Ontario spent $465M more on OSAP last year. 95% of that went to private career college students, docs show | Page 24 | Unpublished
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Ontario spent $465M more on OSAP last year. 95% of that went to private career college students, docs show

June 5, 2026

When Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government drastically cut student assistance grants earlier this year, it cited "unsustainable" costs, but new figures show nearly all of the recent growth was among career college students. Opposition critics say that points to a problem of the government's own making, and the solution did not have to penalize students at universities and publicly funded colleges.



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