Awards, Scholarships and Financial Assistance

• Scholarships:
  This is a free service that matches you with scholarships for which you are likely eligible. Take a few minutes to complete the survey of personal information and receive an immediate list of scholarships.
• University Costs:
  This site from the University of Waterloo gives you some idea of the costs involved with going to university. 
• Student Award:
  This site selects from a wide range of scholarships based on your personal profile. Provides e-mail notification if your profile matches scholarships that become available after registration.
• Ontario Student Assistance Program:
  This program is designed to help fill the gap between your estimated costs and your available financial resources.
• Scholarships Canada:
  Students can search through the extensive database to find scholarships student awards bursaries and grants. Students will also find helpful information about student loans applications and budget planning.
• Association of Universities and Colleges in Canada:
  The Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada has compiled a list of Canadian scholarships and internships. Each program lists the eligibility requirements and an application form and or guidelines.
• FinAid:
  At this site you'll find descriptions of financial aid resources for Canadian students. The information applies to Canadians seeking aid for study in both Canada and the United States.
• School Finder:
  This site contains information on more than 1 700 universities colleges and career colleges in Canada including admission requirements costs programs and contact details.
• TD Canada Trust Scholarships:
  The TD Canada Trust Scholarship for Community Leadership rewards students who have shown leadership in the areas of local employment programs environmental cleanup support group creation and family services initiatives.
• Canadian Merit Scholarship Foundation:
  CMSF works to identify and support talented students who show promise of leadership and a strong commitment to service in the community. They fund these citizens to study on Canadian campuses to the benefit of their future and ours.
• Terry Fox Humanitarian Award:
  In keeping with the spirit of his achievements the Terry Fox Humanitarian Award program is intended to encourage Canadian youth to seek the high ideals represented by Terry Fox by the granting of commemorative awards for the pursuit of higher education.
• Miller Thomson Foundation National Scholarship Programme:
  This scholarship has been created by the law firm of Miller Thomson. The purpose of the foundation is to encourage and promote the attainment of higher education goals for individuals who have demonstrated a high level of academic achievement have made a positive contribution to their school through extracurricular activities and have made significant contributions of time and energy to community service programs.
• Electronic Info:
  On this site the "Scholarships" link allows you to search for first-year scholarships that apply to your situation. The "Ontario Map" shows you the locations of Ontario's degree-granting institutions.
• CanLearn:
  CanLearn is the only online post-secondary education resource that provides Canadians with the information and services they need to decide what and where to study and how to cover the costs. Check out this very comprehensive site.

 Also...

• Check out the individual university and college sites for their own scholarships.
• Ask parents, friends, and relatives who belong to certain foundations that offer scholarships for more information. As your parents if their workplace offers scholarships for children of employees.
• Many local awards come to our office directly and are dependent on nominations for eligibility. You will be notified if you are to receive one of these awards.