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Canada’s Best Universities in 2025 by Student Services

Maclean’s tracks the universities’ commitment to funding student services

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

MEDICAL DOCTORAL

UniversityRankPer cent
McMaster16.5
Western25.3
Sherbrooke35.1
Manitoba45.0
Ottawa54.7
Toronto64.5
Laval74.2
Calgary84.0
Queen's93.9
UBC103.8
McGill113.7
Montréal123.4
Saskatchewan133.1
Dalhousie143.0
Alberta152.9

COMPREHENSIVE

UniversityRankPer cent
Simon Fraser110.0
Toronto Metropolitan29.5
Windsor38.2
Regina47.3
Wilfrid Laurier57.2
Brock66.6
Victoria66.6
Carleton86.5
Guelph96.2
York105.7
New Brunswick115.3
Waterloo125.0
Concordia133.2
Memorial143.1
UQAM152.2

* Indicates a tie

PRIMARILY UNDERGRADUATE

UniversityRankPer cent
Bishop's110.7
St. Thomas210.2
Cape Breton39.6
Nipissing49.1
Trent49.1
UNBC68.9
Brandon78.6
Ontario Tech88.2
Acadia97.9
Lakehead107.7
Winnipeg117.6
Lethbridge127.5
Saint Mary's136.5
Mount Allison146.2
St. Francis Xavier155.9
Mount Saint Vincent165.5
Laurentian175.4
Moncton185.1
UPEI194.7
Algoma203.7

* Indicates a tie