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CANNOR – Comprehensive Expenditure Review
CANNOR – Budget 2025
CANNOR – 2025–2026 Supplementary Estimates C
How has the Government of Canada managed the application intake and Call Centre volumes for the Canada Disability Benefit?
In Budget 2024, the Government committed to expanding the list of occupations eligible for Canada Student Loan (CSL) Forgiveness. As of December 31, 2025, dentists, dental hygienists, early childhood educators, midwives, personal support workers, pharmacists, physiotherapists, psychologists, social workers, and teachers working in rural or remote communities may qualify for this benefit. Canada Student Loan (CSL) Forgiveness was initially introduced in 2013 as one way to complement existing provincial, territorial and federal efforts to combat shortages of family doctors, nurses, and nurse practitioners in rural and remote communities.
Recent Budget commitments have brought several enhancements to the benefit: an increase to the maximum forgivable amount by 50 percent, implemented in Fall 2023; and an expansion of the definition of “under-served rural and remote community” to include all communities with populations of 30,000 or less, implemented in fall 2024.
In Budget 2024, the Government committed to expanding the list of eligible occupations to include 10 additional health care and social services occupations, including dentists, dental hygienists, early childhood educators, midwives, personal support workers, pharmacists, physiotherapists, psychologists, social workers, and teachers. The measure came into effect on December 31, 2025, and is expected to benefit 8,000 borrowers in its first year.
In 2023-24 fiscal year, $27 million of CSLs were forgiven under the CSL Forgiveness benefit and 5,700 individuals benefitted.
In Budget 2025, the Government committed to addressing the integrity of student financial assistance, including through a measure to no longer provide the Canada Student Grant for Full-Time Students to students attending for-profit private educational institutions. Subject to regulatory changes, this measure will come into effect in the 2026-27 school year.The Government of Canada provides Canada Student Grants and Loans to support access to post-secondary education.
To be eligible for the Canada Student Grant for Full-time Students, a student must be enrolled in a program of study that is at least two years (60 weeks) in duration. Students enrolled in shorter programs have never been eligible for the Canada Student Grant for Full-time Students and are therefore not affected by this measure.
Students attending private for-profit institutions will still have access to other grants and loans, including interest-free Canada Student Loans as well as Canada Student Grants for Students with Dependants, Students with Disabilities, Part-Time Studies, and the Grant for Services and Equipment for Students with Disabilities.
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