To be eligible, you must meet the following requirements:
- Be a Canadian citizen, a permanent resident, or a person with protected or refugee status
- Have Quebec resident status
- Be enrolled in a recognized educational institution and program for the purposes of financial assistance (such as the University of Ottawa)
- Have full-time student status (you can have this status even while studying part time if you meet certain requirements)
- Respect your eligibility period (number of months you can receive financial assistance)
- Respect your debt limit (maximum loan amount you can obtain)
To study outside Quebec (in Ontario), you must also:
- Reside in Quebec and travel to the University of Ottawa daily
or
- Have resided in Quebec for at least two consecutive years before moving outside the province five years ago or less, and meet one of the following requirements:
- Your sponsor or parents reside in Quebec.
- Your sponsor or parents resided in Quebec and left the province less than three years ago.
- You have not interrupted your full-time studies for more than 12 consecutive months since your date of departure from Quebec.
Estimate your amount of financial assistance
Use the Quebec government assessment simulator to estimate the amount of financial assistance you could receive under the Loans and Bursaries program.
Application
You can apply starting in May for the upcoming school year and up to 30 days after your last month of study in the current school year.