New Brunswick is Canada’s sole officially bilingual province, with both francophone and Anglophobe school districts.
The province annually ranks at the top of Canadian statistics on high school graduation rates, and its proximity to both Quebec and the American state of Maine provide exciting opportunities for cultural and educational exchange.
General Education Facts
Post-Secondary Education Facts
In Canada, there are basically four types of post-secondary educational institution:
In New Brunswick, the ministry responsible for managing higher education is the Department of Post Secondary Education, Training and Labour.
The federal government, however, still offers a variety of funding options to individuals and universities for research, student financial aid, and for various scholarships.
New Brunswick Opportunities for Higher Learning
The University of New Brunswick, the oldest English-language university in Canada, has two main campuses: the original 1785 campus in Fredericton and the modern 1964 campus in St. John. A smaller university, UNB is often compared with Scotland’s famed St. Andrews.
The liberal arts-focused Mount Allison University in quaint Sackville is primarily undergraduate with degrees in a variety of subjects.
