Rankings

Best 20 universities in Canada by reputation: 2017 ranking full results

Full results from Maclean’s 2017 National Reputational Rankings

Maclean’s surveyed university faculty and senior administrators, high school guidance counsellors, and a variety of businesspeople across the country, asking for their views on quality and innovation at Canadian universities. For the second time ever, the survey was conducted online (here is the Top 20 and complete methodology). Detailed results for all 49 universities included in the survey are below. To sort the results by category click on the top of the column you’re interested in. To find out more about the schools click on their name for a full profile.


Best Overall University Highest Quality Most Innovative Leaders of Tomorrow
1 Toronto 1 2 1
2 Waterloo 3 1 3
3 British Columbia 4 4 2
4 McGill 2 3 4
5 Alberta 7 6 5
6 Queen's 5 7 6
7 McMaster 6 5 7
8 Western 8 9 12
9 Montréal 9 13 8
10 Simon Fraser 11 10 10
11 Ryerson 19 8 9
12 Calgary 15 12 11
13 Guelph 14 11 14
14 Dalhousie 10 14 19
15 Ottawa 12 16 15
16 Victoria 13 17 18
17 Laval 16 15 16
18 Concordia 18 19 13
19 Sherbrooke 26 18 17
20 Memorial Newfoundland 17 20 24
21 York 22 21 20
22 Saskatchewan 21 22 22
23 Carleton 24 24 21
24 Laurier 20 23 28
25 Manitoba 28 27 26
26 New Brunswick 29 26 33
27 Acadia 25 32 30
28 UQAM 33 28 23
29 Mount Allison 23 35 38
30 St. Francis Xavier 27 38 31
31 Lethbridge 31 29 29
32 Brock 34 33 25
33 UOIT 41 25 27
34 Regina 35 31 35
35 Trent 32 34 37
36 Saint Mary's 30 39 40
37 New Brunswick 40 30 34
38 Winnipeg 37 37 39
39 Windsor 38 36 36
40 Bishop's 36 41 32
41 Prince Edward Island 39 40 47
42 Lakehead 44 42 43
43 Mount Saint Vincent 42 44 44
44 Laurentian 45 43 41
45 Moncton 43 46 48
46 Cape Breton 48 45 42
47 St. Thomas 46 47 49
48 Brandon 47 48 45
49 Nipissing 49 49 46

 

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