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Table B.2.9
Average undergraduate and graduate university tuition fees, full-time students,
1 Canada and provinces, 2007/2008 and 2008/2009

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  2007/2008 2008/2009
in current dollars
Undergraduate
Canada 4,558r 4,724
Newfoundland and Labrador 2,632r 2,632
Prince Edward Island 4,440 4,530
Nova Scotia 6,110r 5,932
New Brunswick 5,590r 5,590
Quebec 2,056r 2,167
Ontario 5,388r 5,643
Manitoba 3,271r 3,276
Saskatchewan 5,015r 5,015
Alberta 5,122r 5,361
British Columbia 4,922r 5,040
Graduate
Canada 5,592r 5,777
Newfoundland and Labrador 3,686r 3,686
Prince Edward Island 2,875r 2,954
Nova Scotia 7,357r 7,242
New Brunswick 5,119r 5,119
Quebec 2,370r 2,488
Ontario 8,486r 8,797
Manitoba 4,602r 4,602
Saskatchewan 3,533r 3,535
Alberta 6,150r 6,399
British Columbia 6,431r 6,580
1. Both in- and out-of-province students are included in the weighted average calculations; foreign students are not included.
Notes:
A major redesign of the Tuition and Living Accommodation Costs for Full-time Students (TLAC) questionnaire was implemented for the 2007/2008 collection cycle. These changes have a minimal impact on the interprovincial comparability of tuition data.
Data source:
Survey of Tuition and Living Accommodation Costs for Full-time Students, Statistics Canada.
Table source:
Statistics Canada and Council of Ministers of Education, Canada. 2007. Education indicators in Canada: Report of the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program. Catalogue no. 81-582-XIE. Ottawa.
Updated December 16, 2008.