At Acadia University in Wolfville, Canada, BA/BS in Canadian Studies is offered as a bachelor's degree in Area Studies programme. The programme is delivered on campus. Tuition for international students is CAD 25,173 per year (CAD 10,986 per year for local students).
Canadian Studies at Acadia University is an interdisciplinary option within the Faculty of Arts that examines Canada from multiple angles, drawing on humanities disciplines such as art, English, theatre, French, and history alongside social sciences including economics, politics, and sociology. It can be taken as a major, combined as a double major with another discipline, or pursued at the honours level for students planning graduate work; students are encouraged to consult the Dean of Arts or the program coordinator when planning their course of study. Within the program, students can concentrate their electives on areas such as Atlantic Canada, Canadian culture, or contemporary Canadian issues, developing research, reading, and writing skills while examining the social, cultural, and political trends that have shaped the country and their historical roots. Classes are delivered on Acadia's main campus in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, in a small-class setting. The program suits students interested in Canadian society and policy who want a flexible, discipline-spanning course of study; graduates have gone on to work in civil service, government, law, journalism, international relations, museum curation, teaching, and policy analysis.
Requirements
Minimum GPA:70.00 / %
Admission Requirements: The Canadian Studies programme page does not add admission requirements beyond Acadia's general undergraduate criteria, published on the university's admissions pages. For direct entry, Nova Scotia and most Canadian applicants need Grade 12 English plus four additional Grade 12 academic or advanced courses, with a minimum overall average of 70% calculated by the Admissions Office (the university's average entering grade is 86%); applicants from other provinces follow province-specific course lists at the same 70% minimum. All applications require a CAD $40 non-refundable processing fee and transcripts from every institution attended. Applicants whose first language is not English must present IELTS 6.5 overall with no band below 6.0, or TOEFL iBT 90 with no subtest below 20 for exams before January 21, 2026, or TOEFL 4.5 overall with no score below 4.5 for exams on or after that date; PTE Academic 61, CAEL 70, Cambridge C1 Advanced 180, Duolingo 115, or three years of English-medium schooling also satisfy the requirement.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Acadia does not publish year-specific application deadlines: its live admissions pages state only that domestic and international undergraduate applicants may apply any time after September 21st, with March 1st as the priority date for entrance-scholarship consideration (decisions by mid-April); no year is attached to either date. Admission is otherwise rolling, with no separate international closing date published. The Bachelor of Education programme has its own cycle, opening October 1st, but as of September 2026 the page still shows the stale 2025-2026 cycle and no current-cycle date has been published. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
About Acadia University
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