{
  "query": {
    "country": "CA",
    "cycle": "second",
    "student_group": "home",
    "study_mode": "full-time",
    "province": "Quebec"
  },
  "status": "ok",
  "price": {
    "currency": "CAD",
    "unit": "per academic year",
    "value": 4395,
    "measure": "average",
    "median": null,
    "typical_low": null,
    "typical_high": null,
    "min": null,
    "max": null
  },
  "sample_size": null,
  "period": {
    "from": "2026-09-01",
    "to": "2027-08-31"
  },
  "confidence": "high",
  "price_type": "official_statistic",
  "statistic": {
    "measure": "average",
    "reference_period": "2026-2027",
    "note": "This is Statistics Canada's weighted average of posted tuition fees for the academic year, not what any one student paid; scholarships, bursaries and waivers are not deducted, and programmes differ widely (professional programmes cost far more)."
  },
  "as_of": "2026-10-20T15:28:34.086Z",
  "source": {
    "id": "ca-statcan-tuition",
    "name": "Canadian and international tuition fees by level of study (Statistics Canada table 37-10-0045-01)",
    "publisher": "Statistics Canada",
    "licence": "Statistics Canada Open Licence. \"Subject to this licence, Statistics Canada grants you a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to: use, reproduce, publish, freely distribute, or sell the Information; use, reproduce, publish, freely distribute, or sell Value-added Products; and, sublicence any or all such rights, under terms consistent with this licence.\" Conditions include accurate reproduction, no suggestion that Statistics Canada endorses the user, and the acknowledgment of source notices below.",
    "licence_url": "https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/terms-conditions/open-licence",
    "attribution": "Source: Statistics Canada, table 37-10-0045-01, Canadian and international tuition fees by level of study (current dollars) (reference month stated in each answer). Reproduced and distributed on an \"as is\" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada, table 37-10-0045-01, Canadian and international tuition fees by level of study (current dollars). This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.",
    "url": "https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3710004501"
  },
  "method": "Canada tuition fees: Statistics Canada's weighted average of published tuition fees for full-time students at publicly funded degree-granting institutions (table 37-10-0045-01), by province and level of study (Canadian or international, undergraduate or graduate), in current Canadian dollars per academic year. We pass on the published average and its academic year, with the change on the year before; it is posted fees, not payments by sampled students, and no range or sample size is published.",
  "method_url": "https://proofprice.com/method",
  "summary": "In the 2026/2027 academic year, the average tuition fee for Canadian graduate students, full-time in Quebec is 4,395 CAD per year (up 2.9% on 2025/2026). Official average published by Statistics Canada for 2026-2027.",
  "notice": "Information, not a valuation or offer. Ranges describe past recorded prices.",
  "extra": {
    "place": "Quebec",
    "academic_year": "2026/2027",
    "student": "Canadian graduate students, full-time",
    "fee_basis": "weighted average of posted tuition fees, full-time students, publicly funded degree-granting institutions, current dollars",
    "change_on_previous_year": {
      "academic_year": "2025/2026",
      "value": 4270,
      "percent": 2.9
    },
    "recent_years": [
      {
        "academic_year": "2021/2022",
        "value": 3490
      },
      {
        "academic_year": "2022/2023",
        "value": 3528
      },
      {
        "academic_year": "2023/2024",
        "value": 3760
      },
      {
        "academic_year": "2024/2025",
        "value": 3887
      },
      {
        "academic_year": "2025/2026",
        "value": 4270
      },
      {
        "academic_year": "2026/2027",
        "value": 4395
      }
    ],
    "attribution_notice": "Source: Statistics Canada, table 37-10-0045-01, Canadian and international tuition fees by level of study (current dollars), academic year 2026/2027. Reproduced and distributed on an \"as is\" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada, table 37-10-0045-01, Canadian and international tuition fees by level of study (current dollars), academic year 2026/2027. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product."
  },
  "answer_id": "ans_a9c8643afde11afaaf4d",
  "method_version": "1",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-10-20T15:28:34.086Z",
  "evidence": {
    "type": "official_statistic",
    "label": "Official published average",
    "meaning": "One average or median that a statistics office or regulator publishes for a reference period: it describes a group, not a distribution, and says nothing about any single price."
  },
  "reliability": "official_median_no_count",
  "data_as_of": "2027-08-31",
  "data_age_days": 0,
  "suggestions": [
    "This is one published average or median with no record count: use it as a reference point, not as a range of what individuals paid.",
    "For a decision on a specific job or purchase, ask for an itemised quote."
  ]
}