<p>I'm looking for informations about Liberal Arts Colleges in Canada but it is difficult to find it; from Macleans Magazine I found out that Mount Allison, St Francis Xavier and Acadia are the best ones, but what's the characteristics of each university and differences between these universities? And also, are they different from LACs in the USA?</p>
<p>Canada rarely has any "liberal arts" colleges. I am a Canadian, and people here don't even know what a "liberal arts college" is, unlike the situation in the states. As a canadian, I have never heard the schools you mentioned above. The best higher education institutions in Canada are the big public universities, like Mcgill, University of British Collumbia, Queen's, U of Toronto, and University of Western Ontario. They basically combined the characteristics of both a liberal arts college and a big public university.</p>
<p><em>nod</em> in agreement</p>
<p>yeah.thats true</p>
<p>I am afraid that you folks are sadly misinformed. Mt. Allison is a great liberal arts college. However, it is public, not private like those in the States.</p>
<p>Thanks; so what differences does it make if Canadian LACs are public while American LACs are private?</p>
<p>you don't get any "so-called" financial aid at public universities. you could only apply for merit-based "scholarship" (usually not much). I'm just curious, why would you be so interested in Canadian Liberal Arts colleges? Even if their is any, like the ones you've mentioned, they are certainly no match for the major, influencial public universities like Mcgill and U of T.</p>
<p>I live in Nova Scotia. All I can say is that Acadia and St. FX are party schools.</p>
<p>/mom and dad work at dal
/sister attends</p>
<p>Actually you can get financial aid at some Canadian schools. McGill has an application form online buried in your Minerva account.</p>
<p>As for LAC's in Canada. From what I can gather, an LAC is a small school dedicated towards undergraduate education. If that is the case, the Maritime schools fit that description to a T. Small, relatively expensive and dedicated towards undergrad education. You go to these schools with the expectation that you'll go on to grad school somewhere else. </p>
<p>St. FX and Mount Saint Allison are highly ranked in this regard, check out a Macleans Guide to Canadian Universities.</p>