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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

UniversityRankPer cent
Ottawa118.7
McGill217.3
Alberta313.2
Calgary412.9
Queen's512.7
Toronto512.7
Dalhousie712.2
Western812.1
Manitoba911.5
Laval1011.2
Montréal1110.9
Saskatchewan128.5
UBC138.3
Sherbrooke148.0
McMaster156.5

* Indicates a tie

COMPREHENSIVE

UniversityRankPer cent
Waterloo114.5
York210.9
Victoria310.6
Carleton410.5
Brock59.7
Guelph69.5
Wilfrid Laurier69.5
Memorial88.5
Regina98.4
Simon Fraser98.4
Concordia117.8
UQAM127.7
New Brunswick137.3
Toronto Metropolitan147.0
Windsor156.2

* Indicates a tie

PRIMARILY UNDERGRADUATE

UniversityRankPer cent
Algoma112.1
Saint Mary's211.6
UPEI310.0
Mount Allison49.6
Trent59.3
Lakehead68.9
Acadia78.0
St. Thomas87.9
Bishop's97.3
Moncton107.1
St. Francis Xavier116.7
Brandon126.3
Laurentian126.3
Ontario Tech146.0
Cape Breton155.9
Nipissing165.6
Mount Saint Vincent175.5
Lethbridge185.2
Winnipeg194.9
UNBC203.3

* Indicates a tie