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Canada Student Loans Act

Version of section 2 from 2005-10-05 to 2013-12-11:


Marginal note:Definitions

  •  (1) In this Act,

    appropriate authority

    autorité compétente

    appropriate authority for a province means such person, body or authority as may be designated by the lieutenant governor in council of that province as the appropriate authority for that province for the purposes of this Act; (autorité compétente)

    borrower

    emprunteur

    borrower means a person to whom a loan is made by a lender under this Act; (emprunteur)

    certificate of eligibility

    certificat d’admissibilité

    certificate of eligibility means a certificate in prescribed form issued or caused to be issued by an appropriate authority pursuant to section 14; (certificat d’admissibilité)

    guaranteed student loan

    prêt garanti

    guaranteed student loan means a loan made in accordance with the requirements of section 7; (prêt garanti)

    lender

    prêteur

    lender means

    • (a) a bank or an authorized foreign bank within the meaning of section 2 of the Bank Act,

    • (b) a credit union, caisse populaire or other cooperative credit society that is designated by the Minister on the application of that society as a lender for the purposes of this Act, or

    • (c) a company within the meaning of the Trust and Loan Companies Act, or a company, society or provincial company within the meaning of the Insurance Companies Act, that is designated by the Minister on the application of that company, society or provincial company as a lender for the purposes of this Act; (prêteur)

    loan year

    année de prêt

    loan year means the period commencing on August 1 in any year and ending on July 31 in the following year; (année de prêt)

    Minister

    ministre

    Minister means the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development; (ministre)

    period of studies

    période d’études

    period of studies means a period of studies at a specified educational institution in a course that is recognized by that educational institution and the appropriate authority for the province to be equivalent to a course that may be taken by a full-time student at that institution as part of a program of studies of at least twelve consecutive weeks duration; (période d’études)

    prescribed

    Version anglaise seulement

    prescribed, in the case of a form or the information to be given on a form, means prescribed by the Minister and, in any other case, means prescribed by the regulations; (Version anglaise seulement)

    qualifying student

    étudiant admissible

    qualifying student means a person

    • (a) who is a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act,

    • (b) who is qualified for enrolment or is enrolled at a specified educational institution as a full-time or part-time student for a period of studies at a post-secondary school level, and

    • (c) who intends to attend at a specified educational institution as a full-time or part-time student for a period of studies described in paragraph (b) if it is financially possible for that person to do so; (étudiant admissible)

    specified educational institution

    établissement d’enseignement agréé

    specified educational institution means an institution of learning, whether within or outside a province, that offers courses at a post-secondary school level and that is designated by the lieutenant governor in council of that province, either particularly or as a member of a class, as a specified educational institution within the meaning of this Act. (établissement d’enseignement agréé)

  • Marginal note:Territories

    (2) In its application to Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, the expression lieutenant governor in council in this Act means the Commissioner of Yukon, the Northwest Territories or Nunavut, acting after consultation with the Legislative Assembly of Yukon, the Council of the Northwest Territories or the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, as the case may be.

  • R.S., 1985, c. S-23, s. 2
  • 1991, c. 47, s. 746
  • 1993, c. 12, s. 2, c. 28, s. 78
  • 1996, c. 11, s. 95
  • 1999, c. 28, s. 177
  • 2001, c. 27, s. 220
  • 2002, c. 7, s. 113
  • 2005, c. 34, s. 80

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