Photograph Courtesy of Greg Black Photography, Queens university
Canada’s Best Universities in 2026 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 | 6.7 |
| Western | 2 | 5.6 |
| Manitoba | 3 | 5.2 |
| Sherbrooke | 4 | 4.7 |
| Toronto | 5 | 4.6 |
| Calgary | 6 | 4.5 |
| Queen's | 7 | 4.2 |
| Laval | 8 | 4.1 |
| UBC | 9 | 4.0 |
| McGill | 10 | 3.9 |
| Montreal | 11 | 3.4 |
| Alberta | 12 | 3.3 |
| Saskatchewan | 13 | 3.2 |
| Dalhousie | 14 | 3.0 |
| Ottawa | 15 | 2.7 |
COMPREHENSIVE
| University | Rank | Per cent |
|---|---|---|
| Toronto Metropolitan | 1 | 10.1 |
| Simon Fraser | 2 | 9.3 |
| Wilfrid Laurier | 3 | 9.0 |
| Windsor | 4 | 8.2 |
| Brock | 5 | 6.9 |
| Regina | 6 | 6.8 |
| Guelph | 7 | 6.7 |
| Carleton | 8 | 6.3 |
| Victoria | 9 | 6.3 |
| York | 10 | 5.8 |
| New Brunswick | 11 | 5.6 |
| Waterloo | 12 | 5.1 |
| Concordia | 13 | 3.2 |
| Memorial | 14 | 2.7 |
| UQAM | 15 | 2.3 |
PRIMARILY UNDERGRADUATE
| University | Rank | Per cent |
|---|---|---|
| St. Thomas | 1 | 11.2 |
| Cape Breton | 2 | 10.0 |
| Bishop's | 3 | 9.8 |
| Brandon | 4 | 9.7 |
| Trent | 5 | 9.6 |
| Nipissing | 6 | 9.3 |
| Acadia | 7 | 8.8 |
| Lethbridge | 8 | 8.1 |
| Ontario Tech | 9 | 8.0 |
| St. Francis Xavier | 10 | 7.8 |
| Lakehead | 11 | 7.7 |
| Saint Mary's | 12 | 7.2 |
| Winnipeg | 13 | 7.1 |
| UNBC | 14 | 7.0 |
| Mount Allison | 15 | 6.9 |
| Laurentian | 16 | 5.7 |
| Mount Saint Vincent | 17 | 5.7 |
| Moncton | 18 | 5.1 |
| UPEI | 19 | 4.6 |
| Algoma | 20 | 2.6 |
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