Welcome to StudentAid BC

StudentAid BC helps eligible students with the cost of their post-secondary education through loans, grants, bursaries, scholarships and special programs. It also has programs for borrowers who need help repaying their loans. Read More >>

What's New

New application packages available in June
Mar. 3, 2008

Student aid applications packages for the 2008-09 program year will be available on June 1. Applications can be requested by contacting StudentAid BC, and there will be a link from this page to the forms when they are available online.

The option to repay your B.C. student loan at a fixed prime interest rate, plus not more than 5 percent per year, has been discontinued.

All B.C. student loans will be consolidated at the floating prime interest rate of prime, plus 2.5 percent per year.

Having your B.C. student loans consolidated at the floating prime interest rate, plus 2.5 percent per year, allows the interest applied to your B.C. student loan(s) to be calculated using today’s lower interest rates.

For further information on repaying your B.C. student loan(s), please contact the British Columbia Student Loan Service Bureau at:

Toll-free in Canada/U.S.: 1 877 535-7680
Outside North America: 416 503-6681
Email: customerservice@bcslservicebureau.com

The B.C. Early Childhood Education Student Loan Assistance Program will provide up to $2,500 toward outstanding B.C. student loans of new graduates. Those who graduated in 2007 or will graduate in 2008 will be eligible for loan assistance of up to $1,250 after each of the first and second years of employment in the licensed child-care sector. Read more >>.

The automatic registration process for B.C. government employees with outstanding B.C. student loans is almost finished.  If you’re eligible, your registration letter will arrive at your home by regular mail in the next few days.

Included in the letter is a consent section you must fill in and return to StudentAid BC.  Please do this as soon as possible, so we know you want to take part and can keep you in the program.

If you have questions about your letter or anything else about the program, please call StudentAid BC at 387-6100 in Victoria, 604 660-2610 in Vancouver, and 1-800-561-1818 anywhere else in B.C., and ask to speak with a repayment counsellor.