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Canada’s Best Comprehensive Universities: Rankings 2023
Universities in this category have a significant amount of research activity and a wide range of undergraduate, graduate and professional programs
 University |
 Overall Ranking |
 Last Year |
 Student Awards |
 Student/ Faculty Ratio |
 Faculty Awards |
 Social Sciences & Humanities Grants |
 Medical/ Science Grants |
 Total Research Dollars |
 Operating Budget |
 Library Expenses |
 Library Acquisitions |
 Scholarships & Bursaries |
 Student Services |
 Reputational Survey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simon Fraser | 1 | *1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | *8 | 1 | 2 |
| Victoria | 2 | *1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| Waterloo | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| Guelph | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 12 | *9 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 4 |
| Carleton | *5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 8 |
| York | *5 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 5 | *11 | 8 | 2 | *7 | 5 |
| Memorial | 7 | 8 | *7 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 2 | *4 | 4 | *10 | 13 | 10 |
| New Brunswick | *8 | *9 | 6 | 1 | *14 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 13 |
| Toronto Metropolitan | *8 | 11 | 14 | 12 | *14 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 10 | *10 | 2 | 7 |
| Concordia | *10 | 13 | *7 | *9 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 14 | *8 | 14 | 6 |
| Wilfrid Laurier | *10 | 7 | *11 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 7 | *11 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 9 |
| UQAM | 12 | *9 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 11 |
| Brock | 13 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 6 | *7 | 12 |
| Windsor | 14 | 14 | *11 | *9 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 11 | *4 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 15 |
| Regina | 15 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 9 | *9 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 14 |
* Indicates a tie
For more details and breakdowns of our methodology in determining the rankings click here.
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