Canada Student Grants: what you can get

Per canada.ca, grants do not need to be paid back, while loans are borrowed money you repay when you finish your studies. Both are available to students with low or middle incomes, students with dependants and students with disabilities.

You don’t apply for a Canada Student Grant on its own. When you apply for student aid with your province or territory, you are assessed automatically for the full-time, part-time and dependants grants. For the disability grants you also send documents with your application (see below).

The full-time, part-time, dependants and Students with Disabilities grants are not offered to students from Quebec, the Northwest Territories or Nunavut, which run their own student aid programs. The services and equipment page does not list this exclusion, so check with your province’s or territory’s student aid office. The full-time grant page also says most students at private, for-profit schools are no longer eligible, so check it if that’s your school.

These are the amounts canada.ca lists. For the first five grants canada.ca gives them until the end of the 2026 to 2027 school year (August 1, 2026 to July 31, 2027). The services and equipment page gives its amount per school year, without an end date. Most of these are maximums: what you get depends on your financial need, your family income and family size, and your study load. The Students with Disabilities grant is a set amount once you qualify.

• Canada Student Grant for Full-Time Students

  Up to $4,200 a year (or $525 per month of study), until the end of the 2026 to 2027 school year.

  Full-time students with financial need whose family income is below a set level for their family size.

• Canada Student Grant for Full-Time Students with Dependants

  Up to $280 a month (or $2,240 a year) for each dependant, on top of the full-time grant, until the end of the 2026 to 2027 school year.

  Full-time students with financial need who have a dependant under 12, or a dependant over 12 with a permanent disability.

• Canada Student Grant for Part-Time Students

  Up to $2,520 a year, until the end of the 2026 to 2027 school year.

  Part-time students with financial need whose family income is below a set level.

• Canada Student Grant for Part-Time Students with Dependants

  Up to $2,688 a year, until the end of the 2026 to 2027 school year.

  Part-time students with financial need who have a dependant under 12, or a dependant over 12 with a permanent disability.

• Canada Student Grant for Students with Disabilities

  $2,800 a year, until the end of the 2026 to 2027 school year.

  Students with a disability recognized by the Canada Student Financial Assistance Program, with a document that shows it.

• Canada Student Grant for Services and Equipment – Students with Disabilities

  Up to $20,000 a school year for education-related services or equipment.

  Students with disabilities who need education-related services or equipment. You need proof of your disability, a document showing the cost, and written confirmation from a qualified person (for example a rehabilitation caseworker, a school disability centre official, a guidance counsellor or a school financial aid administrator).

Amounts checked: November 15, 2026.

For the dependant grants, canada.ca counts a dependant as someone under 12 at the start of your study period, or over 12 with a permanent disability. The income levels are on each grant’s page.

Our step-by-step guides, each from the province’s official site:

• Ontario (OSAP)
• British Columbia (StudentAid BC)
• Alberta
• Saskatchewan
• Manitoba
• Nova Scotia
• New Brunswick
• Newfoundland and Labrador

Somewhere else? Use canada.ca’s apply with your province or territory page to find your program.

• Does my course load count as full-time or part-time for student aid?
• Which documents does the school need to confirm my enrolment?
• If I have a disability, which document should I send, and can you help with the services and equipment grant?
• What school bursaries can I apply for on top of government aid?

More questions to ask: talking to the financial aid office.

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• How student aid works
• How to sign your MSFAA
• Find other aid you may fit