Canada’s Best Medical Doctoral Universities: Rankings 2023
Universities in this category have a broad range of Ph.D. programs and research, as well as medical schools
(Photo courtesy of Claudio Calligaris/McGill University)
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McGill | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 |
| Toronto | 2 | 2 | *2 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| UBC | 3 | 3 | *2 | *3 | *8 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 2 |
| McMaster | 4 | 4 | *9 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 10 | *13 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 4 |
| Alberta | 5 | 6 | *7 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | *8 | 7 | *7 | 8 | 6 |
| Ottawa | 6 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 11 | *10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| Dalhousie | 7 | 8 | 4 | *3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 3 | *11 | 11 |
| Queen's | 8 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 4 | *9 | 5 |
| Calgary | 9 | 12 | *9 | 5 | *12 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 5 | *13 | 8 | 5 | *9 | 8 |
| Montréal | 10 | *9 | 11 | 10 | *8 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 13 | *10 | 15 | 11 | *11 | 7 |
| Laval | *11 | *9 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 12 |
| Western | *11 | *9 | *7 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 12 | *8 | 3 | *7 | 3 | 9 |
| Manitoba | *13 | 14 | 14 | 7 | *12 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 15 |
| Saskatchewan | *13 | 15 | 15 | 6 | *12 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 14 |
| Sherbrooke | 15 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 13 |
* Indicates a tie
For more details and breakdowns of our methodology in determining the rankings click here.