Canada’s Best Universities by Student Services: Rankings 2023

These figures show the percentage of a university’s total operating expenditures that are devoted to funding student services.

Medical Doctoral

Rank	University	Per cent
1	McMaster	5.6
2	Toronto	4.6
3	Western	4.2
4	Ottawa	4.1
5	Laval	3.8
6	Sherbrooke	3.7
7	Manitoba	3.5
8	Alberta	3.3
*9	Calgary	3.2
*9	Queen’s	3.2
*11	Dalhousie	3.1
*11	Montréal	3.1
13	McGill	2.9
14	Saskatchewan	2.8
15	UBC	2.6

Comprehensive

Rank	University	Per cent
1	Simon Fraser	10.3
2	Toronto Metropolitan	8.9
3	Wilfrid Laurier	7.4
4	Windsor	6.2
5	Victoria	5.9
6	Regina	5.3
*7	Brock	5.2
*7	York	5.2
9	Carleton	4.8
10	Guelph	4.7
11	New Brunswick	4.2
12	Waterloo	4.1
13	Memorial	3.8
14	Concordia	3.1
15	UQAM	2

Primarily Undergraduate

Rank	University	Per cent
1	Nipissing	8.2
2	Trent	7.6
3	Ontario Tech	7.5
*4	Bishop’s	7.2
*4	St. Thomas	7.2
6	UNBC	6.9
7	Brandon	6.7
8	Lakehead	5.9
9	Lethbridge	5.8
*10	Acadia	5.7
*10	Cape Breton	5.7
12	Winnipeg	5.6
13	Saint Mary’s	5.5
14	Laurentian	5.2
15	Mount Saint Vincent	5
16	Mount Allison	4.8
17	St. Francis Xavier	4.7
18	Moncton	3.9
19	UPEI	3.2

* Indicates a tie

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