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Canada’s Tuition Fees Compared (2012-2013)

Attention, education bargain-hunters...

Let’s do a ‘Best to Worst’ follow up of my blog about Canada’s university fees out-running inflation.

As Statistics Canada outlined in that report, undergrad tuition rose this year an average 5%. The regional increases ranged from zero (Newfoundland has frozen rates) to 10.1% in Quebec.

BC Student Loan Aid Not Quite as Advertised

It was a case of 'the hand being quicker than the eye'.

Yes, even while their BC award, bursary and loan repayment aid programs were still posted on government websites, some students and grads who applied this year were shocked to receive letters stating that their program was gone.

There seemed no hint that student aid cuts were coming.

Student Aid Report Sees Progress – But Not in BC

BC Hits Bottom, Manitoba is Tops

British Columbia is swimming against the tide when it comes to student financial aid. That is one of the findings of a report released October 22, 2008 by the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation.

In general, the Foundation's report, Ten Things You Need to Know About Financial Support for Post-Secondary Students in Canada, paints a fairly positive picture of recent trends in Canada's student financial aid system.