Dalhousie University total cost

Tuition and compulsory fees

Program basis: Undergraduate, Fall and Winter. Dalhousie publishes program-wide estimated tuition-and-fees ranges rather than one faculty figure, and Nova Scotia has no in-province versus other-Canadian split, so domestic is a single category.. The same basis is used for every category in this table. Where the university publishes tuition and compulsory fees separately, both lines are shown; where it publishes one combined figure, the split is marked as not published rather than estimated.

First-year planning total by category

Each total below adds the category tuition and fees to the published residence and meal plan figure. No books and supplies figure is added, because the school does not publish one on the pages we checked; add your own course costs before treating the total as complete. When residence is published as a range, the total is shown as the same range.

Residence and meal plan

Published range of CA$12,877 to CA$16,792 for lodging and meal plan combined, as published on the undergraduate tuition page. The room and plan breakdown behind the range depends on residence and room type.

Published figure: CA$12,877 to CA$16,792 CAD. Source: Dalhousie University, Undergraduate program tuition, 2026-2027, verified 2026-10-05. A residence range is not a promise of the lowest-cost room; placement, room type, and meal plan tier decide the billed amount.

Scholarships and aid

No published average aid figure: Dalhousie publishes its entrance award program and ranges, not a reliable average grant per student.

Only a written offer from Dalhousie University confirms an award for a specific student. An entrance award headline does not reduce the planning total until its amount, eligibility, and renewal rule are in that offer.

City context

No city unemployment or rent figure is published on this page yet. Canada has no single federal file that matches the United States school data groups field for field, so this page does not borrow a figure from a rental listing site or a national average and present it as local fact. Budget off-campus rent from current listings near Halifax and confirm the lease term before comparing it with residence.

A worksheet before borrowing

1. Choose the student category first. At Dalhousie University, the local tuition and fees line is CA$10,790 to CA$13,462 CAD and the international line is CA$33,091 to CA$51,503 CAD for 2026-2027; the category decision is worth CA$22,301 CAD per year before housing.
2. Add the residence and meal plan figure that matches the room you would actually accept, not only the lowest published room.
3. Subtract only awards named in a written offer. Published entrance awards above are possibilities to investigate, not deductions.
4. Price four years by repeating the first-year planning total, then test a yearly increase as your own scenario. The university has not forecast your later-year fees on this page.
5. Keep the currency pinned: every figure in the worksheet for this school is CAD.

Before you treat this as your price

• Confirm the academic year and the program. Professional and deregulated programs can carry different fees.
• Confirm residency status with the university. Citizenship, permanent residence, and provincial residence are separate questions.
• Check the housing tier and meal plan behind the residence figure.
• Use only a written aid offer as a confirmed scholarship amount.

Record notes

• Dalhousie's detailed 2026-27 fee-schedule PDF did not open in this pass, so ranges are shown exactly as published on the undergraduate tuition page rather than narrowed to one faculty.