History

Our heritage of helping children with their educational funds isn't just our history, it's our name

Heritage Education Funds Inc. has been helping Canadian families since 1965. We specialize in Pooled / Group RESPs with flexible and affordable plans available to Canadian parents. With almost 400,000 children enrolled and over $2 billion in assets under management, the future of Heritage and the future of our children looks bright.

Milestones in Heritage Education Funds RESP History

1965 -Creation of Canadian American Financial Corp. (Canada) Limited, which later became Heritage Education Funds Inc.

1988 - Heritage Scholarship Trust Foundation and Plan is launched and becomes one of the fastest-growing pooled RESPs in Canada

1998 - Canada Education Savings Grant (CESG) Program introduced

2000 - 100,000th child enrolled in the Heritage Plan

2002 - Assets under management exceed $600 million

2003 - Impression Plan is introduced for self-directed investors

2004 - Canada Learning Bond (CLB) is introduced by the Federal Government

Enhancements to the CESG Program proposed

Heritage's National Excellence Awards for Teachers (NEAT) program provides $25,000 to 5 Early Childhood Education Teachers

2005 - Heritage Education Funds celebrates 40 years of building Canadian children's futures with over $1 billion in assets under management

Government of Alberta introduces Alberta Centennial Educations Savings Grant (ACES)

2006 - Canada Education Savings Grant Program enhancements introduced

2007 - Federal Budget ushers in RESP changes (see Tax Relief)

2008 - More changes from Federal Budget: increased RESP lifetime and contribution limits Quebec government introduces Quebec Education Savings Incentive (QESI)

2009 - Heritage celebrates 45 years of helping to create a bright future for students, and continues to by benchmarking over 375,000 enrolled children in an RESP plan.

2010 - Since inception Heritage has paid out over $610 million in assistance payment for Post Secondary Education.

2011 - Heritage Education Funds celebrates over 46 years of building Canadian children's futures with over $2 billion in assets under management

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