Before your OSAP funding can be released each term, the Awards Office must confirm your enrollment at Carleton with OSAP. We attempt to automatically confirm your enrollment at the start of each term. If you are registered in the course load that you indicated on your OSAP application, and have submitted all required supporting documents, there is nothing you need to do. If you have not submitted all required documents or have not registered in the course load you indicated on your application, your OSAP funding will be placed on hold and your enrollment cannot be confirmed.

All income is verified with Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). If there’s a discrepancy between the income on file at OSAP and the information received from CRA, we will use the income from CRA to reassess your application. That means that the amount of your funding could change. If there is a significant variance, you could be restricted from getting OSAP. If you (spouse/parents, if applicable) haven’t filed a Canadian Income Tax Return for the years that are being verified, then the verification process cannot be completed and you won’t be eligible. Therefore, it’s important to ensure all tax returns are completed in a timely manner.

Your Income

If you are asked to provide income information from a prior tax year, it will be verified with CRA. You may also have to provide income from the current tax year, which cannot be verified until next year (after you submit your income tax return). You will receive notification the next summer if there are any changes to your funding.

Parent’s Income

The income that your parents (if applicable) provided for the prior tax year will be verified with CRA and any changes will be used to recalculate your funding.  If there is a change to your funding, you will be notified.

Spouse Income

The income that your spouse (if applicable) provided for the prior tax year will be verified with CRA and any changes will be used to recalculate your funding.  If there is a change to your funding, you will be notified. Source: OSAP Verification of Income