Financial Aid and Awards

Financial aid is available for students in grades 7-12, whose families demonstrate need through our financial assistance application process.

Although it is a strategic priority, due to resource constraints, we are currently unable to offer financial aid to students in grades K-6 and to students with temporary status (e.g., study permit, parent work permit, etc.).

Applications for financial assistance 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 assistance that is provided is considered to be a grant (not a loan) and is applied to tuition fees.

The 2024-2025 FACS online application fee is $137.50 for the first school you list and $15.00 for each additional one. This fee includes HST and is non-refundable. The cost for an additional application, in the case of separated/divorced families, is $50.

For families of students entering grade 7, the financial assistance application is done during the round one admissions process in October. The financial assistance decision from the school’s student aid committee is communicated in November alongside the admission decision.

For applicants to LCC grades 8-11 and Pre-U/Grade 12, round one admission decisions are communicated by the end of February. Families of students offered round one admission will be invited to apply for financial assistance in March. We request that you not submit a financial assistance application until you receive an admission decision from us. Financial assistance decisions will be communicated at the end of March / early April.

Financial assistance applications from candidates outside of the round one admissions timeline will only be considered based on fund availability. Financial assistance dollars are usually fully distributed by the spring preceding the next school year. 

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

Financial assistance 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. Students are considered for these awards during the admissions process and need not submit a separate application.

Since personal financial situations may vary from year to year, financial assistance applications must be made on an annual basis. The decision to offer financial assistance, 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 assistance 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.