Tuition fees - Canadians residing in Ontario

The following table shows tuition fees for regular students, that is, students admitted to a program leading to a uOttawa degree, certificate or diploma and enrolled in one or more courses in their program.

If you’re not looking to receive a uOttawa degree, certificate or diploma, you can enrol in courses for units as a non-degree student (formerly special student). Learn about tuition fees for non-degree students.

To understand the information in the table, including how fees change based on your progress, and to use it to estimate your university fees for a year or several terms, see our familiarize yourself with university fees page.

Important: The official total of university fees you must pay appears on your statement of account, available about a month prior to the start of each term.

Executive Master of Business (EMBA) students: Learn more about tuition fees for EMBA students.

A research fee is a tuition fee paid by students admitted to a graduate program who’ve received approval to enrol part-time to research activities (master’s or doctorate). It’s a flat fee invoiced each term you have your part-time enrolment to research activities approved. Fees are determined based on your status in Canada.

You can’t enrol in courses if you enrol part-time to research activities. Therefore, you won’t be invoiced for course-related tuition fees for the term in question.

During a term in which you’re enrolled part-time to research activities, you must also pay ancillary fees based on your status in Canada.

Important: The official total of university fees you must pay appears on your statement of account, available about a month prior to the start of each term.

The Ontario government regulates Canadian students’ tuition fees for universities in the province, whether they reside in Ontario or elsewhere in the country. Its framework sets out the maximum increases allowed and the rules for applying them, which vary depending on several criteria. 

Example of tuition fee increases for Canadians 

Here’s an example of how tuition fees could increase for Canadian students.  

Hypothetical increase:  

• 5% for new students  

• 2% for returning students 

In this example, starting with 33.01 units, tuition fees associated with each level of progress in your program of study are calculated from the previous year’s fees for the same progress level (A is based on A of the previous year, B on B, etc.).