These Canadian universities have the most international students
Maclean’s counts the proportion of out-of-province students and international students in the first-year undergraduate class, as well as the percentage of international graduate students for schools in our Medical Doctoral and Comprehensive categories. All data is collected directly from the universities. A full explanation of our methodology is available here. International (first year) Percentage of students from outside Canada in the first-year undergraduate class in fall 2016.
Intntnl % (1stYr) - Uni Guide 2018
| School | Per cent |
|---|---|
| UBC | 31.0 |
| McGill | 30.7 |
| Bishop's | 29.6 |
| Toronto | 25.7 |
| Saint Mary's | 21.0 |
| Dalhousie | 20.2 |
| UQAM | 19.5 |
| Cape Breton | 19.4 |
| UPEI | 19.2 |
| Waterloo | 18.0 |
| Simon Fraser | 17.0 |
| Alberta | 16.6 |
| Laval | 14.6 |
| Moncton | 13.8 |
| York | 13.5 |
| Regina | 13.1 |
| Concordia | 12.9 |
| Carleton | 12.5 |
| Western | 11.5 |
| Memorial | 11.0 |
| Acadia | 10.4 |
| McMaster | 10.4 |
| Mount Allison | 10.0 |
| Brandon | 9.9 |
| Montréal | 9.9 |
| Ottawa | 9.1 |
| Lakehead | 8.5 |
| Victoria | 8.5 |
| New Brunswick | 8.2 |
| Queen's | 8.2 |
| Sherbrooke | 8.2 |
| Mount Saint Vincent | 8.0 |
| Manitoba | 7.8 |
| St. Thomas | 7.4 |
| Calgary | 7.1 |
| Windsor | 7.1 |
| UOIT | 7.0 |
| Brock | 6.9 |
| Wilfrid Laurier | 5.9 |
| Winnipeg | 5.6 |
| St. Francis Xavier | 5.4 |
| Lethbridge | 5.2 |
| Ryerson | 5.0 |
| Laurentian | 4.2 |
| Trent | 3.7 |
| Saskatchewan | 2.9 |
| Guelph | 2.7 |
| UNBC | 2.2 |
| Nipissing | 0.6 |
International (graduate) Percentage of graduate students from outside Canada in fall 2016. (Medical Doctoral and Comprehensive categories only, as these universities have the largest offerings of graduate programs.)
Intntnl (graduate) - uni guide 2018
| School | Per cent |
|---|---|
| Windsor | 57.2 |
| Memorial | 50.0 |
| Concordia | 49.2 |
| Regina | 48.2 |
| Brock | 44.1 |
| Waterloo | 42.3 |
| Alberta | 40.0 |
| Saskatchewan | 38.9 |
| McGill | 37.3 |
| Manitoba | 37.0 |
| New Brunswick | 36.7 |
| UBC | 35.0 |
| Victoria | 32.1 |
| Simon Fraser | 32.0 |
| Laval | 30.7 |
| Dalhousie | 30.0 |
| Ottawa | 29.0 |
| Calgary | 28.9 |
| UQAM | 27.7 |
| Montréal | 27.1 |
| McMaster | 25.3 |
| Queen's | 24.5 |
| Sherbrooke | 23.5 |
| Carleton | 22.5 |
| Western | 22.3 |
| York | 19.7 |
| Toronto | 17.7 |
| Guelph | 15.2 |
| Wilfrid Laurier | 14.0 |
| Ryerson | 12.7 |
Out of province (first year) Percentage of out-of-province students in the first-year undergraduate class in fall 2016.
Out Of Province (1st yr)- uni guide 2018
| School | Per cent |
|---|---|
| Mount Allison | 51.2 |
| St. Francis Xavier | 46.7 |
| Dalhouse | 39.2 |
| Acadia | 33.9 |
| McGill | 27.6 |
| Bishop's | 25.9 |
| UPEI | 23.5 |
| Victoria | 19.7 |
| St. Thomas | 19.4 |
| Queen's | 18.8 |
| St. Mary's | 18.0 |
| Ottawa | 14.4 |
| New Brunswick | 13.2 |
| Memorial | 13.0 |
| Alberta | 12.1 |
| Mount Saint Vincent | 12.0 |
| Saskatchewan | 12.0 |
| Toronto | 11.8 |
| UBC | 11.0 |
| Concordia | 10.9 |
| Calgary | 10.8 |
| UNBC | 10.8 |
| Moncton | 10.6 |
| Western | 9.5 |
| Regina | 9.3 |
| Carleton | 8.8 |
| Lethbridge | 8.6 |
| Simon Fraser | 8.0 |
| Brandon | 7.4 |
| Waterloo | 7.0 |
| Cape Breton | 4.0 |
| Sherbrooke | 3.9 |
| Ryerson | 3.3 |
| Lakehead | 3.1 |
| Trent | 3.1 |
| Winnipeg | 3.0 |
| Brock | 2.9 |
| Laurentian | 2.9 |
| Manitoba | 2.5 |
| Windsor | 1.9 |
| Nipissing | 1.8 |
| Guelph | 1.7 |
| McMaster | 1.7 |
| Laval | 1.3 |
| York | 1.3 |
| UOIT | 1.0 |
| UQUAM | 1.0 |
| Wilfrid Laurier | 1.0 |
| Montréal | 0.7 |
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