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Canada's national magazine covering current affairs, politics, culture trends, ideas and personalities.

EDITOR’S NOTE • IN THIS ISSUE OF MACLEAN’S

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COMMENTS • READERS WEIGH IN

Engaging Canadians through Conversation • A new six-part series, produced by University Canada West, explores the history of the Indigenous peoples of Canada and aims to provide a path forward for truth and reconciliation in the country.

Your Student Budgeting Questions, Answered • Navigating student finances can be intimidating, but with the right guidance, you can make better informed decisions that can help secure your future.

THE INTERVIEW CONVERSATIONS WITH THE NATION’S NEWSMAKERS • Teresa Resch, president of Canada’s first WNBA franchise, is happy to be calling the shots

Cold-Proof Canada’s Grapes • Thanks to extreme weather, the country’s vines (and wineries) have never been more vulnerable. A new, Canadian-made spray could help them survive.

Long-Distance Love • After years in the online-dating trenches, Evelyn Poole and Katy Dmowski ditched the apps and hit it off in a real-life run club

Natural Affinity • A new aquatic and community centre is taking New Westminster, B.C, back to its roots

THE BIG BET • IN ONLY TWO YEARS, ONLINE BETTING HAS CHANGED THE FACE OF CANADIAN SPORTS, LIT UP GAMBLING ADDICTION HOTLINES AND SIPHONED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM FANS TO INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENTS. IT’S JUST GETTING STARTED.

Where to eat, drink, play and stay in St. Kitts • Looking for an island adventure? Here are the top spots you need to visit in St. Kitts.

Tourism at the End of the World • Canada is one of the world’s hottest destinations for travellers who want to see vanishing places before they’re gone. But is the last-chance tourism trend just accelerating their decline?

Life On Wheels • I OWED NEARLY $100,000 IN STUDENT LOANS, LINES OF CREDIT AND CREDIT CARD BILLS. SO I MOVED INTO MY CAR TO PAY OFF MY DEBTS.

The results are in. • For the past 34 years, Maclean’s has been collecting and analyzing wide-ranging data on Canada’s universities to see how they measure up against one another. In this special section, we present 2025’s top universities in three categories: Medical Doctoral (p. 61), Comprehensive (p. 65) and Primarily Undergraduate (p. 69), along with the complete ranking for each category.

How We Rank

TOP-RANKED SCHOOLS IN Medical Doctoral • Universities in this category have a strong research focus and offer a broad range of Ph.D. programs. All institutions also have a medical school.

Medical Doctoral McGill • Strength in research and highly qualified faculty keep McGill in its top spot

TOP-RANKED SCHOOLS IN Comprehensive • Schools in this category offer a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs, including professional degrees, and have a significant amount of research activity

Comprehensive Simon Fraser University • SFU leads the way in work-integrated learning and programming focused on sustainability

TOP-RANKED SCHOOLS IN Primarily Undergraduate • Universities in this category specialize in undergraduate education and offer relatively few graduate programs

Primarily Undergraduate Mount Allison • Small class sizes and dedicated professors make Mount A the top choice for undergraduate education

METHODOLOGY Best Programs by Reputation • Maclean’s ranks university programs in five popular areas according to their reputations for research and overall quality

Money Talk • The cost of a university education keeps going up. Between loans, grants and RESPs, here’s how families can make it work.

What I Spent Last Month • Being a student can be expensive. Three...