T2202, Tuition and enrolment certificate

2026V2 - updated 2025-10-28

What’s new:

Validation enhancement:

  • Slip and summary Account Number must be the same (<FilerAccountNumber></FilerAccountNumber> Filer Account number on slip and summary)
  • The Student first name field (GivenName) is now optional
  • The Post-secondary educational institution postal code field (PostalZipCode) is now optional

Version 2 – Updates on acceptable characters tables and clarity in “What’s New” section

Note

To prevent system rejections, please ensure optional fields without values are removed from the XML file.

<Return>

<T2202>

<T2202Slip>

<SlipReportTypeCode></SlipReportTypeCode>
Slip report type code
- Required, 1 alpha, must be upper case
- original = O
- amendment = A
- cancel = C
Note: An amended return cannot contain an original slip. An original return cannot contain an amended or cancelled slip.

<FilerAccountNumber></FilerAccountNumber>
Filer Account number
- Required, 15 alphanumeric, 9 digits, RZ (must be upper case), 4 digits, example: 000000000RZ0000
- use the Account number assigned to file the T2202 Tuition and enrolment certificate return with CRA
- if you have not been notified of your number, or you are unsure of your number, contact our Business Enquiries line at 1-800-959-5525

<PostSecondaryEducationalSchoolProgramName></PostSecondaryEducationalSchoolProgramName>
Name of program or course
-Required, up to 30 alphanumeric

<PostSecondaryEducationalSchoolTypeCode></PostSecondaryEducationalSchoolTypeCode>
School type code
Required, 1 numeric from 1 to 5
1. University
2. College
3. Other education institution providing courses at a post-secondary school level
4. Certified by the Minister of Employment and Social Development Canada
5. Flying school or club

<FlyingSchoolClubCourseTypeCode></FlyingSchoolClubCourseTypeCode>
Flying school or club code
-1 numeric, from 1 to 6
-Must have a value if the School type code is 5, should be omitted if school type code is 1-4
-Choose one of the following values:
1. Private pilot’s license
2. Commercial pilot’s licence
3. Civil flying instructor rating
4. Helicopter category rating
5. Instrument rating
6. Other

<StudentName>

<FamilyName></FamilyName>
Student surname
- Required, up to 20 alphanumeric
- first 20 letters of the student’s surname
- omit titles such as Mr., Mrs., Ms, etc.
- do not include the first name or initials
- acceptable characters

<GivenName></GivenName>
Student first name
- up to 12 alphanumeric
- first 12 letters of the student’s first given name
- acceptable characters
Note: If only initials are available, provide the student’s first initial.

<NameInitialText></NameInitialText>
Student initial
- 1 alpha
- initial of the student’s second given name

</StudentName>

<SocialInsuranceNumber></SocialInsuranceNumber>
Social insurance number (SIN)
- Required, 9 numeric
- when the student has failed to provide a SIN, enter zeroes in the entire field

<StudentNumber></StudentNumber>
Student number
- up to 20 alphanumeric
- acceptable characters

<StudentAddress>

<AddressLine1Text></AddressLine1Text>
Student address - line 1
- Required, up to 30 alphanumeric
- first line of the student’s address
- acceptable characters

<AddressLine2Text></AddressLine2Text>
Student address - line 2
- up to 30 alphanumeric
- second line of the student’s address
- acceptable characters

<CityName></CityName>
Student city
- up to 28 alphanumeric
- city in which the student is located
- acceptable characters

<ProvinceStateCode></ProvinceStateCode>
Student province or territory code
- 2 alpha, must be upper case
- Canadian province or territory in which the student is located or the state in the USA where the student is located
- when the student’s country code is neither CAN nor USA, enter ZZ in this field

<CountryCode></CountryCode>
Student country code
- 3 alpha, must be upper case
- country in which the student is located
- use only the 3 alphabetic country codes as outlined in the International Standard (ISO) 3166 Codes for the Representation of Names of Countries
- always use CAN for Canada, and USA for the United States of America

<PostalZipCode></PostalZipCode>
Student postal code
- up to 10 alphanumeric, must be upper case
- Student’s Canadian postal code, format: alpha, numeric, alpha, numeric, alpha, numeric, example: A9A9A9
- or the student’s USA zip code
- or where the student’s country code is neither CAN nor USA, enter the foreign postal code
- the dash (-) is an acceptable character ONLY for USA or foreign postal code

</StudentAddress>

<SchoolSession>
- Required, up to 4 school sessions
- One occurrence must be completed.

<StartYearMonth></StartYearMonth>
Session period from
- Required, 4 numeric, YYMM format

<EndYearMonth></EndYearMonth>
Session period to
- Required, 4 numeric, YYMM format

<EligibleTuitionFeeAmount></EligibleTuitionFeeAmount>
Eligible tuition fees part time or full time
- up to 11 numeric (9 dollars and 2 cents)
- for example: 123456789.01
- do not include spaces or commas

<PartTimeStudentMonthCount></PartTimeStudentMonthCount>
Number of months part time
- Required, 2 numeric
-Number of months part time and full time must not exceed 12

<FullTimeStudentMonthCount></FullTimeStudentMonthCount>
Number of months full time
- Required, 2 numeric
- Number of months part time and full time must not exceed 12

</SchoolSession>

<TotalEligibleTuitionFeeAmount></TotalEligibleTuitionFeeAmount>
Total eligible tuition fees part time and full time
- up to 13 numeric (11 dollars and 2 cents)
- for example: 12345678901.23
- do not include spaces or commas

<TotalPartTimeStudentMonthCount></TotalPartTimeStudentMonthCount>
Total number of months part time
- Required, 2 numeric
- Number of months part time and full time must not exceed 12

<TotalFullTimeStudentMonthCount></TotalFullTimeStudentMonthCount>
Total number of months full time
- Required, 2 numeric
- Number of months part time and full time must not exceed 12

</T2202Slip>

<T2202Summary>

<FilerAccountNumber></FilerAccountNumber>
Filer Account Number
- Required, 15 alphanumeric: 9 digits, RZ (must be upper case), 4 digits, example 000000000RZ0000
- use the Account number assigned to file the T2202 Tuition and enrolment certificate return with CRA
- if you have not been notified of your number, or you are unsure of your number, contact our Business Enquiries line at 1-800-959-5525

<SummaryReportTypeCode></SummaryReportTypeCode>
Report type code
- Required, 1 alpha, must be upper case
- original = O
- amendment = A
Note: An amended return cannot contain an original slip. An original return cannot contain an amended or cancelled slip.

<FilerAmendmentNote></FilerAmendmentNote>
Filer amendment note
- use for report type A (Amendment) only
- up to 1309 alphanumeric
- acceptable characters

<TaxationYear></TaxationYear>
Taxation year
- Required, 4 numeric
- taxation year (e.g., 2019)

<TotalSlipCount></TotalSlipCount>
Total number of T2202 slips
- Required, up to 7 numeric
- total number of T2202 slips filed with this T2202 Summary

<PostSecondaryEducationalInstitutionName>
Required

<NameLine1Text></NameLine1Text>
Post-secondary educational institution name - line 1
- Required, up to 30 alphanumeric
- first line of Post-secondary education institution name
- if "&" is used in the name area enter as "&amp;"
- acceptable characters

<NameLine2Text></NameLine2Text>
Post-secondary educational institution name - line 2
- up to 30 alphanumeric
- second line of Post-secondary education institution name
- acceptable characters

<NameLine3Text></NameLine3Text>
Post-secondary educational institution name - line 3
- up to 30 alphanumeric
- use for "care of" or "attention"
- acceptable characters

</PostSecondaryEducationalInstitutionName>

<PostSecondaryEducationalInstitutionMailingAddress>
- Required

<AddressLine1Text></AddressLine1Text>
Post-secondary educational institution mailing address - line 1
- Required, up to 30 alphanumeric
- first line of the Post-secondary educational institution address
- acceptable characters

<AddressLine2Text></AddressLine2Text>
Post-secondary educational institution mailing address - line 2
- up to 30 alphanumeric
- second line of the Post-secondary educational institution address
- acceptable characters

<CityName></CityName>
Post-secondary educational institution city
- up to 28 alphanumeric
- city in which the Post-secondary educational institution is located
- acceptable characters

<ProvinceStateCode></ProvinceStateCode>
Post-secondary educational institution province or territory code
- 2 alpha, must be upper case
- Canadian province or territory in which the Post-secondary educational institution is located

<CountryCode></CountryCode>
Post-secondary educational institution Country code
- 3 alpha, must be upper case
- Country in which the Post-secondary educational institution is located
- use only the 3 alphabetic country codes as outlined in the International Standard (ISO) 3166 Codes for the Representation of Names of Countries
- Always use CAN for Canada

<PostalZipCode></PostalZipCode>
Post-secondary educational institution postal code
- up to 10 alphanumeric, must be upper case
- Post-secondary educational institution Canadian postal code, format: alpha, numeric, alpha, numeric, alpha, numeric, example: A9A9A9
- or the Post-secondary educational institution USA zip code
- or when the Post-secondary educational institution country code is neither CAN nor USA, enter the foreign postal code
- the dash (-) is an acceptable character ONLY for USA or foreign postal code

</PostSecondaryEducationalInstitutionMailingAddress>

<ContactInformation>

<ContactName></ContactName>
Contact name
- Required, up to 22 alphanumeric
- contact’s first name followed by surname for this return
- omit titles such as Mr., Mrs., Ms, etc.
- acceptable characters

<ContactAreaCode></ContactAreaCode>
Contact area code
- Required, 3 numeric
- area code of telephone number

<ContactPhoneNumber></ContactPhoneNumber>
Contact telephone number
- Required, 7 numeric
- 3 digits with a hyphen (-), followed by 4 digits
- telephone number of the contact

<ContactExtensionNumber></ContactExtensionNumber>
Contact extension number
- up to 7 numeric
- extension of the contact

</ContactInformation>

<TotalEligibleTuitionFeeAmount></TotalEligibleTuitionFeeAmount>
Total eligible tuition fee amount
- Required, up to 15 numeric (13 dollars and 2 cents)
- for example: 1234567890123.45
- do not include spaces or commas

</T2202Summary>

</T2202>

</Return>

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2025-10-28