Official Guide to Canadian Law Schools

Key Facts About Canadian Common-Law Law Schools

  Fall 2008 Enrollment/Student Body Faculty Programs Library Tuition Miscellaneous
This information was reported by the schools in Fall 2008, thus the figures may have changed. The reader is cautioned against making direct comparisons of complex information limited to chart form. Be sure to go beyond this chart if you wish to inform yourself adequately about a particular school. Symbols and footnotes are explained at the bottom of this chart. full-time part-time women minority total-full-time total-part-time joint-degrees graduate-law-study transfer-summer-courses academic-support-program full-time-staff volumes full-time part-time application-fee application-deadline grid-included
University of Alberta 515 4 54.6 N/A 34 65 √ √ √ √ 11 390,000 $10,000 $5,000 $1152 11/1 √
University of British Columbia 580 19 51 N/A 42 106 √ √   √ 10 300,000 $9,741.893 $324.73 pc $80 2/1  
University of Calgary 281 2 51 N/A 21 35 √ √   √ 4 201,000 $11,500 $944/course $1006 11/1 √
Dalhousie University Schulich School of Law 482 7 47 N/A 42 51 √ √ √ √ 13 285,038 $9,166 N/A $70 11/30 2/28  
University of Manitoba 270 6 49 N/A 23 43   √   √ 10 282,000 $8,600 $4,500 $95 11/1 √
McGill University/Université McGill 572 22 56 15 44 24 √ √ √ √ 5 180,000 $6,691 pc $85 11/30 √
University of New Brunswick 240 N/A 49 N/A 20 N/A √     √ 8 160,000 $9,032 N/A $50 3/1  
Osgoode Hall Law School, York University1 828 10 53 N/A 57 104 √ √ √ √ 14 454,538 $15,116 $7,558 $75 11/1  
University of Ottawa/Université d'Ottawa1 877 48 67 8 62 27 √ √   √ 22 200,750 $10,751.98 $384.91 pc $75 11/24  
Queen's University1 474 14 52 N/A 32 40 √ √ √ √ 9 150,000 $11,2903 c $260 11/17 √
University of Saskatchewan 300 16 51 N/A 25 4 √ √   √ 6.5 160,000 $7,480.78 $228 pc $75 2/1  
University of Toronto1 600 5 53 30 64 81 √ √   √ 5 260,000 $20,155 $10,078 $75 11/2 √
University of Victoria 375 16 60 25 32 27 √ √ √ √ 12 516,206 $8,0173 $534.503 pc $75 2/1 √
The University of Western Ontario1 495 0 50 N/A 32 44 √ √   √ 8 272,000 $14,000 c $75 11/1 √
University of Windsor1 592 2 59 N/A 32.5 30 √     √ 14 351,241 $11,536 $5,100 $75 11/1  
Key Facts Symbols & Footnotes
c per # of courses registered in 1 Ontario Law Schools, click here for additional application information.
N/A not applicable 2 $115 for non-University of Alberta; $75 for current and former University of Alberta
pc per credit 3 Subject to change.
√ yes 4 Application deadline to the French language program is February 1.
La date limite pour faire demande au programme de langue française est le 1er Février.
    5 Application deadline to the JD/LLB Program is April 15, 2008.
    6 $100 for standard applications; $130 for international applications
    7 Application deadline for first-year admission is 11/1; May 1 for upper-year admission.