Looking for free university? Canada Students Grants can help Many students who seek to Study in Canada are now getting benefited from the Canadian federal and provincial government’s efforts of minimizing the cost of education. Low income students are now getting grants from the provincial government of Canada to assist students in paying for their tuition fees.
Canada Students Grants Pursuing a post-secondary education is tough task for many students who have Migrate to Canada. And as per the survey by University Consortium of Canada, around 50% of students having debt and these figures were slowly increasing each year. But since previous few years, Canadian government has made efforts to minimize the cost. Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, had earlier promised of making postsecondary Education in Canada affordable. Keeping his promise, the government has raised the Canada Student Grant for less income students to around $3000 every year for full time students and around $1800 each for part time students.
New financial aid programs offered by Canadian Provincial Governments Alberta is already witnessing a rise in students’ admission at universities and colleges all around the province, thanks to the student grants provided by its provincial government that started in the year 2015 that has been extended till 2017-18. Alberta is a leading province in granting awards and scholarships among other provinces of Canada, granting over $97 million every year to students from Alberta. Ontario is also making key changes to help its students who would not require paying their yearly contribution towards their living and education expenses. Ontario is currently accepting applications for its Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) that makes Canada Education free for its students who make less money every year. As per Ontario’s Minister for Advance education and skills development, Deb Matthews, every student in this province could now attend their university and college. The government would not deduct the RESP which is Registered Education Savings Plan from aid applications of students. The process of application has also been streamlined as it rapidly decides the eligible candidate for financial aid.