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Student Family Category Definitions

Single dependent student living at home:

A.    You are a single dependent student if all of the following are true:

• you are not married or in a common-law relationship;
• you are not separated, divorced or widowed;
• you are not a single parent;
• you have been out of high school for less than 4 years before the start of the study period; and
• you have not worked full-time for two years or more.

B.    You are living at home if you are living with your parent(s) or going to school within 25 km of your parent’s home.

 

Single dependent student living away from home:

A.    You are a single dependent student if all of the following are true:

•    you are not married or in a common-law relationship;
•    you are not separated, divorced or widowed;
•    you are not a single parent;
•    you have been out of high school for less than 4 years before the start of the study period; and
•    you have not worked full-time for two years or more.

B.    You are living away from home if

•       you are not living with your parent(s); and
•       you are not going to school within 25 km of your parent’s home.

 

 

Single independent student living at home:

A.    You are a single independent student if any of the following is true:

• you have been out of high school for 4 or more years as of the start of the study period;
• you have worked full-time for two years or longer;
• both of your parents are deceased; or
• you are widowed, divorced, or separated with no children.

B.    You are living at home if you are living with your parent(s) or going to school within 25 km of your parent’s home.

 

 

Single independent student living away from home:

A.    You are a single independent student if any of the following is true:

• you have been out of high school for 4 or more years as of the start of the study period;
• you have worked full-time for two years or longer;
• both of your parents are deceased; or
• you are widowed, divorced, or separated with no children.

B.    You are living away from home if

• you are not living with your parent(s); and
• you are not going to school within 25 km of your parent’s home. 

 

Married/Common Law:

For the purposes of the Canada Student Loans Program, this refers to students who are married, or who have been living in a situation similar to a conjugal relationship for at least one year.

 

 

Single Parent:

Students identified as single parents are those who have legal and physical custody and responsibility for supporting a child. They must not currently be married or in a common-law relationship. A single parent who shares physical custody and financial support with the other parent is still considered a single parent student.

 

 

 

Family Size Definitions

Single dependent student living at home:

Your family consists of yourself, your parent(s) or guardian(s), siblings and any other dependant(s) of your parent(s) or guardian(s).

Single dependent student living away from home:

Your family consists of yourself, your parent(s) or guardian(s), siblings and any other dependant(s) of your parent(s) or guardian(s).

Single independent student living at home:

Your family size is one.

Single independent student living away from home:

Your family size is one.

Married/Common Law:

Your family consists of yourself, your spouse or common law partner, dependant(s) under 18 years of age and any other dependant(s) with a permanent disability.

Single Parent:

Your family consists of yourself, dependant(s) under 18 years of age and/or dependant(s) with a permanent disability.

To be eligible for bursaries the majority of SBC Bursaries require students to be full time which means a minimum of 12 credit hours

 

All Bursary Applications are due July 1st for the fall semester or December 1st for the Winter Semester.

If you are a returning student eligible for the MSBI bursary, this application must be completed before March 31.

Please complete on time even if you are missing some components as listed below (where applicable):

Student Visa

(for international students)

Notice of Assessment

Students applying for a bursary, please submit your current Notice of Assesment by August 1 for the fall semester and December 1 winter semester.

Returning students applying for Spring MSBI, please fill out this form based on your Student Aid Notice of Assessment from this past fall.

SBC Financial Aid Email.

For more information visit our webiste student fees page.

Annual Family Income Definitions

Dependent students: (lived with your parents in the past 2 years as an adult over 18)

The gross annual family income is your parent’s total annual earnings before tax. This can be found on line 150 of each parent's previous year's T1 General Income Tax Form.

Married/common-law students:

The gross annual family income is the sum of the student's and the spouse/common law partner's annual earnings before tax. This can be found on line 150 of each of the student's and the spouse/common law partner’s previous year's T1 General Income Tax Form.

Independent students and single parents: (Must not have lived with your Parents within the past 2 years to qualify as an independant)

The gross annual income consists of the student's total annual earnings before tax. This can be found on line 150 of the student’s previous year’s General Income Tax Form.

**Apply for Government Student aid ASAP as it takes time for them to process that application. The details that the government assessment provides helps SBC assess additional financial need. The deadline to submit your Government Student aid assessment results is August 1st for the fall semester.

If you are a returning student, please fill out this form based on your most current Student Aid Notice of Assessment from. If this information is the not the student Aid for the coming year please email it to when it comes available.

SBC Financial Aid Email.

 

Your Award Info page should look something like this with amounts filled in...

 

If your Province includes both the Notice of Assessment (Assessment Details) and the Award Info on the same page, just upload the same file twice to allow you to submit the bursary app form. Thanks.

You are Eligibile for SBC's International Student Bursary. Please complete this form to apply.

Enter your Financial Information for next year to the best of what you know today.

Full International Student Bursary information and expectations for all parties can be found online at:

International Student Bursaries

Please review these expectations before completing this form.

Thank You!

A significant purpose of the International Student Bursary is to train international church leaders for ministry in their culture of origin.  

This usually means returning to one's home country after one's college program is completed to serve the local church.

I certify that, to the best of my knowledge, information provided in this application is true and correct. I hereby make application for a bursary to be applied toward tuition and fees at Steinbach Bible College for the upcoming school year.

Privacy Notice: SBC adheres to the principles of the Federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). All of the information collected by SBC for the purpose of determining the need for financial assistance of the applicant is collected solely for this purpose. The information will be treated in the strictest confidence and will not be used for any other purpose without the express authorization of the student, parent/guardian or others that may have legal authority to do so. Should you feel that the information provided is used outside of the intended purpose you have the right to contact the Privacy officer at (204) 326-6451.

For purposes of consistency with Government Student Aid measurements, most questions and definitions above mirror those found in the Government of Canada Student Financial Assistance Estimator.

 

 

Thank you for considering SBC!