11 Agricultural Science Bachelors Degree Programs in Canada

The B.Sc. Agricultural and Environmental Sciences is offered on McGill University's Macdonald Campus. Students can also explore courses and other opportunities on the Downtown Campus, and pursue field courses and research activities locally and around the world, including field study semesters in Panama, Barbados, and Africa. Students can customize their learning experience by picking one of five different majors (Major in Agricultural Economics, Major in Environmental Biology, Major in Environment, Major in Life Sciences, Major in Sustainable Agricultural Systems) along with multiple specializations, concentrations, and/or minors.    

Since its inception in 1906, the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences has been a leader in the agri-food industry in Manitoba. The standard of excellence it has attained in its teaching and research programs is recognized across Canada and around the world.

This program teaches you how to maintain and enhance the performance of agricultural systems (including people, plants, animals, soil, water, and other resources) in efficient and sustainable ways. Key areas of study include agricultural production systems, natural resource management, and their relationship to social and economic systems.

Governments alone cannot manage our most pressing food, agricultural and resource challenges in the future, where the wise use of our world’s limited resources will be key to sustainable development and wealth. In the agricultural and food industries, this will often require changes to laws, public policies and the organization of markets – which is where your skills and experience as a FARE student will be crucial.

Agriculture is big business. And with its rich soil, favourable climate and proximity to large markets, the beautiful Fraser Valley stands as one of Canada’s agricultural hot beds.

This program teaches you how to apply economic tools and thinking to the production, processing, marketing, financing, and consumption aspects of the agri-food and resource industries. You will also develop practical and analytical skills to prepare you for wide variety of policy and marketing issues.

Aeres University of Applied Sciences offers a degree programme in the livestock sector for students interested in a successful career in one of the following professional profiles:

Through a combination of classroom, project-based, and work-integrated learning, you will gain foundational knowledge and understanding of dynamic leadership, problem-solving, entrepreneurial thinking, agriculture technologies management, agronomy, and data sciences. These skills and knowledge allow students to realize the social, economic, and environmental objectives of sustainability.

This multi-disciplinary program provides opportunities for you to understand a number of important issues facing Canada’s agri-food sector including; the improvement of traditional foods and food processing; the development of novel functional foods and nutraceuticals using advanced technologies and the conversion of underutilized agriculture materials into value-added bioproducts.

Graduates of this course will have first-hand knowledge of horticultural practices in the Netherlands, one of the leading EU countries in horticulture and plant breeding. Graduates will gain valuable insight into the contrasts in business culture and work ethics that exist between regions in Europe.

The programme is directed towards students who are interested in a study in the livestock sector. Dairy cows, pigs and poultry are the main focus of this study, which includes extensive practical training and contact with the industry.