December 1, 2017: 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.
International (first year)
Percentage of students from outside Canada in the first-year undergraduate class in fall 2016.
| 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.
| 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.
| 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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