2026-27 guidelines
Federal funding pathways
How post-secondary funding from Indigenous Services Canada works for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Nation students, with links to the official guidelines.
Free resources
Free help with education funding
Plain-language tools for First Nations, Inuit and Métis students and the families, schools and communities supporting them. Free to read, print and share.
Grades 11 & 12
Planning checklist
Turn a big question about life after high school into small, doable steps: costs, funding, documents and deadlines.
For schools & communities
Facilitator toolkit
A 35-minute conversation plan and prompts for helping students explore education funding together.
Free tool
Food planner
Enter your food budget, how many days it needs to last and what you already have, and it builds a plan with enough food for everyone. No account or email needed.
Where to keep looking
Good places to find funding
No single list covers everything. These are the places worth checking, in roughly the order most students find helpful.
- Indigenous Bursaries Search Tool from Indigenous Services Canada, a searchable list of hundreds of bursaries and scholarships.
- Indspire, one of the largest funders of First Nations, Inuit and Métis students in Canada.
- Your First Nation's education office, your Métis provincial organization, or your Inuit regional organization.
- Your school's financial aid office and Indigenous student centre. Many awards are only advertised on campus.
- Your province or territory's student aid program, and the Government of Canada student aid page.
- Awards from your program or faculty, and scholarships from companies or industries connected to what you want to study.
These resources are a starting point, not an eligibility decision. Funding rules, amounts and deadlines change, so always confirm current details with the official source before applying.