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Ford government calls police on career college funding
Ontario government investigates private career colleges for alleged fraud in student aid programs.
In brief
Ontario government investigates private career colleges for alleged fraud in student aid programs. Ontario's Doug Ford government paused OSAP funding for private career colleges after finding evidence of course fraud and student identity issues. Originally reported by Nationalpost.
Ontario government investigates career colleges
Ontario's Doug Ford government called in police and auditor general to investigate private career colleges for alleged student aid fraud.
“serious concerns”
Student aid fraud evidence found
Inspectors found evidence of third parties completing courses in a day and students unable to identify their schools.
“students who could not identify the name of the school they were said to be attending”
Funding amounts revealed
Three private career colleges received over $219 million in OSAP funding for 14,800 students in 2024-25 at nearly $15,000 per student.
“$219 million”
Funding paused for all students
All OSAP funding for private career colleges paused even for students in the middle of academic year.
“all OSAP funding of private career colleges will be paused”
Investigation started in 2025
Government began investigation in early 2025 after concerns raised in late 2024.
“concerns about student aid and the private post-secondary sector were first raised in late 2024”
What to remember
Ontario's Doug Ford government paused OSAP funding for private career colleges after finding evidence of course fraud and student identity issues.
