposes of paragraph 12(4)(a) of the Act, the amount for any province is $210 per week. SOR/96-368, s. 2; SOR/2005-152, s. 5
Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations — 10.1
10.1 Despite section 10, for the loan year commencing on August 1, 2025, the amount for any province is $300 per week. SOR/2020-144, s. 1 SOR/2023-157, s. 1 SOR/2024-146, s. 4 SOR/2025-113, s. 2
Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations — 11
11 For the purposes of subparagraph 12(4)(b)(ii) of the Act, the prescribed percentage, for any province, is sixty per cent. SOR/96-368, s. 2
Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations — 11.1
11.1 The principal amount of a student loan made to the borrower as a full-time student, and any interest, commence to be payable by the borrower on the last day of the seventh month after the day on which the borrower most recently ceased to be a full-time student under section 8. SOR/96-368, s. 8; SOR/2008-187, s. 4; SOR/2009-201, s. 7 SOR/2020-182, s. 6
Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations — 12
12 (1) Subject to section 15, a qualifying student to whom a certificate of eligibility as a part-time student has been issued and who has no outstanding student loan or guaranteed student loan made to them as a part-time student is entitled to obtain a student loan if (a) they have entered into a direct student loan agreement with the Minister; (b) an officer of the designated educational institution or the appropriate authority, as the case may be, has submitted a confirmation of enrolment to the Minister and to the branch of any lender to which the student is indebted under a full-time risk-shared loan agreement or guaranteed student loan agreement; and (c) the appropriate authority has submitted a certificate of eligibility to the Minister and to the branch of any lender to which the student is indebted under a full-time risk-shared loan agreement or guaranteed student loan agreement. (2) When the requirements set out in subsection (1) have been met, a qualifying student becomes a part-time student. SOR/96-368, s. 2; SOR/2000-290, s. 7; SOR/2018-31, s. 2
Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations — 12.1
12.1 (1) Subject to section 15, a qualifying student to whom a certificate of eligibility as a part-time student has been issued and who has an outstanding student loan or guaranteed student loan made to them as a part-time student is entitled to obtain a student loan if (a) they have entered into a direct student loan agreement with the Minister; (b) an officer of the designated educational institution or the appropriate authority, as the case may be, has submitted a confirmation of enrolment to the Minister and to the branch of any lender to which the student is indebted under a risk-shared loan agreement or guaranteed student loan agreement; (c) the appropriate authority has submitted a certificate of eligibility to the Minister and to the branch of any lender to which the student is indebted under a risk-shared loan agreement or guaranteed student loan agreement; and (d) the student has, on request, paid the Minister or any lender to which the student is indebted any interest payable on any outstanding loan, to the day before the first day of the confirmed period. (2) When the requirements set out in subsection (1) have been met, the qualifying student (a) again becomes a part-time student on the day on which those requirements are met, if more than six months have elapsed between the last day of the previous confirmed period and the first day of the current confirmed period; and (b) continues to be a part-time student on and after the day following the last day of the previous confirmed period, where not more than six months have elapsed between the last day of that period and the first day of the current confirmed period. (3) If a student is indebted to the Minister under a direct student loan agreement, a further direct loan made to that student in accordance with this section must be a revision to, and form a part of, that agreement. SOR/96-368, s. 2; SOR/2000-290, s. 8; SOR/2009-201, s. 2; SOR/2018-31, s. 3
Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations — 12.2
12.2 (1) Subject to sections 12.1 and 15, a borrower continues to be or again becomes a part-time student if (a) they have entered into a direct student loan agreement with the Minister; (b) an officer of the designated educational institution or the appropriate authority, as the case may be, has submitted a confirmation of enrolment to the Minister and to the branch of any lender to which they are indebted under a risk shared loan agreement or guaranteed student loan agreement; (c) the appropriate authority has submitted a certificate of eligibility to the Minister and to the branch of any lender to which the borrower is indebted under a risk-shared loan agreement or guaranteed student loan agreement; and (d) the borrower has, on request, paid to the Minister or any lender, as the case may be, any interest payable on any outstanding loan, to the day before the first day of the confirmed period. (2) When the requirements set out in subsection (1) have been met, the borrower (a) again becomes a part-time student on the day on which those requirements have been met, if more than six months have elapsed between the last day of the previous confirmed period and the first day of the current confirmed period; and (b) continues to be a part-time student on and after the day following the last day of the previous confirmed period, where not more than six months have elapsed between the last day of that period and the first day of the current confirmed period. SOR/96-368, s. 2; SOR/2000-290, s. 9; SOR/2009-201, s. 3; SOR/2018-31, s. 4
Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations — 12.21
12.21 (1) The Minister may, on application, grant a borrower who ceases to be a part-time student on or after October 1, 2020 a period of postponement of repayment by reason of medical leave or parental leave, if the borrower submits the application in the form and manner specified by the Minister in the six months following the end of the borrower’s most recent period of studies, but no later than 12 months after (a) in the case of a medical leave, the date specified by the medical professional; or (b) in the case of a parental leave, the date of the birth or adoption of a child or the date the borrower becomes the guardian or tutor of a child. (2) If the Minister grants the borrower’s application, the borrower is deemed to continue to be a part-time student despite section 12.3 for a six-month period beginning on the first day of the month after the month in which they would otherwise have ceased to be a part-time student. (3) If the borrower’s medical leave or parental leave must be extended or the borrower is entitled to a new medical leave or a new parental leave, the borrower may, no earlier than 30 days before the end of the six-month period referred to in subsection (2) and no later than 30 days after that period, submit a request to the Minister to extend the length of the period of postponement of repayment to 12 months. (4) If the borrower’s medical leave or parental leave must be further extended or the borrower is entitled to a new medical leave or a new parental leave, the borrower may, no earlier than 30 days before the end of the 12-month period referred to in subsection (3) and no later than 30 days after that period, submit a request to the Minister to extend the length of the period of postponement of repayment to 18 months. (5) A borrower who has been granted a period of postponement of repayment cannot submit a new application for postponement of repayment by reason of a new medical leave or a new parental leave for 30 days after the first day of the current confirmed period. SOR/2020-182, s. 3
Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations — 12.3
12.3 Subject to paragraphs 12.1(2)(b) and 12.2(2)(b) and subsection 12.21(2), a borrower ceases to be a part-time student on the earliest of (a) the last day of the last confirmed period, (b) the last day of the month in which the borrower no longer meets the applicable minimum percentage referred to in the definition part-time student in subsection 2(1), and (c) the applicable day on which the period during which no amount on account of principal or interest is required to be paid by the borrower is terminated in accordance with section 15. SOR/96-368, s. 2; SOR/2009-201, s. 4 SOR/2020-182, s. 4
Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations — 12.4
12.4 Section 11 of the Act applies in respect of risk-shared loans made to part-time students. SOR/96-368, s. 2; SOR/2000-290, s. 10
Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations — 12.5
12.5 The maximum amount, for any province, for the purposes of subsection 12(6) of the Act is $10,000 less the aggregate principal amount of any outstanding student loans or guaranteed student loans made to that student as a part-time student. SOR/96-368, s. 2; SOR/2009-201, s. 5
Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations — 12.6
12.6 The principal amount of a student loan made to the borrower as a part-time student, and any interest, commence to be payable by the borrower on the last day of the seventh month after the day on which the borrower most recently ceased to be a full-time student under section 8 or a part-time student under section 12.3, as the case may be. SOR/2009-201, s. 5
Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations — 13
13 (1) In this section and section 14, assignee lender means a lender to which a borrower’s outstanding risk-shared loan agreements are assigned in accordance with this section; ( prêteur cessionnaire ) assignor lender means a lender that assigns a borrower’s outstanding risk-shared loan agreements in accordance with this section. ( prêteur cédant ) (2) Subject to section 14, a borrower may request the assignment of all of that borrower’s outstanding risk-shared loan agreements if the following conditions are met: (a) the borrower completes the prescribed form to request an assignment of risk-shared loan agreements, (b) the borrower submits the completed form to the assignor lender, and (c) the assignee lender accepts the agreements to be assigned. (3) Where subsection (2) is complied with, the assignor lender shall sign the assignment agreement and forthwith send to the assignee lender the borrower’s risk-shared loan agreements and all other documentation in respect of those agreements. (4) Subject to subsection 14(3), on receipt of the agreements and other documentation referred to in subsection (3) and on verification that subsection 14(1) has been complied with, the assignee lender shall pay to the assignor lender an amount equal to the aggregate of the outstanding balance of the principal of the risk-shared loans as of the day referred to in subsection (5) and any unpaid interest accrued on those loans to that day, less five per cent of the outstanding principal amount of any risk-shared loans made to the borrower for which a risk premium was paid to a lender pursuant to subparagraph 5(a)(v) of the Act. (5) An assignment made in accordance with this section shall take effect on the day before the day of the payment referred to in subsection (4). SOR/96-368, s. 3; SOR/2000-290, s. 11
Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations — Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations
assignee lender means a lender to which a borrower’s outstanding risk-shared loan agreements are assigned in accordance with this section; ( prêteur cessionnaire )