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Legal status in Canada determining default tuition fees


Tuition fees are fixed by default on the basis on your legal status in Canada and study program.

Documents to provide and applicable rate based on your legal status

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Citizens, permanent residents, and indigenous people

Documents to provide

If you studied in a subsidized public Cégep program, you do not need to provide any documents.

Otherwise, you must provide one or more of the documents listed below, depending on your situation.

  1. One of the following documents:
    • Valid card or certificate of Indian status issued by the federal government of Canada
    • Nunavik Inuit Benefit Card or letter issued by the corporation Makivik.
    • Labrador Inuit Beneficiary card or letter issued by the government of Nunatsiavut.
    • Nunavut Inuit Enrollment Card or letter issued by Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.
    • Letter issued by the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation (Inuvialuit of the Northwest Territories)
    • Métis citizenship card issued by one of these 5 corporations:
      1. Manitoba Métis Federation
      2. Métis Nation British Columbia
      3. Métis Nation of Alberta
      4. Métis Nation of Ontario
      5. Métis Nation Saskatchewan

  2. If this is the first time you are studying in Quebec, you must provide a birth certificate written in French or in English (or translated by a certified translator) containing the following information:

    • Your legal name
    • Your usual first name and other first names
    • Your sex
    • Your birth date
    • Your place of birth (city and country)
    • Your parents’ first and last names
  1. One of the following documents:
    • Birth certificate
    • A copy of the Canadian act of birth specifying a place of birth in Canada.
  1. One of the following documents:
    • Canadian citizenship certificate
    • Canadian citizenship card
    • Birth certificate or a copy of the Canadian act of birth specifying a place of birth in Canada.

  2. If this is the first time you are studying in Quebec, you must provide a birth certificate written in French or in English (or translated by a certified translator) containing the following information:

    • Your legal name
    • Your usual first name and other first names
    • Your sex
    • Your birth date
    • Your place of birth (city and country)
    • Your parents’ first and last names
  1. One of the following documents:
    • Permanent resident card
    • Confirmation of Permanent Residence (IM-5688 signed by an immigration officer, IMM-5292)
    • Record of Landing (IMM-1000, issued until 2002)
    • Form IMM-5716 with Record of Landing Obtained
    • Official letter of Canadian immigration and citizenship confirming acceptance of permanent residence

  2. If this is the first time you are studying in Quebec, you must provide a birth certificate written in French or in English (or translated by a certified translator) containing the following information:

    • Your legal name
    • Your usual first name and other first names
    • Your sex
    • Your birth date
    • Your place of birth (city and country)
    • Your parents’ first and last names

Applicable rate

Quebec tuition rate or Canadian tuition rate (non-resident of Quebec) by default. See the list of exemptions to find out if you can receive a lower tuition rate.

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International

Documents to provide

  1. A valid passport

  2. If this is the first time you are studying in Quebec, you must provide a birth certificate written in French or in English (or translated by a certified translator) containing the following information:

    • Your legal name
    • Your usual first name and other first names
    • Your sex
    • Your birth date
    • Your place of birth (city and country)
    • Your parents’ first and last names
  3. You must provide the following two documents, unless the “Specific situations” section applies to you:
    • Valid study permit
    • A valid Québec Acceptance Certificate (CAQ) or a letter of attestation of issuance of a CAQ.
  4. Certain situations in the specifications listed below require an additional document.

Specific situations

Study permit and CAQ requirements depending on your situation and support documents to provide

Student
permit
required		 CAQ
required		 Additional documents to provide
Research stay No No Work permit for stays of 120 days or more
Postdoctoral fellowship No No Work permit
Short Program
(under 6 months)		 No No
Exchange program
(under 6 months)		 No No
Refugees, protected persons, or persons in need of protection Yes No One of the following documents:
  • Letter from the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB) attesting to your status as a protected person
  • Notice of IRB decision
  • Results of a Pre-Removal Risk Assessment by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
Diplomatic mission or international organization recognized by the Quebec government No No Attestation bearing the seal of Protocole du gouvernement du Québec
100% remote programs taken in Quebec No No Proof of address in Quebec
Holder of a work permit issued before June 7, 2023 No No A valid work permit issued before June 7, 2023
Person not present in Canada No No

Although the study permit and Québec Acceptance Certificate are sometimes optional, applying for them does have some advantages. Learn more!

Applicable rate

The default international tuition rate. See the list of exemptions to find out if you can receive a lower tuition rate.


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