Official Guide to Canadian Law Schools

Key Facts About Canadian Common-Law Law Schools

  Fall 2009 Enrollment/Student Body Faculty Programs Library Tuition Miscellaneous
This information was reported by the schools in Fall 2009, 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 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 Faculty of Law 515 4 54.6 34 65 √ √ √ √ 3 390,000 $11,000 c $1152 11/1 √
University of British Columbia Faculty of Law 557 13 52 42 106 √ √ √ √ 10 300,000 $9,937 $331.22 pc $80 2/1  
University of Calgary Faculty of Law 294 0 58 18 35 √ √   √ 4 201,000 $12,500 $985/c $1006 11/1 √
Dalhousie University Schulich School of Law 501 7 N/A 41 50 √ √   √ 12 290,908 $12,515 $8,629 $70 11/30 2/28  
University of Manitoba Faculty of Law 293 14 50 67 27   √   √ 3 282,000 $9,200 $4,600 $125 11/1 √
McGill University Faculty of Law/Faculté de droit de l'Université McGill 633 27 53 43.5 29 √ √ √ √ 4 200,000 $7,158 pc $85 11/30 √
University of New Brunswick Faculty of Law 230 N/A   17 15 √     √ 7.5 160,000 $9,032 N/A $50 3/1  
Osgoode Hall Law School, York University1 828 10 53 57 104 √ √ √ √ 14 454,538 $16,325 N/A $75 11/1  
University of Ottawa Faculty of Law/Université d'Ottawa Faculté de droit1 955 56 61 63 120 √ √   √ 22 200,800 $11,564.16 $448.96 pc $90 11/14  
Queen's University Faculty of Law1 468 11 50 31 40 √ √   √ 2.5 150,000 $12,195 $2,439 c $260 11/1 √
University of Saskatchewan College of Law 300 15 51 27 4 √ √   √ 6.5 160,000 $8,042.42 $245.10 pc $100 2/1  
University of Toronto Faculty of Law1 600 9 53 64 81 √ √   √ 5 270,000 $21,767 $10,884 $75 11/1 √
University of Victoria Faculty of Law 375 10 55 33 36 √ √ √ √ 13 518,450 $8,177.563 $545.18 pc $75 2/1 √
The University of Western Ontario Faculty of Law1 501 4 50 44 42 √ √   √ 8 272,000 $14,326 c $90 11/1 √
University of Windsor Faculty of Law1 601 2 56 32 48 √ √   √ 15 351,604 $12,462 $5,200 $75 11/15  
Key Facts Symbols & Footnotes
c per # of courses registered 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, 2011.
La date limite pour faire demande au programme de langue française est le 1er Février.
    5 Application deadline to the Canadian & American Dual JD Program is April 15, 2010.
    6 $100 for standard applications; $130 for international applications