<p>Most Canadian universities have very strong breadth requirements, and most also offer creative degrees, such as ones that combine arts and science. It is not at all the case that if you say major in a science you can’t take a lot of arts courses (and vice versa).</p>
<p>Re: LACs in Canada. If you look at the stats for Mt. Allison, compared to other top canadian universities, it attracts about the same calibre of student (e.g. entering average grade of say 86% vs. 87% at Queens, 86% at UBC). If you look at graduate school placement, about the same. If you look at NSSE data, the smaller schools are actually stronger.</p>