Canada’s Best Universities 2024: Average Class Size

(Photograph courtesy of the University of Prince Edward Island)

These average class size figures are for undergraduate classes in the fall of 2022. The numbers reflect primary classes; subsections such as labs, tutorials and practicums are not included.*

First and Second Year

University	Size
Moncton	22.4
Mount Saint Vincent	24.5
St. Thomas	25.4
Nipissing	27.2
Cape Breton	28.4
Brandon	29.2
Lakehead	29.6
Sherbrooke	30.2
Winnipeg	33.7
UNBC	35.0
Laurentian	35.7
New Brunswick	35.9
Bishop's	37.5
St. Francis Xavier	37.6
Acadia	38.3
UQAM	38.4
Laval	39.1
Algoma	39.7
Lethbridge	40.4
Mount Allison	41.7
UPEI	42.8
Regina	44.2
Memorial	45.5
Saint Mary's	47.1
Montréal	52.1
Concordia	58.7
Saskatchewan	58.8
Victoria	60.2
Manitoba	64.8
Alberta	67.3
McGill	68.5
Windsor	71.0
Dalhousie	78.5
York	81.4
Trent	82.0
Brock	83.3
Queen's	85.6
Carleton	88.4
Calgary	89.7
UBC	91.8
Wilfrid Laurier	92.3
Simon Fraser	92.9
McMaster	119.0

Third and Fourth Year

University	Size
Mount Allison	13.0
Mount Saint Vincent	14.3
Acadia	14.7
Moncton	16.0
St. Thomas	16.0
Brandon	16.3
UNBC	16.8
New Brunswick	17.8
Nipissing	18.3
Winnipeg	18.3
Queen's	18.5
Saint Mary's	19.9
Cape Breton	20.4
Algoma	20.5
St. Francis Xavier	20.7
Lakehead	20.8
Lethbridge	21.0
Laval	21.5
Trent	21.7
Bishop's	22.3
Laurentian	22.4
UPEI	22.4
Regina	23.0
Memorial	24.2
Manitoba	27.1
Sherbrooke	27.1
Victoria	27.7
Dalhousie	28.5
McGill	29.1
Alberta	29.6
Saskatchewan	29.8
UQAM	32.8
Concordia	33.0
Calgary	33.1
Windsor	34.9
York	34.9
Brock	35.4
Carleton	36.3
Wilfrid Laurier	36.8
Simon Fraser	40.8
Montréal	43.0
McMaster	44.9
UBC	54.1

* Seven universities did not provide figures: Guelph, Ontario Tech, Ottawa, Toronto, Toronto Metropolitan, Waterloo and Western.