What information do I need?

This section explains what you'll need at your fingertips to apply, what information you'll need to provide before you receive your funds and the confidentiality of your information.

Depending on what stage you're at in the application process, you will need to provide different information to our office.

What information do I need when I apply?

Contact Information

Name

Mailing address

Phone number(s) of one other contact

Academic Information

Program name

Program start and end date

Program course load (contact your school if you don't know what it is)

Educational institution or campus name

Registrar's email address and costs of your program (in Canadian funds) if attending and out-of-province school

All post-secondary studies you have taken

Income, Banking, and Funding Information

Total income from last year (line 15000 of last year’s Income Tax Return)

Scholarships, bursaries and funding

Your bank account information (bank transit number, institution number and account number)

Information Dependent Students Will Also Require

Note: You are a dependent student unless:

you have been out of high school four years, or
you have been in the workforce for at least two periods of 12 months, or
you are married or living common-law, or
you are a single parent

Parents' Social Insurance Number(s)

Parents' earnings and deductions (lines 15000, 30800, 31200, and 43500 of their last year's Income Tax Return)

Information Married or Common-Law Students Will Also Require

Spouse's Social Insurance Number

Spouse’s total income from last year (line 15000 of their last year’s Income Tax Return)

What documents do I need to submit to receive my funds?

Check your online account to see what documents you need to submit to receive your funds.

If you don't submit all of your documents, you will not receive any funds. We only accept documents until 45 days before your program ends, and you will not receive any funds if your program has ended.

How confidential is the information I give you?

Manitoba Student Aid complies with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) and the Personal Health Information Act (PHIA). Your information will be verified and may be audited, but it will always remain confidential.

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