Canada Education Savings Grant


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Canada Education Savings Grant

A grant from the Canadian Government to individual Registered Education Savings Plans (RESPs). The grant matches between 20% and 40% of the first $500 of a family's contribution to an RESP, depending on the family's income. It then matches 20% of the family's contributions after $500, regardless of income, up to a maximum benefit of $2,500.
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Roughly half of this money goes out in need-based loans and grants, while the other half goes in "universal" benefits to which all are entitled, such as tax credits and the Canada Education Savings Grant.
Who Gets What? The Distribution of Government Subsidies for Post-Secondary Education in Canada. Canadian Higher Education Report Series
The Canada Education Savings Grant (CESG) Program was introduced in 1998 to encourage Canadians to save for the post-secondary education (PSE) of children.
Formative Evaluation of the Canada Education Savings Grant Program. Final Report
Furthermore, I find that the Canada education savings grants (CESGs) paid as matching funds to RESP contributions are a costly, poorly targeted, and questionable use of public money.
Tax preferences for education saving: are RESPs effective?
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