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does a landed immigrant/perm resident qualify for financial aid at canadian universities? or does one have to be a canadian citizen?

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u wud have to go to their websites and find out...

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ahh well isnt there like a universal government policy? like in US, federal aid is given to perm residents (green card holders)

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Yes... landed immigrants and permanent residents are eligible for Govt. funding... you;'d typically be applying for an integrated federal-provincial loan... and each province has its own residency requirement - e.g. in Ontario, you need to have been a resident for 12 continuous months before you can apply for a student loan.

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^ are there any grants available by the govt? or is it just loans?

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there's the millenium scholarship which is awarded on merit and is renewable based on progress - other than this, there are some grants available through other NGOs and are discipline specific. That being said, most of the funding comes through govt. student loans.

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NSERC … one of the major scholarships (given to 16000 students every year) http://www.nserc.ca
More specific page for NSERC scholarship http://www.nserc.gc.ca/sf_e.asp?nav=sfnav&lbi=pg

Also, some universities give ‘Admission Scholarship’ in which they would wave ur 1st year tution fees. I got for grad studies, but am not sure it’s for under-grad as well.

And yes, landed immigrants can also get these scholarships … long live Canada!

ps. Last resort … the famous OSAP Loan (if u r in Ontario) http://osap.gov.on.ca/eng/eng_osap_main.html

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thanks for the info guys. How's the competition for a mba at the top canadian universities? is it as bad as in US (Harvard etc)?