Alberta gives every home-educating family roughly $850 CAD per child per year. Curriculum, tutoring, exam fees — all eligible. Smartious live Cambridge IGCSE & A-Level instruction qualifies as eligible curriculum & tutoring under Alberta Education guidelines. Register with a school authority, send us your receipts, get reimbursed.
The mechanics in three steps — no jargon.
Pick any school authority that accepts traditional (parent-directed) home education. Popular Alberta choices: Wisdom Home Schooling, Mosaic Home Schooling, Foundations for the Future, Heritage Christian Online School, Argyll Centre (public). Annual registration is free for parents. The school authority becomes your administrative partner with Alberta Education.
Alberta Education guidelines specify eligible categories: curriculum and instructional materials, tutoring and lessons, educational supplies, exam fees (including Cambridge IGCSE & A-Level series), and technology with clear educational purpose. Smartious live Cambridge instruction is classed as curriculum + tutoring — every monthly invoice ($245 / $400 / $735 CAD) qualifies.
Smartious provides itemised CAD invoices (Cloudinary-hosted PDFs) with the curriculum description Alberta Education needs. Submit them to your school authority through their portal. Reimbursement up to your annual allocation flows back as cash transfer, cheque, or vendor direct-pay depending on the school authority\'s system.
Real numbers — your funding allocation applied to actual Smartious tiers.
| Tier | Smartious CAD/yr | $850 AB funding | You pay (after funding) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online ($245/mo) | $2,940 | −$850 | $2,090 net |
| Online Plus ($400/mo) | $4,800 | −$850 | $3,950 net |
| Premium 1-on-1 ($735/mo) | $8,820 | −$850 | $7,970 net |
Note: Alberta funding amounts vary slightly by school authority and year (typical range $800–$900 CAD). Multiple children = multiple allocations. "Shared Responsibility" partnerships can unlock higher per-student funding.
Years 10–11 Mathematics, Sciences, English, Humanities — classed as curriculum + instruction
Years 12–13 A-Level subjects — classed as curriculum + instruction
May/November Cambridge series fees at Calgary, Edmonton British Council centres
Individual tutoring with subject specialists — classed as tutoring
Equivalent international curriculum delivered live online
Smartious LMS access included — qualifying educational technology use
Yes. Every Alberta family with a child being home-educated is eligible regardless of household income. Funding flows through a school authority partner annually — most parents access ~$850 CAD per child after the school authority retains its administrative portion.
Traditional (parent-directed). Cambridge is an international curriculum, not the Alberta Program of Studies, so families typically register as Traditional home educators. Funding allocation is the same for both Traditional and Aligned. You retain full curriculum choice.
Wisdom Home Schooling, Mosaic Christian Home Schooling, Foundations for the Future Charter Academy, Heritage Christian Online School, and Argyll Centre are commonly chosen by families using international curricula. Each has a slightly different reimbursement process — ask their administrator whether they routinely process invoices from international curriculum providers (Smartious provides documentation for the conversation).
Annually, on the Alberta school year (September–August). Most school authorities open their funding portal around September/October and accept receipts throughout the year until the May/June deadline. Plan tuition receipts to fit within one school year for maximum reimbursement.
Yes — each home-educated child receives a separate annual allocation. A family with three home-educated children has access to roughly $2,550 CAD per year in combined allocations.
You can register with an Alberta school authority on arrival and receive a pro-rated allocation for the remainder of the school year. The school authority will confirm the pro-rated amount during registration.
15-minute call to confirm your school authority partnership and what your specific funding lets you book. No commitment.