Coming to Canada for school means the study permit is arranged before you travel, not after you land. Short courses and a handful of listed groups escape the requirement entirely, for example a program that runs six months or less (188 and 189).
(1)A foreign national may not enter Canada to study without first obtaining a study permit.
(2)Subsection (1) does not apply to a foreign national who is authorized under section 188 or 189 to study in Canada without a study permit.
9.1 (1) Despite section 10, when an application, request or claim is made, a document or information is submitted electronically, or a signature by electronic means is provided, it must be made, submitted or provided using the electronic means that is made available or specified by the Minister for that purpose. (2) When an application, request or claim is made by electronic means, any required information, documents or evidence of payment required under these Regulations must be submitted by the same means.
9.3 (1) Any application, request, claim, document or information sent by a foreign national, an individual or an entity using electronic means is deemed to have been received by the Minister at the time and on the date indicated by the electronic means that is made available or specified by the Minister for that purpose. (2) Any notice, request, decision, determination, document or information sent by the Minister using electronic means is deemed to have been received by the intended recipient at the time and on the date it was sent by the Minister as indicated by the electronic means that is used or specified by the Minister for that purpose.
9.6 (1) Any fees to be paid or evidence of payment of fees referred to in these Regulations must be paid or provided by the electronic means that is made available or specified by the Minister for that purpose except in the following circumstances: (a)if services for the collection of payment are provided by an entity under an agreement or arrangement with Canada for that purpose; or (b)if fees may be paid at a port of entry by other means. (2) Despite subsection (1), the required fees may be paid or evidence of payment provided by any other means that is made available or specified by the Minister for that purpose if the Minister determines that (a)the infrastructure in a country is inadequate or incompatible with the electronic means made available or specified by the Minister for that purpose; or (b)a natural disaster, political turmoil or other situation prevents or impedes the use of electronic means or makes using them unreliable. (3) Any fee paid by electronic means is deemed to be paid on the date and at the time recorded by the electronic means that is made available or specified by the Minister for that purpose. (4) A foreign national or an individual who, because of a disability is unable to pay the required fees referred to in subsection (1) by electronic means, may do so by other means that is made available or specified by the Minister for that purpose.