GGovernment of Canada (Canada Student Financial Assistance Program)
Partially funded
Canada Student Grant for Full-Time Students with Dependants
Government of Canada (Canada Student Financial Assistance Program), Canada
Scholarship overview
This federal grant supports full-time students in financial need who have dependants. It is paid on top of the Canada Student Grant for Full-Time Students.
Students are assessed automatically through their provincial or territorial student aid application.
Award Information
- Financial need
- Full-time student in a qualified program at a designated school
- Dependant under 12 years old at the start of the study period, or over 12 with a permanent disability
- Total family income below the threshold (family size 2: maximum grant below $54,412, cut-off $98,017; size 3: $66,641 / $117,317; size 4: $76,952 / $129,769; size 5: $86,033 / $141,180; size 6: $94,245 / $151,937; size 7 and more: $101,797 / $161,321)
- Not available to students from the Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Quebec
- Until the end of the 2026 to 2027 school year: up to $280 per month of school, or up to $2,240 per year, for each dependant
- Paid in addition to the full-time student grant
- School year runs August 1 to July 31
- Follows the provincial or territorial application deadline
- Apply for student aid with your province or territory.
- Declare your dependants on the application.
- The grant is assessed automatically.
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