Financing your education

 

Canada Alberta Job Grant (CAJG)

Are you and your employer looking for funding to support your current or future training requirements on the job? The Canada-Alberta Job Grant (CAJG) is an excellent way for employers to support and invest in their current and future employees with training aligned to in-demand skills and competency requirements. Employers can get up to two-thirds of the costs reimbursed to a maximum of $10,000 per trainee per fiscal year. If hiring and training an unemployed Albertan, up to 100% of training costs could be reimbursed, up to $15,000 per trainee. Individual employers have a cap of $300,000 for the amount of grant funding they can receive per fiscal year.

Note: The Canada-Alberta Job Grant is closed for applications until March 31, 2025. Applications submitted prior to Aug. 7, 2024, will continue to be processed. Please visit the Government of Alberta website for more information. 

Windmill Microlending

Are you new to Canada with prior education, skills and experience struggling to get into a career of your choice in Canada? Windmill Microlending is Canada’s only national charity providing affordable low-interest loans of up to $15,000, which could pay for:

• education and training programs of two years or less, including courses to help you advance your career
• fees for licensing and qualifying exams
• living allowance to support you during your training, licensing, or relocation
• credentials assessments
• English or French language training
• relocation costs for employment 
• travel expenses to take courses or exams not available in your area
• books, course materials, and work equipment
• professional association fees

Windmill has impacted more than 10,000 clients with the generous support of public funding and private donors.

To be eligible, you must,

• be an immigrant and a permanent resident, protected person, convention refugee, provincial nominee, or a Canadian citizen.
• be an internationally-trained immigrant requiring licensing, re-training or relocation to achieve your career goals.
• currently live in Canada. 
• not have an undischarged bankruptcy.

Learn more about eligibility and application requirements.

Canada Training Credit

Launched in 2019, the Canada Training Credit (CTC) is a refundable tax credit. This credit will reduce the tax owing on your income tax return, and if higher than your amount owing, you’ll receive a refund for the difference. The CTC is available for eligible tuition and other fees paid for courses taken in 2020 and subsequent tax years. It's accumulated at a rate of $250 per year, up to a lifetime limit of $5,000.

If you’re a permanent resident of Canada aged 26 to 66 and meet all other Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) criteria (including meeting minimum working income and maximum net income conditions set for the tax year you’re claiming the credit for), you’re eligible to claim the CTC on your income tax return.

Learn more about eligibility and how to claim the CTC.

Tax receipts

When you register and pay for courses and programs at SAIT, you will be issued a T2202 and T4A slip which you can use on your tax return (if applicable). The receipts are released on the last day of February each year for the previous tax year. You can access them from your mySAIT account.

Learn more about tax receipts

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*Note: Discount codes cannot be applied to a course (section) you’ve started or completed. If you wish to apply a discount to an eligible course that you’ve already registered for but not started, you’ll need to drop the course ($50 admin fee) and re-register (assuming there’s still a seat available) to apply the discount. Contact ConEdAdvising@sait.ca for more information.