Determine Your Eligibility

Basic eligibility requirements

To receive any form of student financial assistance through StudentAid BC, you must meet all of these basic eligibility criteria:

• Be a Canadian citizen, a landed immigrant (permanent resident) or have protected person status.
• Have a valid Canadian social insurance number that does not start with 0 or 8 (these social insurance numbers are not eligible for StudentAid BC).
• Be a resident of British Columbia.
• Be pursuing full-time studies as your primary occupation.
• Be enrolled in an eligible program of study at an eligible post-secondary institution.
• Be able to demonstrate financial need.
• Make academic progress and achieve satisfactory scholastic standing in each period of post-secondary study.

You may not be eligible if you are:

• Delinquent or in default of previous student loans.
• Under audit or have an overaward (in this case your funding may be withheld), or
• Incarcerated or have any outstanding warrants for your arrest.

Normally, students are not eligible to receive benefits from the B.C. Ministry of Social Development while they are attending post-secondary studies. There is more information available on receiving income assistance while studying.

NOTE: You can apply to only one province for funding.