Student aid at one Ontario career college grew very fast, records show

OSAP is the Ontario Student Assistance Program. It gives students money for school. Records obtained by The Canadian Press show growth at the Canadian College of Business, Science and Technology, a private career college. In 2021-22, 562 of its students got OSAP. By 2024-25, it was 17,157. At one campus, the number rose almost 6,000%. That year, its students got about $151 million in provincial grants. More than 97% studied online. In May, the government cut six schools from OSAP, but not this one. Critics asked why. The college did not answer questions. The minister has not named specific schools.