students with disabilities

Learning Disability Assessment Bursary

This bursary program helps part-time or full-time students with the up-front costs of the learning disabilities assessment.

What is available?

Up to $3,500 is available to eligible students. If you have a learning disability, you need a recent learning disability assessment to determine eligibility for services and/or equipment.

Am I eligible?

You may be eligible if you:

  • qualify for student funding through StudentAid BC
  • are enrolled in full-time or part-time post-secondary level courses at a designated public post-secondary institution in B.C.
  • have been recommended to have a learning disability assessment by the accessibility services office at your school

How do I apply?

Please contact the accessibility services office at the post-secondary institution you are planning to attend.

Canada Student Grant for Students with Disabilities

This program helps full-time or part-time students with a permanent disability, or a persistent or prolonged disability with the cost of education.

What is available?

$2,800* $2,000 per program year (August 1 to July 31).

*Note: the above Canada Student Grant amount is temporarily increased by 40% from 2019/20 pre-pandemic levels until July 31, 2027.

Am I eligible?

You may be eligible if you:

Please see the Canada.ca site for full eligibility requirements.

How do I apply?

Canada Student Grant for Students with Disabilities

This program helps full-time or part-time students with a permanent disability, or a persistent or prolonged disability with the cost of education.

What is available?

$2,800* $2,000 per program year (August 1 to July 31).

*Note: the above Canada Student Grant amount is temporarily increased by 40% from 2019/20 pre-pandemic levels until July 31, 2027.

Am I eligible?

You may be eligible if you:

Please see the Canada.ca site for full eligibility requirements.

How do I apply?

Canada Student Grant for Students with Disabilities

This program helps full-time or part-time students with a permanent disability, or a persistent or prolonged disability with the cost of education.

What is available?

$2,800* $2,000 per program year (August 1 to July 31).

*Note: the above Canada Student Grant amount is temporarily increased by 40% from 2019/20 pre-pandemic levels until July 31, 2027.

Am I eligible?

You may be eligible if you:

Please see the Canada.ca site for full eligibility requirements.

How do I apply?

Canada Student Grant for Services and Equipment – Students with Disabilities

This program helps full-time or part-time students with a permanent disability, or a persistent or prolonged disability pay for exceptional education related costs for services and equipment.

What is available?

Up to $20,000 per loan year is available to eligible students for services and equipment like:

  • Notetakers
  • Tutors
  • Interpreters
  • Technical aids

Am I eligible?

You may be eligible if you:

  • qualify for a federal student loan
  • are enrolled in a full-time or part-time studies at a designated post-secondary institution
  • have a permanent disability, or a persistent or prolonged disability as defined by the Canada Student Financial Assistance Program
  • have exceptional education related costs for services or equipment due to your disability

Please see the Canada.ca site for full eligibility requirements.

How do I apply?

B.C. Supplemental Bursary for Students with Disabilities

The B.C. Supplemental Bursary for Students with Disabilities (SBSD) is a non-repayable grant funding designed to help full-time or part-time students with a permanent, or a persistent or prolonged, disability with the cost of their post-secondary education.

The SBSD is available to students attending B.C. public post-secondary schools only.

Note: Students enrolled at schools other than a B.C. public schools during the 2025/26 program year who received SBSD funding for the same program at the same school, may request to continue to receive these grants until their program is complete, or until July 31, 2029, whichever occurs first.

What is available?

$800 bursary per program year is available if you:

$400 bursary per program year is available if you:

Am I eligible?

You may be eligible if you:

How do I apply?

B.C. Supplemental Bursary for Students with Disabilities

The B.C. Supplemental Bursary for Students with Disabilities (SBSD) is a non-repayable grant funding designed to help full-time or part-time students with a permanent, or a persistent or prolonged, disability with the cost of their post-secondary education.

The SBSD is available to students attending B.C. public post-secondary schools only.

Note: Students enrolled at schools other than a B.C. public schools during the 2025/26 program year who received SBSD funding for the same program at the same school, may request to continue to receive these grants until their program is complete, or until July 31, 2029, whichever occurs first.

What is available?

$800 bursary per program year is available if you:

$400 bursary per program year is available if you:

Am I eligible?

You may be eligible if you:

How do I apply?

B.C. Supplemental Bursary for Students with Disabilities

The B.C. Supplemental Bursary for Students with Disabilities (SBSD) is a non-repayable grant funding designed to help full-time or part-time students with a permanent, or a persistent or prolonged, disability with the cost of their post-secondary education.

The SBSD is available to students attending B.C. public post-secondary schools only.

Note: Students enrolled at schools other than a B.C. public schools during the 2025/26 program year who received SBSD funding for the same program at the same school, may request to continue to receive these grants until their program is complete, or until July 31, 2029, whichever occurs first.

What is available?

$800 bursary per program year is available if you:

$400 bursary per program year is available if you:

Am I eligible?

You may be eligible if you:

How do I apply?

B.C. Access Grant for Students with Disabilities

This program helps full-time students with a permanent, or a persistent or prolonged, disability with the cost of education by replacing up to $1,560 ($30 per week of study) per program year of B.C. student loan funding with non-repayable grant funding.

The B.C. Access Grant for Students with Disabilities (BCAG-D) is only available to students attending B.C. public post-secondary schools.

Note: Students enrolled at schools other than a B.C. public school during the 2025/26 program year who received BCAG-D funding for the same program at the same school, may request to continue to receive these grants until their program is complete, or until July 31, 2029, whichever occurs first.

Am I eligible?

You may be eligible if you:

  • qualify for federal and provincial student financial aid
  • are enrolled in a full-time program at a designated public post-secondary school
  • have a permanent disability, or a persistent or prolonged disability as defined by the Canada Student Financial Assistance Program

How do I apply?

B.C. Access Grant for Students with Disabilities

This program helps full-time students with a permanent, or a persistent or prolonged, disability with the cost of education by replacing up to $1,560 ($30 per week of study) per program year of B.C. student loan funding with non-repayable grant funding.

The B.C. Access Grant for Students with Disabilities (BCAG-D) is only available to students attending B.C. public post-secondary schools.

Note: Students enrolled at schools other than a B.C. public school during the 2025/26 program year who received BCAG-D funding for the same program at the same school, may request to continue to receive these grants until their program is complete, or until July 31, 2029, whichever occurs first.

Am I eligible?

You may be eligible if you:

  • qualify for federal and provincial student financial aid
  • are enrolled in a full-time program at a designated public post-secondary school
  • have a permanent disability, or a persistent or prolonged disability as defined by the Canada Student Financial Assistance Program

How do I apply?