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Oct 27, 2026
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Ontario delayed inspections of 2 career colleges later given ‘fails’: court docs
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1, 2024, according to court records, but did not start the in-person inspections until July and August of 2025, respectively.
That organization wrote a letter to the ministry in January 2025, flagging “irregularities” in OSAP usage at 10 schools, including the two Academy of Learning locations.
Growth in OSAP applications at most career colleges was flat between 2022 and 2024, Career College Ontario wrote, but the Bay location saw growth of 642 per cent, and Brampton East saw 527 per cent.
In May of 2025, the federal government told the province about serious concerns with those schools.
Successful OSAP applications at those two schools, which share a parent company, totalled $173 million in grants alone in 2024-25, according to data previously obtained by The Canadian Press through a freedom-of-information request.
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Ontario delayed inspections of 2 career colleges later given ‘fails’: court docs
By Allison Jones The Canadian Press
Posted October 27, 2026 8:50 am
WATCH: Focus Ontario: American Accusations and OSAP Limitations – Oct 17, 2026
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Ontario delayed inspections of two career colleges that ultimately turned up serious concerns about student financial aid use, which meant the schools received a “fail” only after they had been approved for funding for another year, court records show.…
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