Financial Links
Financial Aid
For end-of-life costs, the Compassionate Financial Assistance Program provides modest support to those who have been diagnosed as palliative and have exhausted all other means of financial support.
Province: Alberta
Phone: 1-800-661-2262 or 403-205-3966
Canada Pension Plan (CPP) provides disability benefits to people who have made enough contributions to the CPP and who are disabled and cannot work at any job on a regular basis. Benefits may also be available to their dependent children.
Province: All
Phone: 1 800-206-7218
Our mandate is to provide financial assistance for patients who do not have the financial resources to cover the costs of basic necessities such as food and shelter as well as medical and additional expenses related to their treatment. We prioritize applications we receive according to income levels and frequently find that patients to whom we provide financial assistance are living at or below the poverty line.
Province: All
Phone: 416-233-7410
Compassionate care benefits are Employment Insurance (EI) benefits paid to people who have to be away from work temporarily to provide care or support to a family member who is gravely ill and who has a significant risk of death within 26 weeks (six months). A maximum of 26 weeks of compassionate care benefits may be paid to eligible people.
Province: All
Phone: 1 800-206-7218
This website offers information on reimbursement for prescription medications by providing information on the various types of private insurance plans, provincial/ territorial drug benefit programs, drug funding by provincial cancer agencies, and federal drug plans available in Canada.
Province: All
The Employment Insurance (EI) program offers temporary financial assistance to unemployed workers. This assistance includes providing sickness benefits to people unable to work because of sickness, injury, or quarantine. If you cannot work because of sickness, injury or quarantine, but you would otherwise be available to work, you could be eligible to receive up to a maximum of 15 weeks of EI sickness benefits.
Province: All
Phone: 1 800-206-7218
Individuals or a spouse or common law partner, may be able to claim the total eligible medical expenses incurred on their annual income tax return. Keep all receipts.
Province: All
Phone: 1 800 959-8281 (Income Tax Enquiries)
The Canadian Cancer Society provides limited, short-term financial assistance to cover a portion of clients’ cancer-related transportation and accommodation expenses. In addition, through our partnership with the BC Cancer Agency, we can assist clients with a portion of the cost of selected prescription medications that manage symptoms related to cancer treatment
Province: British Columbia
Phone: 1-800-663-2524 or 604-872-4400
The Canadian Cancer Society program, Access to Care, provides some treatment-related travel and accommodation assistance to people with cancer who have a limited income. Assistance is provided for travel and accommodation costs related to cancer treatment and follow-up appointments for the person who is being treated and one attendant.
Province: Manitoba
Phone: 1-888-532-6982 or 204-571-2800
This program helps people with disabilities who are in financial need pay for living expenses, like food and housing.
Province: Ontario
Phone: 1 888 789-4199
Ontario residents receive drug benefits from Ontario’s drug programs. The province has six different programs.
Province: Ontario
Phone: 1 866 532-3161
If you are in temporary financial need, Ontario Works can provide you with money and help you find a job.
Province: Ontario
Phone: Call your local office
This program helps people who have high prescription drug costs relative to their household income.
Province: Ontario
Money Management
Wellspring’s Money Matters program provides individual, professional case management on the financial impacts from cancer, and provides information on all available income replacement, drug compensation and reimbursement programs.
Province: Alberta
Phone: (403) 521-5292 ext. 312
Bankruptcy Canada provides support and resources for filing for bankruptcy.
Province: All
Phone: 1-877-879-4770
The Financial Consumer Agency has information to help you manage spending and debt. You can find a budget worksheet and a section on dealing with debt.
Province: All
Experienced and professionally trained counselors may help you resolve debt and money management problems.
Province: All
Phone: 1.866.398.5999
Your Financial Toolkit has been designed to help Canadians manage their personal finances. Developed by the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC), Investor Education Fund (IEF) and l’Autorité des Marchés financiers (AMF), the Toolkit provides reliable, unbiased and easy-to-use information and tools that people can use to become more capable and confident financial consumers.
Province: All
This is a program hosted at Gilda’s Club Greater Toronto. Jackie Porter, Certified Financial Planner from Carte Wealth Management, Inc., has offered to provide our members with Individual financial guidance. She invites them to bring questions and concerns about financial matters to her by making an appointment with her at reception. Each apt. will be 20 minutes in length.
Province: Ontario
Wellspring’s Money Matters program provides individual, professional case management on the financial impacts from cancer, and provides information on all available income replacement, drug compensation and reimbursement programs. Wellspring has various locations throughout Canada (click here for Wellspring website) and offers both in-person consultation service, and a newly launched in 2017 Online Money Matters consultation service.
Province: Ontario
For more information call: 416-961-1928 or for information on the Online Program click here.