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Alberta has only 0.9 universities per one million residents whereas B.C. has 2.7, Saskatchewan 2.1 and Nova Scotia has 10.9, according to Statistics Canada figures from the 2006 Census.
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Number of universities per one million residents is a really stupid metric to use. Number of students is a much more meaningful measurement. In the case of Nova Scotia, for example, their number looks really large, but consider that only one NS school (Dalhousie) is of similar size to UofA or UofC. Most of their universities, such as St. Francis Xavier and Acadia, are small liberal arts schools with a student population of 4,000 or less, and they only offer undergraduate degrees.