Cumulative Number of Canada Education Savings Grant (CESG) Beneficiaries by Age Group

A beneficiary is a child between the age of 0 and 17 who receives the grant from the Government of Canada based on the amount saved in his or her RESP account by a parent, grandparent or other individuals (subscribers of RESPs).

Please note that the Open Government Portal provides data that add to those already available in the Canada Education Savings Program Annual Statistical Review. The most recent version of the report, which includes data up to 2024, was published on August 5, 2025 and can be found here: https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/services/student-financial-aid/education-savings/reports/statistical-review.html

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Additional Info

Field	Value
Last Updated	April 17, 2026, 20:51 (UTC)
Created	April 17, 2026, 20:51 (UTC)
contact_email	ESDC.CESP.DARE-DARE.PCEE.EDSC@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca
contact_person	{}
criticality_level	[]
data_dictionary	[]
geographic_scope	[]
open_canada_collection	primary
open_canada_date_modified	2025-01-16 00:00:00
open_canada_date_published	2017-02-21 00:00:00
open_canada_keywords	{"en": ["Canada Education Savings Program - CESP", "Registered Education Savings Plan - RESP", "Canada Education Savings Grant - CESG", "Canada Learning Bond - CLB", "Post-Secondary Education - PSE", "Contributions", "Beneficiaries"], "fr": ["Programme canadien pour l'épargne-études - PCEE", "régime enregistré d'épargne-études - REEE", "subvention canadienne pour l'épargne-études - SCEE", "bon d'études canadien - BEC", "études postsecondaires - EPS", "contributions", "bénéficiaires"]}
open_canada_subject	["education_and_training", "government_and_politics", "labour"]
sensitivity_level	unrestricted
title_fr	Nombre total de bénéficiaires qui ont reçu la Subvention canadienne pour l’épargne-études (SCEE) par groupe d'âge
update_frequency	P1Y