Canada’s Best Universities by Scholarships and Bursaries: Rankings 2023

These figures show the percentage of a university’s total operating expenditures that are devoted to funding scholarships and bursaries.

Medical Doctoral

Rank	University	Per cent
1	McGill	17
2	Ottawa	13.5
3	Dalhousie	13.4
4	Queen’s	13.2
5	Calgary	12.5
6	Manitoba	12.1
*7	Alberta	11.8
*7	Western	11.8
9	Toronto	11.7
10	Laval	10.8
11	Montréal	10.3
12	UBC	8.9
13	Saskatchewan	8.7
14	Sherbrooke	7.6
15	McMaster	6.9

Comprehensive

Rank	University	Per cent
1	Waterloo	15.6
2	York	12.8
3	Victoria	11.2
4	Carleton	10.9
5	Guelph	10.7
6	Brock	9.7
7	Wilfrid Laurier	8.9
*8	Concordia	8.6
*8	Simon Fraser	8.6
*10	Memorial	8.1
*10	Toronto Metropolitan	8.1
12	Regina	8
13	New Brunswick	7
14	UQAM	6.7
15	Windsor	6.3

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Primarily Undergraduate

Rank	University	Per cent
1	Mount Allison	11.1
2	Saint Mary’s	10.5
3	Trent	9.1
4	UPEI	8.3
5	Bishop’s	8.2
6	Lakehead	7.7
*7	Acadia	7.6
*7	St. Thomas	7.6
9	St. Francis Xavier	7
10	Mount Saint Vincent	6.9
11	Moncton	6.7
*12	Nipissing	6.5
*12	Winnipeg	6.5
14	Ontario Tech	6.3
15	Brandon	6.1
*16	Laurentian	5.4
*16	Lethbridge	5.4
18	Cape Breton	5.2
19	UNBC	4.6

* Indicates a tie

More numbers behind the rankings: Canada’s best universities by student awardsCanada’s best universities by student/faculty ratioCanada’s best universities by faculty awardsCanada’s best universities by social sciences and humanities grantsCanada’s best universities by medical/science grantsCanada’s best universities by total research dollarsCanada’s best universities by operating budgetCanada’s best universities by library expensesCanada’s best universities by library acquisitionsCanada’s best universities by students servicesCanada’s best universities by reputation