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The Canada Education Savings Grant (French: Subvention canadienne pour l’épargne-études, CESG) is part of a Government of Canada program, administered through Employment and Social Development Canada, to assist with savings for Canadian children's higher education. Under the CESG program, the government will contribute an amount to a ...
A registered education savings plan (French: Régimes enregistrés d’épargne-études, RESP) in Canada is an investment vehicle available to caregivers to save for their children's post-secondary education. [1] The principal advantages of RESPs are the access they provide to the Canada Education Savings Grant (CESG) and as a method of ...
The Canada Education Savings Act ( French: Loi canadienne sur l’épargne-études, CESA) is an Act of the Parliament of Canada. It is intended to provide financial assistance for post-secondary education savings. The first version of the law was assented to on 15 December 2004. Most sections of the act entered into force on 1 July 2005.
The Canada Learning Bond (French: Bon d'études canadien, CLB) is a grant paid by the government of Canada to assist low-income families with saving money for their children's post-secondary education. The CLB relies primarily on the National Child Benefit (NCB) program to determine which families may be eligible and the tax regulations for the ...
Also, like the United States, Canada pays out a below-average amount, though still reaching around 50%, taxes are lower, running at just 4.95% in Canada, lower than the 6.2% in the United States.
The Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) (French: Régime d'aide financière aux étudiantes et étudiants de l'Ontario (RAFEO)) is a provincial financial aid program that offers grants and loans to help Ontario students pay for their post-secondary education. OSAP determines the amount of money that a student is eligible to receive by ...
The Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation (CDIC; French: Société d'assurance-dépôts du Canada) is a Canadian federal Crown Corporation created by Parliament in 1967 to provide deposit insurance to depositors in Canadian commercial banks and savings institutions. CDIC insures Canadians' deposits held at Canadian banks (and other member ...
During this period, the weekly federal loan amount was increased to a maximum of $165. On July 31, 2000, the risk-shared arrangement between the Government of Canada and participating financial institutions came to an end. The Government of Canada now directly finances all new loans issued on or after August 1, 2000.