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Canada Student Loans Program (CSLP) - Designated Educational Institutions
The Master List of Designated Educational Institutions is produced by the Canada Student Loans Program, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada. The attached Master List of Designated Educational Institutions is updated regularly. It contains all the educational institutions where students are eligible to receive Canada Student Loans. All provinces, with the exception of the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and the province of Quebec, participate in the Canada Student Loans Program. Under the Canada Student Loans Act subsection 3(1), a designated educational institution means an institution of learning designated by an appropriate authority within the province that includes specified educational institutions within or outside the province that offers courses at a post-secondary level.
Each institution has its assigned four-digit Educational Institution Code and their name and address. This list is sorted alphabetically by the Educational Institution within each province or territory (international institutions are listed separately). An explanation of the codes can be found at the bottom of this page.
The educational institutions found on the Master List of Designated Educational Institutions are recognized for the purposes of the Canada Student Loans Program. To confirm your eligibility for student financial assistance, please contact your provincial/territorial student financial aid authority. Contact information can be found at www.canlearn.ca.
Some educational institutions that were formerly recognized for the purposes of the Canada Student Loans Program may no longer be found on the Master List of Designated Educational Institutions if borrowers have not recently attended these institutions. To confirm whether an educational institution is recognized, please contact your provincial/territorial student financial aid authority. Contact information can be found at www.canlearn.ca.
Master List of Designated Educational Institutions:
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- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Manitoba
- New Brunswick
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Northwest Territories
- Nova Scotia
- Nunavut
- Ontario
- Prince Edward Island
- Quebec
- Saskatchewan
- Yukon Territory
- International
Educational Institution Codes
Each code is a four-character alpha code. The first character will indicate one geographic location as follows: (Note: Nunavut will be added shortly.)
| A- British Columbia B- Alberta C- Saskatchewan D- Manitoba E- Ontario F- Quebec G- New Brunswick H- Nova Scotia I- Prince Edward Island J- Newfoundland K- Northwest Territories L- Yukon |
M- U.S.A. N- Central America O- South America P- United Kingdom Q- Rest of Europe R- Middle East S- Africa T- India/Southeast Asia U- Far East V- Australia/New Zealand Z- The Rest of the World |
The second character indicates the type of educational institution.
- U,W,X University (W and X added to accommodate American universities) including all technical degree granting institutions.
- J,H Junior college (community colleges, CEGEP) Includes those institutions offering the first two years of a degree program.
- N,M Nursing schools
- T,R Teacher training
- V Technical and Vocational (including Colleges of Applied Arts and Technologies and all schools whose highest diploma/certificate is vocational or technical. Not including technical degree-granting institutions.
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P,Q,S Private institution (includes commercial institutions, not-for-profit secular, and not-for-profit religious institutions).
The last two characters will uniquely identify the institution (676 possibilities) within its type and geographic location.
