When you apply for a Canada/Nova Scotia Student Loan as a student with a permanent disability, your eligibility for this grant is automatically assessed. If you are eligible for the Canada Student Grant for Students with Permanent Disabilities, your need for grant funding will be determined before your need for loan. Click here, for Canada/Nova Scotia Student Loan Information and how to apply.

For Example: if your assessed need is $10,000 the $2,000 Canada Student Grant for Students with Permanent Disabilities would be issued before your need for loan is determined.  If your assessed need is only $1, you will receive $2,000 Canada Student Grant for Students with Permanent Disabilities and no loan.  If you are studying more than 23 weeks, the grant will be issued in 2 equal disbursements.  The first disbursement will be issued at the start of your program and the second disbursement half way through your study period.  If you withdraw within the first thirty days of the program, the grant will be converted to loan.

The maximum grant is $2,000 per year.

If you withdraw from your program within the first thirty (30) days of the program, the grant will be converted to loan. If you withdraw after the first thirty (30) days of your program or continue as a student in your program the grant will not need to be repaid.

Click here, to find out what you need to do if you withdraw from courses or your program as it could effect your grant.

This grant is part of the money you will receive from student loans. For example, if your need is assessed at $10,000, the first $2,000 would be grant money and will not have to be repaid. Therefore, you would owe only $8,000 as a student loan. Withdrawing from courses or your program could affect your grant.