Average undergraduate tuition fees increased by 3.3% to $5,772 across the country for the 2013-14 academic year compared with one year ago, according to Statistics Canada data released September 12.
The increase is two percentage points higher than the rate of inflation of 1.3% over the same period.
Undergrad students in British Columbia pay almost 13% less than average ($5,029). The increase over the past year in this province (2.0%) was also lower than it was nationwide.
The highest tuition fees across Canada were found in:
- Ontario: $7,259, up 4.1% from $6,975 in 2012-13;
- Saskatchewan: $6,394, up 4.7% from $6,106 the previous year;
- Nova Scotia: $6,185, up 3.5% from $5,977 in 2012-13; and
- New Brunswick: $6,133, up 3.2% from $5,940.
Across the country, the faculties with the highest rates of tuition are dentistry ($17,324), medicine ($12,438) and pharmacy ($10,942).
