How do international students manage to pay for college in Canada?

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<p>Hello, I'm an international student interested in studying in a Canadian university, and maybe one day immigrating there.</p>

<p>A little about me: international student, future candidate (haven’t applied yet) with 18.55 (that is about top 3% worldwide) in the French Baccalaureate (scientific section), planning to pursue a BA.</p>

<p>After a little research, my understanding is that the average cost of attendance (tuition + miscellaneous expenses, not including living expenses etc.) per year for an international student pursuing a BA is between cad$30k and cad$40k. This is obviously a stellar sum of money, so my question is how would an international student go about being able to pay for college in Canada? When I apply I will have about $25k savings (mine and my parents' included), and I will obviously apply for scholarships, but I don't think all that will suffice to cut it, especially after I've read somewhere on this forum that Canadian Universities never offer full scholarships.
Can anyone suggest anything or share experiences?</p>

<p>Also, which Canadian universities offer high scholarships and financial aid (for an international)? Would it be Queen's? Is Queen's a good university compared to McGill or UofT, because I'm more interested in those?</p>

<p>If it matters, I'm planning to go to law school one day, hopefully McGill Law or UofT Law.</p>

<p>Thanks in advance.</p>

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<p>I’ll be using the GI Bill to cover most of the tuition at UBC, the small shortfall I’ll be responsible for I plan to cover with scholarships/grants/loans etc. The monthly housing allowance which amounts to CAD $1300 helps a ton too.</p>

<p>Otherwise I would never be able to afford it if it weren’t for Uncle Sam covering most of the cost.</p>

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<p>OmgItsRoy, where are you from/what is your citizenship? I’m a US citizen and will be attending school in Qu</p>

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<p>@cty4ever I sent you a private message</p>

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<p>Putain! 18.55 en S? Tu geres!
Bon, j’ai la chance d’</p>

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<p>@Ragdolls Merci j’essaye :stuck_out_tongue: Et non malheureusement je ne suis pas fran</p>

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<p>You’re probably looking at the big names. There are a few universities that will run you $25-30k total (tuition+room and board+miscellaneous expenses)
[Tuition</a> fees by university](<a href=“http://www.aucc.ca/canadian-universities/facts-and-stats/tuition-fees-by-university/]Tuition”>http://www.aucc.ca/canadian-universities/facts-and-stats/tuition-fees-by-university/)</p>

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<p>^ That link is pretty out-dated. I don’t know about other schools, but for my school (McGill):</p>

<p>[Student</a> Accounts - McGill University](<a href=“| Student Accounts - McGill University”>| Student Accounts - McGill University)</p>

<p>BSc / BEng - 33k
BComm - 37k
BA / BA&Sc - 15k</p>

<p>Living costs ~20k a year if you stay for the summer as well (including spending money, rent, groceries)</p>

<p>So you’re looking at about 53k-57k if you’re BSc/BEng.</p>