Canadian Forces and DND Funding
Canadian Reservists
Student loan interest-free status is available to any Canadian student reservists currently on Special Duty Assignments in Special Duty areas (i.e. war zones). Interest-free status benefits student reservists by ensuring that the student loans of reservists will not accrue interest, and reservists will not be required to make payments.
To be eligible for this interest-free status, reservists must indicate that their student loans are not in repayment, that they are serving abroad on a Canadian mission (including the training period prior to deployment and the re-integration period before discharge or any medical recovery/rehab period after the deployment ends) and will be returning to their studies once they are released from active duty.
Canadian Forces Personnel Assistance Fund Education Assistance Loan
This fund offers an Education Assistance Loan Program to assist serving and former Canadian Forces personnel and their dependants with costs of full-time post-secondary education.
The Royal Canadian Legion Poppy Trust Fund
The Poppy Trust Fund provides financial assistance to ex-service men and women in need, and to their dependants. Need may be for shelter, food, fuel, clothing, or other emergencies. Every application is considered on the merits of the applicant's circumstances and demonstrated need. Applications can be submitted to Veterans Affairs Canada or directly to the Royal Canadian Legion, Dominion Command Poppy Fund.
Canadian Forces Personnel Assistance Fund
The Canadian Forces Personnel Assistance Fund provides financial assistance to serving and former members of the Canadian Armed Forces who enlisted after January 31, 1968 and those of the Canadian Army, Regular, who continued to serve or enrolled after Sept. 30, 1946. This assistance is provided in the form of grants and low-interest loans in financial distress situations and is also available to dependents.
E-mail cfpaf@cfpsa.com for more information.
The Royal Canadian Naval Benevolent Fund
The Royal Canadian Naval Benevolent Fund renders assistance to eligible applicants who enlisted prior to Jan. 31, 1968. This assistance is provided in the form of grants and interest-free loans, to relieve distress and promote well-being for applicants and their spouse. Bursaries for educational purposes for dependants, including grandchildren are also available.
