Maintaining your “interest-free status” means that you do not have to repay your OSAP loan while you are in school.
The Government of Canada and/or the Province of Ontario will continue to pay the interest on your loan. If you do not keep your loans in interest-free status, you will be required to start repaying your loan(s) within six months of the end of your last study period.
Students with an OSAP loan who are enrolled in a program, or who are continuing full-time studies with a new OSAP loan, will automatically maintain interest free status.
In addition, these individuals can maintain interest-free status by completing the online Continuation of Interest-Free Status form:
Students who are beginning a co-op work term.
Students who have previous OSAP loans and who plan to continue their full-time studies without receiving OSAP.