This Giving Tuesday, help us ensure young people across Canada can pave their own unique path with the necessary resources CanGap provides.
The Canadian Gap Year Association Inc. is a registered Canadian non-profit. We operate on a small budget and rely heavily on grants, sponsorship, and partnerships to sustain our operation. As is true with most non-profit organizations with greater societal impact, finances are our primary barrier to achieving our mission.
Here’s how you can support students and young adults across Canada:
Support our Gap Year Scholarship Fund
Every year, we offer three $750 scholarships to students in need of funding to support their experiential and intentional year off from their formal studies.
Support accessibilities and inclusion in the gap year movement by donating to our scholarship fund for 2025.
$100 CAD
Fund 2 months of a Gapper's Individualized Support
Our Gap Year GPS program ensures gap year students have access to the planning tools and community needed to thrive during their gap year, while certifying their life skills as they work to earn the Student of Leadership & Humanity Award.
$250 CAD
Donate Other Amounts or Voluneer with us!
Working with gappers we know that every person approaches life with different circumstances and access to resources.
We honour wherever you are coming from and welcome other ways of contributing. Send us an email with your ideas and we will be in touch!
Charmaine D'Souza, Guidance Counsellor
Michelle provides tangible advice about taking a gap year that is meaningful to students, staff, and parents. Her resources for scholarships, goal planning, and even how to have conversations with parents about taking a gap year, are all accessible and helpful to all students. The Can Gap Association is a fantastic resource for students, their families, and for all educators.
Lauren V,
2023 Gapper
CanGap's GPS helped make my gap year goals come true (even discover new ones along the way) by empowering me to build a framework and 'map' for a successful break. I recommend giving yourself this experience if possible - you won't regret it!
ML,
2023 Parent
Thank you for working with my teen to help her discover what she might want to pursue in university and career wise. .. she's in a much better position as a result. My heart is feeling much less anxious too. I also want to say thank you for the words of insight and encouragement you shared with me as her mom, to better support her through this discovery season!"
PD,
2024 Gapper
It was valuable to see the different ways that gap years can be used, and the diversity in who takes gap years. Having someone show the different resources and things that gappers can do during their gap was very beneficial to me as well, as I wasn't sure what to do with my gap
As a non-profit, we are unable to issue charitable receipts. However, we proudly communicate with all donors as to where their donations are being allocated.
Thank you for your generosity and progressive and bold thinking.
CanGap