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Free AI for students in Canada: every brand, compared

Every student offer for ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, Claude and other paid AI plans in Canada, with how you verify, whether a card is needed, and what happens when it ends.

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How student verification works

SheerID (Google, OpenAI)
You verify on the vendor's offer page. SheerID may check school records, ask you to sign in through your school, or ask for a document. The email you give SheerID can differ from your account email, so stay signed in to the account you want the offer on.
GitHub Education (Copilot)
Apply for GitHub Education as a student aged 13 or older on a degree or diploma course. GitHub re-checks eligibility every month.
School email (Mistral and others)
Some vendors accept only an institutional email address, not a personal one, a student ID or a letter.
Through your school (Claude for Education, ChatGPT Edu)
These are bought by the university for everyone on campus. You sign in with your university email; if your school has no plan, there is no individual way in.

Brands with no individual student offer

Claude (Anthropic): no student discount on Claude Pro. Anthropic says it does not offer standard discounted pricing for its paid plans. Students get Claude only through a university plan: Claude for Education.

Questions

Which AI subscriptions are free or discounted for students in Canada right now?
Mistral Le Chat Pro (Education) (12 months); Google YouTube Premium + Google AI Pro (while eligible); GitHub Copilot student plan (while eligible); Microsoft Microsoft 365 Personal at 50% off (while eligible); Google Gemini + NotebookLM (while eligible); Microsoft Copilot Chat (while eligible); Canva Canva Pro-level features (while eligible).
Do student offers need a payment card?
3 of the 7 live student offers ask for a card at sign-up. Each offer page says which.
What happens when a student offer ends?
3 auto-bill unless you cancel, 3 return to the free plan with no charge, and the rest don't say in their official terms.
Is ChatGPT free for students in Canada?
Not right now. No ChatGPT student offer is live in Canada. The live ones are only in United States: ChatGPT Edu through Cal State University in United States, free until Jul 31, 2029; the official terms don't say what happens after. ChatGPT Free, available to everyone, with lower limits than Plus.
Does Claude have a student discount?
Not for individuals. Anthropic says it does not offer standard discounted pricing for its paid plans, including Pro. Students get Claude free only where their university has a Claude for Education plan.
Is Claude in the GitHub Student Developer Pack?
No. The pack lists no Anthropic or Claude offer (83 offers on Oct 19, 2026); its AI offers are Copilot Student, Microsoft 365 with Copilot, Notion's extra AI responses, Camber and Deepnote. Anthropic doesn't discount Claude Pro, so students get Claude free only where their university has a Claude for Education plan.
How do I verify that I'm a student?
Google and OpenAI use SheerID, which may check school records, ask you to sign in through your school, or ask for a document. GitHub uses GitHub Education. Mistral checks an institutional email. University-wide plans (Claude for Education, ChatGPT Edu) use your campus sign-in.

AI developer tools for students and researchers

Agent builders and machine-learning tools with a free plan for students, educators or researchers, and what happens when it ends.

  1. Dify Professional (yearly), 12 months via Dify Education Verified · Worldwide

    Reverts to freeverified Nov 2

  2. Forge Pro (academic license), while eligible via Forge academic plan · Worldwide

    At the end: unknownverified Oct 19

  3. Free academic access, while eligible via Comet academic plan · Worldwide

    At the end: unknownverified Oct 25

  4. US$200 a month toward any Langfuse Cloud plan via Langfuse research grant · Worldwide

    At the end: unknownverified Oct 19

No student offer

  • LangSmith: no student or education plan; the free Developer plan has up to 5,000 base traces a month for one seat.
  • Hugging Face PRO: no student discount on PRO ($9 a month). Universities can buy Academia Hub, from 250 seats.
  • Pinecone: no student program; the free Starter plan holds up to 2 GB and 5 indexes, and requests stop at the monthly limit until you upgrade.
  • OpenRouter: no student program; 25+ free models at 50 requests a day, or 1,000 a day once you've bought 10 credits.
  • Helicone: lists a free tier "for most students and educators", but you ask through a contact form and no terms are published. Its site now says "Helicone is no longer part of Mintlify. Details to come soon."

GitHub Student Developer Pack

The pack bundles a few AI offers, led by Copilot Student. Not in it: Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Cursor.

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