Two separate questions came up: paying tuition from someone else's Canadian bank account, and whether skipping IELTS because your university was taught in English matters for the study permit.
What group members advised:- Payment source generally isn't flagged as a problem. Paying fees from any bank account (including a relative's or friend's) should not be an issue for the visa office — what they review is the official university receipt or letter confirming payment, not which account it came from.
- Whether payment-source scrutiny applies can depend on your prior education being in an English-medium country/institution — if your previous studies were in English, that supports the payment/context story more naturally.
- IELTS is still generally required as a visa (study permit) requirement, separate from university admission requirements. Even if your university admitted you without IELTS because your home institution was recognized as English-medium, that university-level waiver doesn't necessarily satisfy IRCC's own English-proficiency expectations for the visa itself — clarify this directly with your visa consultant or check current IRCC requirements for your country of citizenship and program stream (e.g., SDS).
Bottom line: funding source from a relative's account is typically fine if properly receipted; don't assume a university-level IELTS waiver removes the visa-level language requirement without confirming it applies to your specific case.