Ontario Learn and Stay Grant
Learn about funding to cover the costs of tuition, books and other direct educational expenses.
Overview
The Ontario Learn and Stay Grant provides funding for students studying in priority programs in priority communities in Ontario. This program:
- requires you to learn and work in the region where you study
- responds to labour market needs, including in health care
- helps communities get the workers they need for in-demand professions
In addition to providing free tuition,
- compulsory fees
- books
- other direct educational costs (for example, supplies, equipment)
You can also apply for the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) to help pay for other expenses, such as living costs.
Eligibility and program requirements
To be eligible for this grant, you must:
- successfully apply to and enrol in the first year of an eligible program in a priority community
- be an Ontario resident who is a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or protected person
- commit to work in the region where you studied when you graduate
- not be receiving funding from any of the following government programs:
Service commitment
To receive this grant, you need to fulfill a service commitment. This means you are required to work in the region where you studied for a minimum of six months for every year of study funded by this grant.
For example, if your program of study is four years long, and you received the Ontario Learn and Stay Grant for each year that you studied, you must work in the region for 24 months (two years) after graduation.
Your funding will be converted to a repayable loan if certain conditions are not satisfied, including completing the service commitment.
How to apply
Applications for the grant will be available online or through a paper application in Spring 2023 for eligible programs, institutions and regions of study beginning in 2023–2024.
Paper applications will be available at the financial aid office of the postsecondary institution you plan to attend.
Further information on the online application process will be available in Spring 2023.
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After you apply
If you apply online, you will be able to check the status of your application as soon as you submit it.
You'll find out:
- if your application has been processed
- if you have any documents you need to provide
- if you or your school have to provide information
- how much money you'll receive
- when your money will be available
If you apply with a paper application, the ministry will mail you information about the status of your application.
Eligible programs, institutions and regions
The following programs, institutions and campus locations offering nursing, paramedic and medical laboratory technology/medical laboratory science at the diploma, undergraduate, masters and post-graduate levels will be eligible for the 2023–2024 academic year.
Diploma programs
Practical Nursing
- Algonquin College: Perth, Pembroke, Ottawa
- Collège Boréal: Sudbury, Timmins, Hearst, Kapuskasing, Nipissing, Windsor
- Cambrian College: Sudbury
- Canadore College: North Bay, Parry Sound
- Confederation College: Atikokan, Dryden, Fort Frances, Kenora, Longlac, Marathon, Nipigon, Sioux Lookout, Thunder Bay
- Fanshawe College: London, Woodstock
- Georgian College: Owen Sound
- La Cité Collégiale: Ottawa
- Lambton College: Sarnia
- Loyalist College: Belleville
- Northern College: Haileybury, Kirkland Lake, Timmins
- Sault College: Sault Ste. Marie
- St. Clair College: Windsor, Chatham
- St. Lawrence College: Brockville, Cornwall, Kingston
Paramedic
- Collège Boréal: Sudbury
- Cambrian College: Sudbury
- Confederation College: Thunder Bay
- CTS Canadian Career College Inc.: Sudbury
- CTS Canadian Career College Inc.: North Bay
- CTS Canadian Career College Inc.: Sault Ste. Marie
- Northern College: James Bay Education Centre Campus in Moosonee, Timmins
- Seven Generations Education Institute (partnered with Durham College): Fort Frances, Kenora
Medical Laboratory Technology/ Medical Laboratory Science
- Cambrian College: Sudbury
- St. Clair College: Windsor
Undergraduate programs
Bachelor or Bachelor of Science in Nursing
- Algonquin College: Ottawa, Pembroke (collaborative with University of Ottawa)
- Cambrian College: Sudbury (stand-alone and collaborative with Laurentian)
- Canadore College: North Bay
- Confederation College: Thunder Bay
- Fanshawe College: London
- Georgian College: Owen Sound
- La Cité Collégiale: Ottawa
- Lakehead University: Thunder Bay
- Lambton College: Sarnia
- Laurentian University: Sudbury (three stand-alone programs, one English and two French, and one collaborative with Northern College)
- Loyalist College: Belleville
- Nipissing University: North Bay
- Northern College: Timmins (collaborative with Laurentian University)
- Queen's University: Kingston (one regular and one accelerated standing track)
- University of Ottawa: Ottawa (two stand-alone in Ottawa and three collaborative with Algonquin College in Ottawa and Pembroke)
- Sault College: Sault Ste. Marie
- St. Clair College: Windsor and Chatham (collaborative with University of Windsor)
- St. Lawrence College: Brockville, Cornwall, Kingston
- Western University: London (Nursing Compressed Program and regular program collaborative with Fanshawe College)
- University of Windsor: Windsor (stand-alone) and Chatham (collaborative with St. Clair College)
Master's programs
Master's programs for nursing at the following institutions:
- Lakehead University: Thunder Bay
- Master of Public Health: Nurse Practitioner Specialization
- Master of Nursing: Nurse Practitioner Specialization
- Master of Nursing: Advanced Practice
- Laurentian University: Sudbury
- Master's in Nursing (MSc)
- Nurse Practitioner MSc Nursing
- Advanced Practice Nursing Stream: MSc Nursing
- Queen's University: Kingston
- Master of Nursing Science
- Master of Nursing (Primary Healthcare Nurse Practitioner)
- University of Ottawa: Ottawa
- Master of Science Nursing
- Master of Nursing
- Western University: London
- MSCN: Master of Science in Nursing
- Master of Nursing – Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner
- University of Windsor: Windsor
- Master of Science in Nursing (MScN)
- Masters of Nursing (MN) – Primary Healthcare Nurse Practitioner
Postgraduate programs
Postgraduate (post-Master's) Nursing Diploma programs at the following institutions:
- Queen's University: Kingston
- Nurse Practitioner Diploma
- Western University: London
- Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner Diploma
- University of Windsor: Windsor
- Graduate Diploma: Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner
Footnotes
- footnote[1] Back to paragraph Free tuition refers to grants that will cover the cost of tuition, books, compulsory fees and other direct education costs, such as supplies and equipment.