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Travelling for school, mandatory face to face classes

I had to pay for 4 ferry rides, 5 nights hotel, meals for mandatory face to face classes in Powell River from Hope, BC.  Is this claimable.
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Travelling for school, mandatory face to face classes

Unfortunately Canada Revenue does not recognize the cost of travel to and from an Educational Institution as an allowable deduction.

2.35 Fees for the following items (whether identified separately or included as course or subject fees) are not considered eligible tuition fees:

  • student social activities;
  • medical expenses (but see ¶2.36 regarding health services fees);
  • transportation and parking;
  • board and lodging;
  • goods of enduring value that are to be retained by students (e.g. microscope, uniform, gown, computer, etc.);
  • initiation fees or entrance fees to professional organizations including examination fees or other fees (such as evaluation fees) that are not integral to a program of study at an eligible educational institution;
  • administrative penalties incurred when a student withdraws from a program or an institution; and
  • the cost of books (other than books, compact disks or similar material included in the cost of a correspondence course when the student is enrolled in such a course given by an eligible educational institution in Canada).

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Travelling for school, mandatory face to face classes

Unfortunately Canada Revenue does not recognize the cost of travel to and from an Educational Institution as an allowable deduction.

2.35 Fees for the following items (whether identified separately or included as course or subject fees) are not considered eligible tuition fees:

  • student social activities;
  • medical expenses (but see ¶2.36 regarding health services fees);
  • transportation and parking;
  • board and lodging;
  • goods of enduring value that are to be retained by students (e.g. microscope, uniform, gown, computer, etc.);
  • initiation fees or entrance fees to professional organizations including examination fees or other fees (such as evaluation fees) that are not integral to a program of study at an eligible educational institution;
  • administrative penalties incurred when a student withdraws from a program or an institution; and
  • the cost of books (other than books, compact disks or similar material included in the cost of a correspondence course when the student is enrolled in such a course given by an eligible educational institution in Canada).