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What is your student category?

Find Out Your Student Category

Read the sections below to determine which student category you are in for the 2008 – 2009 school-year.

• You have not been out of high school for at least four years (you graduated sometime after June 2004); and
• You have not been in the labour force for two periods of 12 consecutive months while not studying full-time at a post-secondary institution; and
• You have never been married and you do not have legal custody of any children.

• You have been out of high school for four years (you graduated on or before June 2004); or
• You have completed two periods of 12 consecutive months in the full-time workforce with a minimum gross wage of $7,500 per 12 month period while not studying full-time at a post-secondary institution; or
• Your parents are deceased and you have no legal guardian or sponsor; or
• You are separated/divorced/widowed and do not have legal custody of any children; or
• You are a permanent ward of a child and family services agency.

• You are a single person with a dependant and have primary custody of that dependant; or
• You are separated/divorced/widowed and have legal custody of dependent children who live with you.

• You are married; or
• You are living common-law and have claimed your marital status as common-law on your Income Tax and Benefits Return for the last two years; or
• You did not declare your marital status as common-law on your 2007 Income Tax and Benefits Return but you and your common-law partner are the natural parents of a child or children living in the same household for whom you are financially responsible.