Tuition fees are paid on a per credit or per class basis, which means that your total tuition payment will correlate to the number of courses you are taking. As an international student you will have to be a full time student in order to maintain your residency in Canada. International students are subject to higher tuition fees than Canadian students. Fees range widely from school to school and from province to province. According to the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, the average international undergraduate student pays only $7 100 per academic year, which in combination with lower costs of living, make Canada an inexpensive place to study. Listed here are rough approximations of tuition fees for international students in the 1998-99 academic year, for general arts and science programs. Some specialized programs may exceed fees quoted here

*Source: The Directory of Canadian Universities - 1999, Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada.

Additional Fees
In addition to tuition fees, the college or university will require you to pay other fees to cover various services, which can be as much as an extra $1000, inclusive of health insurance. Examples of these fees are as follows: class fees (to cover the use of specialized facilities), student union fees (to fund student government), Canadian Federation of Students Fee (the organization in Canada which lobbies for and protects students rights), accident or sickness insurance, dental insurance fees, and for all other student services, including international student centres. These extra fees are mandatory. Health insurance is another major expense in some provinces and is covered in a later section.