Likely much less rural than a lot of mainland Canada. If you’re hanging around the university, its not very rural.
If you’re considering Canadian schooling, also consider University of Victoria.
The University of Victoria seems to be a good school, has a nice campus, and is in the eastern outskirts of Victoria on Vancouver island, so a pleasant but semi-isolated place. I think either place, or Carnegie Mellon east of Vancouver, would be good places to go to school. All are good schools and have nice campuses in nice places.