You can pick up a loan application from your educational institution or your provincial or territorial Student Financial Assistance Office – some provinces and territories offer on-line applications. After you (and your school) have completed and signed all the necessary documents, forward your loan application to your provincial or territorial Student Financial Assistance Office for assessment. To avoid any delays in the assessment of your application or the disbursement of your funds, make sure all required documentation is included with your application. If you have any questions about the loan application, contact your Student Financial Assistance Office.

Your provincial or territorial Student Financial Assistance Office assesses your complete loan application, confirms your eligibility, assesses your financial need, and determines the amount of federal and provincial loans and grants you will receive.

The National Student Loans Service Centre (NSLSC) will look after everything you might need from the Canada Student Loans Program once your loan application has been processed and you have received a loan document.
The NSLSC is divided into two divisions:
1. Public Institutions Division to assist students attending public universities and community colleges; and
2. Private Institutions Division to assist students attending trade schools, private vocational schools or career colleges.