Canadian Forces Personnel Assistance Fund

Education Assistance Program

The Canadian Forces Personnel Assistance Fund offers an Education Assistance Loan program to assist serving and former members and their dependants with costs of post-secondary education.

To be eligible for a low-interest loan of $1,200 and $1,500, then in $500 increments up to a maximum of $4,000 per student, per year, the serving or former member must have served in the Canadian Army after 1st October 1946, or in the Canadian Forces, after 31 January 1968, and have a maximum of one year Regular Force military service. The loans are repayable over 12 to 48 months.

Application forms are available from Canadian Forces Base Financial Counsellors, district offices of Veterans Affairs Canada, and the Provincial Command Offices of the Royal Canadian Legion or by writing to CFPAF, 234 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 6K6, telephone (613) 760-3447 or toll free 1-888-9828.

For those who wish to obtain their loan in time for the semester beginning September, your submission should arrive at CFPAF by 30 June. Otherwise, applications will be accepted throughout the year until the funds allotted for the EALP are exhausted.