Whether you can combine study-permit work hours (up to 20 hrs/week during studies) with full-time hours on a co-op work permit depends entirely on your enrollment status, not on informal advice found online.
What group members advised:- Ask your college directly whether you're classified as full-time or part-time. If you're a full-time student, you're generally allowed to work on your study permit in addition to your co-op work permit hours; if you're classified as part-time, you are not eligible to work under your study permit's off-campus work authorization.
- Don't exceed the combined allowed hours based on a web article alone. Working more than the hours your specific status allows (e.g., stacking 20 hours of study-permit work on top of 40 hours of co-op work when you're not actually full-time) risks serious consequences — a member warned this kind of over-work has led to CBSA deportation action in similar cases.
Because enrollment status (full-time vs. part-time) is the determining factor, and a college's own classification can differ from what a program webpage implies, confirm your actual status with your college's registrar before working combined hours.