Software :: Column Alignment In "ls -l" Command?

Is there a way to get the "ls -l" command to align its columns (e.g. force a fixed size) when the command is executed individually for each file to be listed (e.g. in a script loop or such)? Right now, I get ragged/jagged columns because "ls -l" is trying to make each listing compact horizontally. But as file sizes, and lengths of owner names, and such vary, the overall length of each output instance varies, making the columns ragged.