*** Transcriber's Note: Please set your voice synthesizer to read most 
punctuation. When you encounter the caret sign at the end of a line, please 
enter the applicable information, if necessary. In print, the T2202A slip is 
repeated for the possibility of three recipients. *** 
 
Canada Revenue Agency 
 
T2202A (11) (Front) 
 
TUITION, EDUCATION, AND TEXTBOOK AMOUNTS CERTIFICATE 
 
Copy 1 For student 
Copy 2 For designated individual 
Copy 3 For educational institution 
 
- Issue this certificate to a student who was enrolled during the calendar year 
in a qualifying educational program or a specified educational program at a 
post-secondary institution, such as a college or university, or at an 
institution certified by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC). 
 
- Tuition fees paid in respect of the calendar year to any one institution have 
to be more than $100. Fees paid to a post-secondary institution have to be for 
courses taken at the post-secondary level. Fees paid to an institution certified 
by HRSDC have to be for courses taken to get or improve skills in an occupation, 
and the student has to be 16 years of age or older before the end of the year. 
 
- Do not enter the cost of textbooks on this form. Students calculate the 
education and textbook amounts based on the number of months indicated in Box B 
or C below. 
 
Name of program or course ^
Student number ^
 
Name and address of student ^
 
*** Transcriber's Note: Enter as many lines as necessary for the following. *** 
 
Session periods, part-time and full-time 
From (Year/Month) ^
To (Year/Month) ^
A: Eligible tuition fees, part-time and full-time sessions ^
Number of months for: 
B: Part-time ^
C: Full-time ^
 
Totals (add all entries for each of the following) 
A: Eligible tuition fees, part-time and full-time sessions ^
Number of months for: 
B: Part-time ^
C: Full-time ^
 
Name and address of educational institution ^
 
Information for students: See the back of copy 1. If you want to transfer all or 
part of your tuition, education, and textbook amounts, complete the back of copy 
2. 
 
 
T2202A E (11) (Back) 
 
- Complete Schedule 11, Tuition, Education, and Textbook Amounts, to calculate 
the federal amount you can claim on line 323 of Schedule 1, Federal Tax; the 
maximum amount you can transfer to a designated individual; and the amount, if 
any, you can carry forward to a future year. 
 
- Also complete provincial or territorial Schedule (S11), if you resided in a 
province or territory other than Quebec on December 31, to calculate the 
provincial or territorial amount you can claim on line 5856 of Form 428; the 
maximum amount you can transfer to a designated individual; and the amount, if 
any, you can carry forward to a future year. 
 
- You can claim a full-time education amount if you were enrolled in a 
qualifying educational program as a full-time student. Such a program lasts at 
least three consecutive weeks and requires a minimum of 10 hours of course 
instruction or work each week in the program (excluding study time). For more 
information on this and on the textbook amount, see Pamphlet P105, Students and 
Income Tax, at www.cra.gc.ca/forms. 
 
- You can claim a part-time education amount if you were enrolled in a specified 
educational program. Such a program lasts at least three consecutive weeks and 
requires a minimum of 12 hours of instruction or work each month on courses in 
the program 
 
You can claim a full-time education and textbook amount if you were enrolled as 
a part-time student in a qualifying educational program and you qualify for the 
disability amount, or you could not be enrolled full time in such a program 
because of a mental or physical impairment, as certified by a medical doctor, 
optometrist, audiologist, occupational therapist, psychologist, speech-language 
pathologist, or physiotherapist. If either situation applies to you, complete 
Form T2202, Education and Textbook Amounts Certificate, to claim the full-time 
education amount 
 
- For information on the unused current-year tuition, education, and textbook 
amounts you can transfer, see line 323 in your General Income Tax and Benefit 
Guide and, if applicable, line 5856 in the provincial or territorial pages of 
your forms book. 
 
Complete this area if you were enrolled in an institution certified by Human 
Resources and Skills Development Canada: 
 
I was enrolled in the course(s) titled ^
to get or improve skills in the occupation of ^ 
 
- You can transfer your unused current-year tuition, education, and textbook 
amounts to one designated individual. That individual can be either your spouse 
or common-law partner, your parent or grandparent, or your spouse's or common-
law partner's parent or grandparent. You cannot transfer your unused current-
year amounts to your parent or grandparent, or your spouse's or common-law 
partner's parent or grandparent, if your spouse or common-law partner claims the 
spouse or common-law partner amount or amounts transferred from your spouse or 
common-law partner on his/her tax return. 
 
- If you transfer unused amounts to your spouse or common-law partner, he or she 
has to complete federal Schedule 2, Federal Amounts Transferred From Your Spouse 
or Common-Law Partner, and, if applicable, provincial or territorial Schedule 
(S2), Provincial (or Territorial) Amounts Transferred From Your Spouse or 
Common-Law Partner. 
 
Designation for the transfer of an amount to a spouse or common-law partner, 
parent, or grandparent 
 
I designate (Individual's name), ^
my (Relationship to you), ^
to claim: 
 
(1) Federal amount $^
on line 324 of his or her federal Schedule 1, or on line 360 of his or her 
federal Schedule 2, as applicable; 
 
(2) Provincial or territorial amount ^
on line 5860 of his or her provincial or territorial Form 428, or on line 5909 
of his or her provincial or territorial Schedule (S2), as applicable. 
 
Note 1: Line (1) above cannot be more than line 23 of your federal Schedule 11. 
 
Note 2: If you resided in a province or territory other than Quebec on December 
31, line (2) above cannot be more than line 19 (line 23 for Yukon and Nunavut) 
of your provincial or territorial Schedule (S11). If you resided in Quebec on 
December 31, an entry is not required on line (2) above. 
 
Note 3: If you did not reside in the same province or territory as the 
designated individual on December 31, special rules may apply. For more details, 
call 1-800-959-8281. 
 
Student's name (print) and signature ^
Social insurance number (enter 9-digit number) ^
Date (Year/Month/Day) ^
 
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