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Canada’s 10 biggest universities

It’s easy to find unique courses on these big campuses. Finding the classroom might be tougher.

Hart House Library at the University of Toronto (Jessica Darmanin)

These schools, including all campuses, have the largest number of full-time students in Canada:

1. University of Toronto 71,041

2. York University 45,095

3. Université de Montréal 44,751

4. University of British Columbia 40,814

5. University of Alberta 35,235

6. University of Ottawa 33,201

7. University of Western Ontario 32,442

8. University of Waterloo 31,121

9. McGill University 29,997

10. Laval University 28,858

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