Scholarship Program 2025

This year, Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation (NLHC) will award a total of twelve scholarships valued at $1,000 each: six Youth Scholarships and six Adult Scholarships.

Two Youth Scholarships and two Adult Scholarships will be awarded in each of our three regions: Avalon, East/Central and Western/Labrador.

The application deadline for both categories is September 30, 2025.

Youth Scholarship Eligibility
To be eligible for NLHC’s Youth Scholarship Program, your parent or legal guardian must be either:

  • Living in a NLHC rental unit and their signature appears on the rental lease;
  • Living in a rental unit being subsidized by NLHC under the Rent Supplement Program or the Canada-NL Housing Benefit; or
  • Living in co-op housing or partner-managed housing, which is being subsidized by NLHC and their signature appears on the occupancy agreement or lease.

You must also meet the following eligibility requirements:

  • Graduate from the Newfoundland and Labrador high school system in the current school year (June 2025); and
  • Attend a program of study at any approved post-secondary education or career training institution on a full-time basis in the Fall of 2025.

NLHC’s 2025 Youth Scholarships will be based on the student’s Academic or Honours graduation average as set by the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development.

Adult Scholarship Eligibility
An adult tenant can be the leaseholder (the person in the household who signed the lease or occupancy agreement) or an occupant (a person in the household who isn’t the leaseholder and is not eligible for a Youth Scholarship).

To be eligible for NLHC’s Adult Scholarship Program, you must be either:

  • Living in a NLHC rental unit;
  • Living in a rental unit subsidized by NLHC under the Rent Supplement Program or the Canada-NL Housing Benefit; or
  • Living in co-op housing or partner-managed housing that is being subsidized by NLHC.

You must also meet the following eligibility requirement:

  • Attend a program of study at any approved post-secondary education or career training institution in the Fall of 2025. You must be enrolled in a full-time program and be in attendance through to December 31, 2025.

Adult scholarships will be awarded based on need, initiative, and community involvement. Adult scholarships are not limited to first-year students.

If you are graduating from the Newfoundland and Labrador high school system in the current school year and planning to attend a post-secondary education or career training institution in the Fall of 2025, you must apply for the Youth Scholarship.

If an applicant won a Youth Scholarship in a previous year, they can apply for an Adult Scholarship. Applicants are able to receive an Adult Scholarship twice.

If an applicant is renting or receiving a subsidy from NLHC and applying as the leaseholder, the account must be in good standing at the time the application is reviewed for eligibility.

Please note:

  • Information on the application form must be valid at the time the application is reviewed for eligibility.
  • Should an applicant change their post-secondary institution after submitting their application, they must contact NLHC at 709-724-3055 to have their application updated.
  • Graduates from Adult Basic Education (ABE) are eligible to apply.
  • Tenants living in NLHC’s Market-Rental housing are not eligible to apply.

Applications
2025 Youth Application

2025 Adult Application

Scholarship applications are also available from NLHC’s regional offices, or by contacting:
Telephone: (709) 724-3055
E-mail: scholars@nlhc.nl.ca

Deadline
Youth and Adult applications must be postmarked no later than September 30, 2025.