Plan your Canadian university application in one workspace.
Estimate costs, build and download a deadline plan, compare schools, and audit requirements. No account needed. Sign in to keep a cost estimate in Saved results.
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Cost calculator
Estimated net cost, one school year
$24,360
- Tuition and fees$9,000
- Housing$9,600
- Food$3,600
- Transport$960
- Books and equipment$1,200
Check the school's fee and residence pages. Add travel, insurance and deposits if they apply.
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Plan costs and deadlines in one place
Four tools on one page. None of them needs an account.
What each tab does
The cost calculator estimates one school year at one university. The deadline planner keeps your application dates in one list. The university comparison puts two schools side by side and links to our guides for each. The requirement checklist makes sure you haven't missed a form, a test or a document.
Estimating a year's cost
Enter tuition, housing, food, transit and books, then subtract scholarships or grants you've already been offered. Use each school's own fee page for tuition and its residence page for housing. The calculator starts at eight months of housing, food and transit, so change it if your lease runs longer. With a free account you can save each estimate and compare them later in Saved results.
Building a deadline plan
The planner starts with the steps most applications share: the application itself, the applicant portal, supplementary forms, transcripts and documents, a major scholarship, residence and your offer response. Add the real date for each from the school's site, or add your own milestones. It flags anything overdue, shows what's next and downloads as a CSV file for a spreadsheet.
Not sure which dates apply? Start with Ontario university application deadlines or Canadian university application deadlines.
Comparing two universities
Pick two schools to see their location, campus size and the program areas we've indexed. Then open the guides for programs, admissions, costs and financial aid, residence, student life and careers. The comparison doesn't rank schools or predict your chances. It helps you ask the same questions of both.
Checking requirements before you submit
Work through the checklist for each application: the exact campus and program code, the requirements for your school system, every prerequisite, English requirements, supplementary forms or interviews, and transcript rules. Check scholarship and residence dates separately, because they often come before the application deadline. Last, make sure you have at least two other options you'd be happy with.
Share with students / cite this tool
Add a plain link to your guidance page, student newsletter or article. Students can open Stellar Advisers Cost Calculator and Deadline Planner directly.
Get the counsellor resource kit for a printable handout and existing deadline table embeds.
Cost and deadline questions
What families ask while they plan applications and budgets.
It depends on the school, the program and where you live. Tuition, housing and food are usually the biggest parts. Enter each school's published numbers in the calculator for your own estimate, and read the OSAP guide for help paying.
No. It starts with the steps most applications share, and you add each date from the school's own site. For Ontario dates, see Ontario university application deadlines.
Yes, with a free account. Saved cost estimates appear in Saved results, where you can compare them side by side. Deadline plans download as a CSV file instead.
No. It shows facts like location and campus size and links to our reviewed guides. It doesn't rank quality or predict whether you'll get in.
Use the requirement checklist. It covers the exact campus and program code, prerequisites, English requirements, supplementary forms, document rules, scholarship and residence deadlines, and having at least two backup options.
No. Every tab works without one. A free account only adds saving cost estimates to Saved results.