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Ontario to cap OSAP growth at career colleges following massive increases

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Jones, A. (2026, November 12). Ontario to cap OSAP growth at career colleges following massive increases. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/ontario-to-cap-osap-growth-at-career-colleges-following-massive-increases/article_0fe43ecc-7abd-554c-9ab1-b935da7edd6f.html

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Toronto Star · collected 2026-11-12 · by Allison Jones

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Ontario's Colleges and Universities Minister Nolan Quinn announced on Monday that the government will introduce legislation to cap the growth of students funded by the Ontario Student Assistance Program at career colleges. This move follows significant increases in the sector, which prompted police involvement. The new rules will restrict funding to in-person and hybrid programs, mandate a physical campus, and prevent colleges from running unrelated businesses on site.
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Ontario's Minister of Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence and Security, Nolan Quinn, announced on November 12, 2026, that the Progressive Conservatives will table legislative changes next week to strengthen oversight of private career colleges. The proposed overhaul includes capping the growth of Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) funding for students at these institutions, banning online-only classes from qualifying for OSAP, and requiring career colleges to have a physical location. Additionally, the legislation will prohibit third-party recruiters such as immigration consultants from operating on campus and restrict relationships between career colleges and unrelated third-party organizations. The government initiated these measures after receiving complaints about suspected abuse and fraud at several Greater Toronto Area private colleges, leading to a freeze on OSAP grants for the 2025–26 and 2026–27 academic years. Despite these concerns, the government has not yet announced when OSAP grants will be restored to students at compliant institutions.

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Toronto StarThis outlet12 Nov

Ontario's Colleges and Universities Minister Nolan Quinn announced on Monday that the government will introduce legislation to cap the growth of students funded by the Ontario Student Assistance Program at career colleges. This move follows significant increases in the sector, which prompted police involvement. The new rules will restrict funding to in-person and hybrid programs, mandate a physical campus, and…

Ontario to cap OSAP growth at career colleges following massive increases (this article)2 articles from Toronto Star on this story
The Globe and Mail12 Nov

Ontario's Progressive Conservative government plans to introduce legislation next week that would restrict government loans to students taking only online classes at private colleges and require these institutions to have physical locations. The proposed changes also aim to curb enrolment growth and prohibit third-party recruiters from operating on campus. Ontario’s Minister of Colleges, Universities, Research…

Ontario seeks to strengthen oversight of career colleges through limits on OSAP, enrolment →
Toronto Sun12 Nov

Ontario plans to introduce legislation next week aimed at curbing abuse and fraud in its student financial assistance program, particularly at private career colleges. The proposed changes include capping enrolment growth, making predominantly online programs ineligible for OSAP funding, requiring physical campuses, and tightening eligibility and verification requirements. Additionally, the province intends to…

Ontario to propose changes to private career colleges →
Global News12 Nov

Ontario's Colleges and Universities Minister Nolan Quinn announced plans to introduce legislation on Monday that would cap the growth of Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) funding for career colleges. This move follows a significant increase in OSAP usage by the sector, which prompted a police investigation. Between 2023-24 and 2024-25, provincial OSAP grants to career colleges nearly doubled to about $1…

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Allison Jones
31 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
Critics question why the college was not among the six schools that Colleges and Universities Minister Nolan Quinn denied OSAP eligibility to this May.
2026-11-13 · assertive framing · Career college saw OSAP usage rise 6,000 per cent, but wasn't cut off this spring
Career colleges in Ontario could soon be subject to limits on the growth of students funded by financial aid, following explosive increases in the sector that prompted the government to call in the police.
2026-11-12 · mixed framing · Ontario to cap OSAP growth at career colleges following massive increases
Aitchison had announced he would resign his Parry Sound-Muskoka seat at the end of the fall sitting of Parliament, and the Ontario government says he will be sworn in as Muskoka District chair on Dec. 1.
2026-11-10 · assertive framing · Ontario appoints eight regional chairs, including outgoing Conservative MP Scott Aitchison
Ontario’s colleges and universities minister says he will not be releasing a government-commissioned audit into student financial aid usage at career colleges.
2026-11-03 · assertive framing · Ontario won't make career college OSAP audit public, minister says
He said his stomach dropped when he heard the funding was paused, and wondered if he would have to quit school.
2026-11-03 · assertive framing · Ontario’s OSAP pause hits paramedic students
Quinn earlier this year drastically reduced the amount of OSAP grants that students at universities and publicly funded colleges could receive in the name of "sustainability" as the program was facing rising costs.
2026-11-02 · assertive framing · Ontario education ministry alleges thousands of OSAP applications came from single IP address
TORONTO - Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy is set to provide an update on the province’s finances today by tabling his government’s fall economic statement.
2026-10-29 · assertive framing · Ontario finance minister to table fall economic update
There has been no public communication from the government about the status of the program that aims to get people off social assistance and into the work force, but people who were depending on the program and the institutions that were set to train them are taking note.
2026-10-28 · assertive framing · Ontario pauses some skills training funding for unemployed people
In May of 2025, the federal government told the province about serious concerns with those schools.
2026-10-27 · assertive framing · Ontario’s delayed inspections of two career colleges was after funding approval, records show
Now that the Ontario government has confirmed that a provincewide pause on student financial assistance payments to career colleges will last for months, some students say they’re worried it will prevent them from graduating.
2026-10-21 · assertive framing · Career college students worry about impact of OSAP pause, extended to 2027
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Ontario won't make career college OSAP audit public, minister says
2026-11-03 · Toronto Star
Ontario’s OSAP pause hits paramedic students
2026-11-03 · The Globe and Mail
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Colleges and Universities Ontario Ontario Student Assistance Program TORONTO

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Colleges and Universities ORG · 1× Nolan Quinn PERSON · 1× Ontario GPE · 1× Ontario Student Assistance Program ORG · 1× TORONTO GPE · 1×

Narrative

Colleges and Universities Minister Nolan Quinn announced that legislation on Monday will include the as-yet undefined cap, limit Ontario Student Assistance Program funding to in-person and hybrid programs at those institutions and require them to have a physical location, and prohibit them from operating unrelated businesses on campus.
framing: mixed · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-11-15
Career colleges in Ontario could soon be subject to limits on the growth of students funded by financial aid, following explosive increases in the sector that prompted the government to call in the police.
2026-11-15 · Toronto Star
Ontario to cap OSAP growth at career colleges following massive increases · mixed framing

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Career colleges in Ontario could soon be subject to limits on the growth of students funded by financial aid, following explosive increases in the sector that prompted the government to call in the police. uncertain
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Colleges and Universities Minister Nolan Quinn announced that legislation on Monday will include the as-yet undefined cap, limit Ontario Student Assistance Program funding to in-person and hybrid programs at those institutions and require them to have a physical location, and prohibit them from operating unrelated businesses on campus. asserted
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