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Native Women's Association of Canada Website

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3.1 Eligibility:Eligibility is based on wartime service, age, income and residence and includes thefollowing criteria:male applicants must be 60 years old and female applicants must be 55 yearsold (applicants who are unable to fully support themselves may apply at anearlier age);the allowance is income-tested, which means that applicants must prove financialneed (all sources <strong>of</strong> income are taken into account when making a decision onapplications);applicants must reside in <strong>Canada</strong> at the time they apply (veterans <strong>of</strong>Commonwealth or Allied forces must have been domiciled in <strong>Canada</strong> at the timethey joined that force); andsurviving spouses and orphans may also qualify for the allowance if thedeceased veteran, Merchant Navy veteran, or civilian had the required warrelatedstatus.3.2 Contact:the Veterans Affairs <strong>Canada</strong> regional <strong>of</strong>fice nearest youContacts for all Veteran's Affairs Programs:Atlantic Region: 426-6448 (Halifax/Dartmouth); 1-800-565-1528 (NS, N.B., & PEI);1-800-757-6308 (NS, N.B., & PEl Hearing Impaired Clients) Newfoundland SubregionalOffice: (709) 772-4965; 1-800-563-9623VAC District Offices: Campbellton (506) 789-4700 1-800-350-7955 Charlottetown (902) 566-8677 1-800-565-2422 Comer Brook (709) 637-4377 1-800-563-4254 Halifax (902) 426-7931 1-800-565-0197 Saint John (506) 636-4815 1-800-349-9788 St. John's (709) 772-4965 Sydney (902) 564-7028 1-800-565-7028BPA Offices: Charlottetown (902) 566-8687 Halifax (902) 426-7400 Saint John (506) 636-4994 St. John's (709) 772-4886Québec Region: 1-800-361-6867; 1-800-361-6868VAC District Offices: Gatineau 1-800-567-1274 Montrea1 1-800-361-7705 Sainte-Foy 1-800-463-2140 Sherbrooke 1-800-567-7324BPA Offices: Montrea1 (514) 496-1245 Sainte-Foy (418) 648-3091Pg. 249

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