Maple League

This article is about the Canadian university association. For the Finnish American football league, see Vaahteraliiga.

The Maple League of Universities, previously known as the U4, is an association of four universities in eastern Canada. The four member schools, Acadia University, Bishop's University, Mount Allison University, and St. Francis Xavier University, are all primarily undergraduate liberal arts institutions.

Maple League of Universities

Location	Canada
Membership	Acadia University Bishop's University Mount Allison University St. Francis Xavier University
Executive director	Jack Rice[1]
Website	mapleleague.ca

Members

Acadia

Bishop's

Mount Allison

St. Francis Xavier

Locations of Maple League member universities

The four member universities of the Maple League are all primarily undergraduate and located in Eastern Canada: one in Quebec, one in New Brunswick, and two in Nova Scotia. All were established in the early 1800s.

University	Province	Location	Established
Acadia University	Nova Scotia	Wolfville	1838 (1838)
Bishop's University	Quebec	Sherbrooke	1843 (1843)
Mount Allison University	New Brunswick	Sackville	1839 (1839)
St. Francis Xavier University	Nova Scotia	Antigonish	1853 (1853)

History

The Maple League was founded in 2013 as the U4, and adopted its current name in 2016. The name "Maple League" was inspired by the Ivy League in the United States.^[2]

See also

• U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities