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Ontario freezes OSAP payments to all private colleges amid fraud probe, leaving students and schools in limbo

The province has referred the matter to the Ontario Provincial Police and notified Ontario's auditor general. But for now the government has stopped OSAP payments associated with all private postsecondary institutions while the audit continues.

Published Oct 6, 2026 at 9:06pm

Barbara Patrocinio
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Barbara Patrocinio
Ontario freezes OSAP payments to all private colleges amid fraud probe, leaving students and schools in limbo

Minister of Colleges and Universities Nolan Quinn speaks to reporters at Queen's Park this Tuesday. (Photo: Queens Park Briefing/Barbara Patrocinio)

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