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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
| University | Rank | Per cent |
|---|---|---|
| McMaster | 1 | 6.5 |
| Western | 2 | 5.3 |
| Sherbrooke | 3 | 5.1 |
| Manitoba | 4 | 5.0 |
| Ottawa | 5 | 4.7 |
| Toronto | 6 | 4.5 |
| Laval | 7 | 4.2 |
| Calgary | 8 | 4.0 |
| Queen's | 9 | 3.9 |
| UBC | 10 | 3.8 |
| McGill | 11 | 3.7 |
| Montréal | 12 | 3.4 |
| Saskatchewan | 13 | 3.1 |
| Dalhousie | 14 | 3.0 |
| Alberta | 15 | 2.9 |
COMPREHENSIVE
| University | Rank | Per cent |
|---|---|---|
| Simon Fraser | 1 | 10.0 |
| Toronto Metropolitan | 2 | 9.5 |
| Windsor | 3 | 8.2 |
| Regina | 4 | 7.3 |
| Wilfrid Laurier | 5 | 7.2 |
| Brock | 6 | 6.6 |
| Victoria | 6 | 6.6 |
| Carleton | 8 | 6.5 |
| Guelph | 9 | 6.2 |
| York | 10 | 5.7 |
| New Brunswick | 11 | 5.3 |
| Waterloo | 12 | 5.0 |
| Concordia | 13 | 3.2 |
| Memorial | 14 | 3.1 |
| UQAM | 15 | 2.2 |
* Indicates a tie
PRIMARILY UNDERGRADUATE
| University | Rank | Per cent |
|---|---|---|
| Bishop's | 1 | 10.7 |
| St. Thomas | 2 | 10.2 |
| Cape Breton | 3 | 9.6 |
| Nipissing | 4 | 9.1 |
| Trent | 4 | 9.1 |
| UNBC | 6 | 8.9 |
| Brandon | 7 | 8.6 |
| Ontario Tech | 8 | 8.2 |
| Acadia | 9 | 7.9 |
| Lakehead | 10 | 7.7 |
| Winnipeg | 11 | 7.6 |
| Lethbridge | 12 | 7.5 |
| Saint Mary's | 13 | 6.5 |
| Mount Allison | 14 | 6.2 |
| St. Francis Xavier | 15 | 5.9 |
| Mount Saint Vincent | 16 | 5.5 |
| Laurentian | 17 | 5.4 |
| Moncton | 18 | 5.1 |
| UPEI | 19 | 4.7 |
| Algoma | 20 | 3.7 |
* Indicates a tie
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