Emergency Funding

Algonquin College offers a limited amount of emergency funding for students facing emergencies where health and safety are of concern. Emergency funding is a last resort only. Emergency funding is not available to help with books, tuition, and other costs of studying.

Before considering emergency funding, please make sure you have taken steps to apply and maximize possible funding from other sources. This includes financial aid and student awards at Algonquin College and any funding options that might be available to you outside the College, including student lines of credit through commercial banks.

Emergency funding can be considered in situations that are short-term, serious, and unforeseen.

Short-term

This means situations that will not continue beyond a month or so. We can consider you for emergency funding if the limited funding will bridge a short-term need and allow you to get to a stable situation.

Serious

This means situations where the lack of funding will have significant direct impacts on you. Generally, this would be situations where your health or safety are at risk such as a housing or food crisis.

Unforeseen

This means that the emergency situation did not exist before starting the term. It also means that there was no reasonable way that you could have planned for the emergency.

How to apply

If you are facing a funding emergency, you may apply for funding online.

Emergency Funding Application Form

To access the application form, you will be required to log in using your student algonquinlive.com credentials to access the form. We require you to log in to authenticate who you are.

If you have trouble accessing your algonquinlive.com email account, please contact ITS.
You can expect a response within 1 business day after submitting your full application.

How to receive your emergency funding if approved

Emergency funding will be issued as an Interac e-Transfer to your algonquinlive.com email account.

We strongly recommend that you set up autodeposit for your algonquinlive.com email account so that you can receive any approved funding directly into your bank account. This is a faster and more secure way to get your money.

If you have trouble accessing your algonquinlive.com email account, please contact ITS.