My friend is researching the MBA at Royal Roads, which includes two three-week residencies, nine courses completed online, and an Organizational Management Consulting Project. http://www.royalroads.ca/prospective-students/programs/business It doesn't have any respected international accreditation, but it might suit some folk.

A Canadian colleague of mine conducted non-random straw poll of 5 friends contacted via Facebook: she tells me that 4 out of 5 recommended it:

?Royal Roads is really well regarded!! I have a couple of friends who have just completed programs with them!! (one MBA and one Masters). I can send through their contact details if you would like...?

?Concur. Royal Roads is amazingly well regarded and I know four different people who have done masters there. They all had good things to say.?

?I have heard good things about Royal Roads. I heard it has good programs for while you're working and there are some specific programs it is well known for.?

?My friend is completing his degree with them part-time while he works. They do a lot of online/distance learning.?

Royal Roads university is very good university accredited by Ministry of Advanced Education and Labor Market Development, British Columbia; Provide lots of facilities to their student5s like library, scholarship and financial Aids, online courses and distance learning, sport activities etc

Provide lots of facilities to their student5s like library, scholarship and financial Aids, online courses and distance learning, sport activities etc

RRU is at a totally different price point from Queens. Isn't Laval's programme in French?

Well Royal Roads with its fees of 20 grand does not seem to be a bargain to me.

The Lowest Cost MBA Programs in Canada

Laval: $4,032-$9,717 for 12-23 months
Memorial: $4,398 for 12 ? 16 months
Sherbrooke: $4,600 for 16 months
University of Quebec: $4,748-$10,283 for 12-48 months
Royal Military College: $6,000 for 16-20 months

These are more like a bargain. All of them proper university and no degree mill

Royal Roads isn't a diploma mill. That's a ridiculous suggestion. Take a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Roads_University

There's only one internationally-accredited Canadian University offering the distance-learning MBA, and that's Queen's -- at $90,000. Royal Roads offers a totally average MBA a tiny fraction of that price from a nationally-recognised, bricks and mortar college founded in 1940, and upgraded to university status in 1957.