Canadian Colleges: Quality Education at Bargain Prices

 

Canada offers quality education in the humanities, professions, and in business at a fraction of the cost of U.S. universities. There's also something to be said for the broadening experience of life in another country-even another country as close to the United States as Canada.

Canada has no private universities in the sense we have. All Canadian universities are supported by provincial governments. Private funds are added.

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College applications are made the same way as in the U.S. Students accepted by a school in Canada, however, must supply proof of adequate funds for the school year. Students heading for schools in Quebec must also be accepted by the provincial government.

Language: Despite controversy in Canada over language requirements, only three Canadian universities are bilingual (the Laurentian University of Sudbury, the University of Ottawa, and the College of St. Anne in Church Point, Nova Scotia). The others either teach in English or French, as noted below.

A fact sheet for prospective foreign students, along with other information and a complete listing of the available universities, is obtainable at the Information Division, Association of Universities and Colleges in Canada, 151 Slater Street, Ottawa, Ontario KLP 5N1. For a detailed breakdown of education, costs write Information Division, Statistics Canada, Education, Science & Culture Costs, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0T6.

Canada's best-known universities

The following are some of Canada's oldest and best-known universities, going roughly from west to east.

British Columbia

University. of British Columbia Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1W5 (English)

Alberta

The University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E1 (English)

Saskatchewan

The University of Regina Regina, Saskatchewan S4S OR2 (English)

The University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N OWO (English)

Manitoba

University Of Manitoba Fort Garry Campus Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2 (English)

Ontario

Laurentian U of Sudbury 935 Ramsey Lake Road Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6 (bilingual)

University of Ottawa Ottawa, Ontario KIN 6N5 (bilingual)

The University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A1 (English)

University of Waterloo 200 University Avenue W. Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1 (English)

University of Western Ontario 1151 Richmond Street London, Ontario N6A 3K7 (English)

Quebec

Universite Laval Cite Universitaire Quebec, Quebec GIK 7P4 (French)

McGill University Montreal, Quebec H3C 3G1 (English)

Universite de Montreal C.P. 6128

Montreal, Quebec H3T 1J4 (French)

New Brunswick

University of New Brunswick

Fredericton, N.B. E3B 5A3 (English)

Nova Scotia

College Sainte-Anne Church Point, Nova Scotia BOW 1MO (bilingual)

Nova Scotia Agricultural Truro, Nova Scotia B2N 5E3 (English)

Nova Scotia College of Art and Design 6152 Coburg Road Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 1N6 (English)

Nova Scotia Tech. Coll.

Halifax, Nova Scotia B3A 2X4 (English)

Prince Edward Island

University of Prince Edward Island Charlottetown, P.E.I. C1A 4P3 (English)

Newfoundland

Memorial University of Newfoundland St. John's, Newfoundland A1C 5S7 (English)

 

These colleges give you the option to bargain for prices. Who knows? You might just be lucky.