Canadian Universities
There are over 50 universities to choose from in Canada. To help make sense of all your options, a good resource is Maclean's Guide to Canadian Universities. Also, check out www.schoolfinder.com to discover which universities offer the programs and courses you are interested in. Things to consider when choosing a university include:
Manitoba
British Columbia:
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Ontario
Quebec
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Newfoundland
- Program availability (Do they have the courses you want? Do they have specialized programs? Do they offer a lot of courses in your interest areas?)
- Location (Do you want to be close to your hometown or far away?)
- Tuition & Fees (Ranges from $3000 to $10,000 per year - Universities in Manitoba have some of the lowest tuition in all of Canada - Be happy!)
- Extra costs (Transportation - parking, plane rides, gas, car insurance)
- Residence (Is this an option you are looking for and how much will it cost? Ranges from $8408 (residence plus meal plan) at Brandon University up to $18,055 at McGill University (per academic year)
- Size of school (Number of students range from less than 3000 students up to 50,000 students)
- Co-operative Education and Internship programs (Get great work experience and make money while attending school)
- Athletics, activities, special interest groups, student resources (the things that make university fun!)
Manitoba
- Brandon University - www.brandonu.ca
- University of Winnipeg - www.uwinnipeg.ca
- University of Manitoba - www.umanitoba.ca
- Canadian Mennonite University - www.cmu.ca
British Columbia:
- University of British Columbia - www.ubc.ca
- Simon Fraser University - www.sfu.ca
- Emily Carr University of Art & Design - www.eciad.ca
- University of Victoria - www.uvic.ca
- Thompson Rivers University - www.tru.ca
- Royal Roads University - www.royalroads.ca
- University of Northern British Columbia - www.unbc.ca
- Trinity Western University - www.twu.ca
- Vancouver Island University - www.viu.ca
Alberta
- MacEwan University - www.macewan.ca
- Mount Royal University - www.mtroyal.ab.ca
- University of Alberta - www.ualberta.ca
- University of Calgary - www.ucalgary.ca
- University of Lethbridge - www.uleth.ca
- Athabasca University - www.athabascau.ca
Saskatchewan
- University of Saskatchewan - www.usask.ca
- University of Regina - www.uregina.ca
Ontario
- Lakehead University - www.lakeheadu.ca
- University of Windsor - www.uwindsor.ca
- OCAD University - www.ocad.ca
- Western University - www.uwo.ca
- Laurentian University - www.laurentian.ca
- University of Waterloo - www.uwaterloo.ca
- Wilfrid Laurier University - www.wlu.ca
- University of Guelph - www.uoguelph.ca
- McMaster University - www.mcmaster.ca
- Nipissing University - www.nipissingu.ca
- Ryerson University - www.ryerson.ca
- University of Toronto - www.utoronto.ca
- York University - www.yorku.ca
- Brock University - www.brocku.ca
- Trent University - www.trentu.ca
- Queen's University - www.queensu.ca
- Carleton University - www.carleton.ca
- University of Ottawa - www.uottawa.ca
- Royal Military College of Canada - www.rmc.ca
Quebec
- Concordia University - www.concordia.ca
- McGill University - www.mcgill.ca
- Bishop's University - www.ubishops.ca
- Université Laval - www.ulaval.ca
- Université de Montréal - www.umontreal.ca
- Université du Québec - www.uquebec.ca
- Université de Sherbrooke - www.usherbrooke.ca
Nova Scotia
- St. Francis Xavier University - www.stfx.ca
- Saint Mary's University - www.smu.ca
- Dalhousie University - www.dal.ca
- Acadia University - www.acadiau.ca
- NSCAD University - www.nscad.ca
- Mount Saint Vincent University - www.msvu.ca
New Brunswick
- Mount Allison University - www.mta.ca
- University of New Brunswick - www.unb.ca
- St. Thomas University - www.stu.ca
- Université de Moncton - www.umoncton.ca
Prince Edward Island
- University of PEI - www.upei.ca
Newfoundland
- Memorial University - www.mun.ca