Kincardine

There are many scholarships for Kincardine students. If you are searching for scholarships for a particular high school located in Kincardine, please select the appropriate school from the list below. The scholarship database contains scholarships for Kincardine students in the following categories:

Kincardine High School Scholarships
Kincardine College Scholarships
Kincardine University Scholarships

Scholarships

Loran Scholars

Deadline: Oct 11, 2023
$100,000
The Loran Award supports promising young Canadians who show strength of character and a commitment to service in their communities, challenging them to fully realize their leadership potential. In 2023-24, the Loran Scholars Foundation will offer up to 160 financial awards funding studies on Canadian campuses at the following three levels:LORAN AWARDSWith the support of a national network, up to...

$70,000
Since 1995, TD has awarded millions in TD Scholarships for Community Leadership to recognize students who have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to community leadership. TD Scholarships for Community Leadership recipients receive up to $70,000 for tuition and living expenses as well as opportunities for paid summer employment, peer networking and mentorship. Supporting young community leaders is one way TD is...

$20,000
SME Education Foundation has awarded $18 million to over 5,000 students since 2005. Graduating high school seniors as well as students pursuing two-year, four-year or graduate degrees in manufacturing or engineering are eligible to apply for scholarships. In the past two years, the Foundation awarded a record number of scholarships to women and minorities as part of a new Diversity,...

Apprenticeship Service Program

Deadline: Mar 01, 2024
$10,000
With a shortage of skilled workers across the trade industry, the Apprenticeship Service Program makes it easier for small to medium-sized enterprises to hire first-year apprentices in specific Red Seal trades across Canada through financial incentives funded by the Government of Canada’s Apprenticeship Service, and in partnership with EHRC (Electricity Human Resources Canada).The Apprenticeship Service Program is designed to incentivize...

Young Heritage Leaders Scholarship

Deadline: Sep 30, 2023
$3,500
Canada Life is proud to sponsor Young Heritage Leaders, a program that fosters a sense of local pride, community involvement and volunteerism. Along with the Ontario Heritage Trust, they reward the young person whose leadership in preserving, protecting and promoting heritage is deemed to be the most exceptional with a $3,500 scholarship for post-secondary education. Note: Only individual nominees are...

Steel Intern Scholarship

Deadline: Oct 02, 2023
$7,500
Steel Intern Scholarship – PAID Summer internship followed by a US$7,500 one-year scholarship.These awards are preceded by a PAID summer internship at a North American steel producing or steel-related company.Up to 40 one-year awards.Premier Intern Scholarship – The top-scoring applicant of all received will be awarded the Premier Scholarship, a one-year scholarship of US$12,000 with a paid summer internship (summer...

For School Specific Scholarships, select one of the schools below:

The Municipality of Kincardine is located on the shoreline of Lake Huron in the County of Bruce in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has a population of 12,000, and covers an area of 580 square kilometres. The municipality, located at the mouth of the Penetangore River, was created in 1999 by the amalgamation of the the Township of Kincardine, the Town of Kincardine, and the Township of Bruce. It was previously referred to as Penetangore.

In addition to the town centre of the Town of Kincardine, The Municipality of Kincardine consists of the following small communities: Armow, Baie du Dore, Bervie, Glammis, Millarton, Inverhuron, Underwood, North Bruce and Tiverton.

On the 5th of March, the year 1848, Captain Alexander M. MacGregor sailed "THE FLY", his little schooner into the mouth of the Penetangore River. In Ojibwa, Penetangore means "river with sand on one side". This is referring to the sand bar at the mouth of the river. Settlers, William Withers and Allan Cameron landed will on this ship at the location of the modern-day township, in that particular section of Canada West referred to only as the Queen's Bush, and established a community called Penetangore. Near where they landed the constructed a log cabin wherein Cameron ran a hotel. Withers built a dam and a saw mill that was opened the next year 1849. By the winter of 1848/49 the settlement was inhabited by seven families.

A small nuclear power plant was built at Douglas Point in Bruce Township during the year 1958, and the eight additional reactors of the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station were built between the years 1977 and 1987. As a result, a wave of extremely educated people moved to Kincardine for work, and were paid commensurately. This considerably changed the town's demographics, and its whole economy.

The Bruce Nuclear Power Development has become the dominant force in the economy of the township. Bruce Power is the private corporation which operates the plant under lease from Ontario Power Generation. There is likewise a booming tourist industry, emphasizing beautiful sunsets, Scottish cultural custom and sandy beaches.

Kincardine is home to various trails and parks which run all over the township of Kincardine. Sports are a huge part of the community mainly focusing around hockey during the winter and soccer during the summer. The Davidson Centre, the local community centre is the central location for the majority of recreation activities since it has a park, skate park, indoor and outdoor track, soccer fields, gym, swimming pool, basketball court and hockey rink.