Financial Aid and Awards

Financial aid is offered to students in grades 7 to 12 with demonstrated need.

Currently, financial aid is not offered to students in kindergarten through grade 6, however it is part of our strategic plan to work toward making it available for these grade levels as well.

Applications for financial aid are separate from the admissions process and are made with Financial Aid for Canadian Students (FACS), an arms-length organization that provides a confidential analysis of a family’s financial ability to contribute to tuition fees. A committee then uses the FACS analysis to consider all requests. Any financial aid that is provided is considered to be a grant (not a loan) and is applied to tuition fees.

The FACS online application fee is $115.00 for the first school you list and $15.00 for each additional one.

Financial aid applications are made in the fall and winter preceding the year of entry. Financial aid decisions are made by the school’s student aid committee in November for families of students entering grade 7, and in the winter for students entering grades 8-12. Financial aid dollars are fully distributed by the spring preceding the next school year. The school endeavours to provide financial aid decisions as much as it possibly can with new admission offers.

Families of returning students apply for financial assistance in the fall/winter preceding the year of entry and financial aid decisions are announced by the committee in the late winter and early spring.

Financial aid is available to qualified students with a demonstrated need. Applications are made through Financial Aid for Canadian Students (FACS), a third party that conducts an analysis of a family's financial ability to contribute to tuition fees.

A merit award recognizes a student's achievement in academics, citizenship, leadership, arts and athletics, and is applied to tuition fees. Decisions to offer a merit award are made during the admissions process and are based on a student's application.

Since personal financial situations may vary from year to year, financial aid applications must be made on an annual basis. The decision to offer financial aid, as well as the amount, are not guaranteed every year.

Apple Financial Services provides a recommendation to the LCC Student Aid Committee based on the family’s FACS application. However, the committee makes the final decision about the amount to be offered to a family. It is important to note that applications for admission and financial assistance are reviewed independently of one another.

Our goal is to bridge the gap between school tuition fees and what the family can afford to pay, based on the FACS recommendation. The amount of financial aid will vary from applicant to applicant. If a family’s financial situation remains constant, the amount of financial assistance offered should not change from year to year.