
photo courtesy of the university of ottawa, photo by bonnie findley
Canada’s Best Universities in 2025 by Scholarships and Bursaries
This measure looks at the universities’ commitment to funding scholarships and bursaries
These figures show the percentage of a university’s total operating expenditures that are devoted to funding scholarships and bursaries.
MEDICAL DOCTORAL
University | Rank | Per cent |
---|---|---|
Ottawa | 1 | 18.7 |
McGill | 2 | 17.3 |
Alberta | 3 | 13.2 |
Calgary | 4 | 12.9 |
Queen's | 5 | 12.7 |
Toronto | 5 | 12.7 |
Dalhousie | 7 | 12.2 |
Western | 8 | 12.1 |
Manitoba | 9 | 11.5 |
Laval | 10 | 11.2 |
Montréal | 11 | 10.9 |
Saskatchewan | 12 | 8.5 |
UBC | 13 | 8.3 |
Sherbrooke | 14 | 8.0 |
McMaster | 15 | 6.5 |
* Indicates a tie
COMPREHENSIVE
University | Rank | Per cent |
---|---|---|
Waterloo | 1 | 14.5 |
York | 2 | 10.9 |
Victoria | 3 | 10.6 |
Carleton | 4 | 10.5 |
Brock | 5 | 9.7 |
Guelph | 6 | 9.5 |
Wilfrid Laurier | 6 | 9.5 |
Memorial | 8 | 8.5 |
Regina | 9 | 8.4 |
Simon Fraser | 9 | 8.4 |
Concordia | 11 | 7.8 |
UQAM | 12 | 7.7 |
New Brunswick | 13 | 7.3 |
Toronto Metropolitan | 14 | 7.0 |
Windsor | 15 | 6.2 |
* Indicates a tie
PRIMARILY UNDERGRADUATE
University | Rank | Per cent |
---|---|---|
Algoma | 1 | 12.1 |
Saint Mary's | 2 | 11.6 |
UPEI | 3 | 10.0 |
Mount Allison | 4 | 9.6 |
Trent | 5 | 9.3 |
Lakehead | 6 | 8.9 |
Acadia | 7 | 8.0 |
St. Thomas | 8 | 7.9 |
Bishop's | 9 | 7.3 |
Moncton | 10 | 7.1 |
St. Francis Xavier | 11 | 6.7 |
Brandon | 12 | 6.3 |
Laurentian | 12 | 6.3 |
Ontario Tech | 14 | 6.0 |
Cape Breton | 15 | 5.9 |
Nipissing | 16 | 5.6 |
Mount Saint Vincent | 17 | 5.5 |
Lethbridge | 18 | 5.2 |
Winnipeg | 19 | 4.9 |
UNBC | 20 | 3.3 |
* Indicates a tie