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Canada’s Best Primarily Undergraduate Universities: Rankings 2023
Universities in this category are largely focused on undergraduate education, with relatively fewer graduate programs and graduate students
 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Allison | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | *12 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 16 | 1 |
| UNBC | 2 | 1 | 3 | *1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | *6 | 6 | 19 | 6 | 4 |
| Saint Mary’s | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | *6 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 8 | *10 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 |
| Trent | 4 | 3 | *6 | 19 | *6 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Acadia | *5 | 5 | *6 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 10 | *6 | 12 | *7 | *10 | 5 |
| Bishop’s | *5 | 12 | *6 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 5 | *4 | 12 |
| St. Francis Xavier | 7 | *9 | *4 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 7 | *14 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 6 |
| UPEI | 8 | 7 | *4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 9 |
| Ontario Tech | 9 | *9 | 13 | 18 | *16 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 3 |
| Lakehead | 10 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 9 | *2 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 13 |
| Lethbridge | 11 | 6 | *6 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 15 | *10 | *10 | *16 | 9 | 10 |
| Moncton | *12 | 11 | *6 | *1 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 11 |
| Winnipeg | *12 | 14 | *16 | 17 | 12 | *2 | 2 | 5 | 17 | *6 | 17 | *12 | 12 | 7 |
| St. Thomas | 14 | 13 | *16 | 7 | *16 | 14 | N/A | 18 | 2 | 4 | 4 | *7 | *4 | 17 |
| Laurentian | 15 | 15 | 12 | 10 | *10 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 8 | *16 | 14 | 19 |
| Mount Saint Vincent | 16 | 17 | 14 | 11 | *10 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 5 | *10 | 10 | 15 | 15 |
| Brandon | 17 | 18 | *16 | 5 | *16 | *12 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 14 |
| Nipissing | 18 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 19 | 14 | *14 | 15 | *12 | 1 | 18 |
| Cape Breton | 19 | 19 | 19 | 16 | *16 | 7 | 17 | 15 | 18 | *14 | 13 | 18 | *10 | 16 |
* Indicates a tie
For more details and breakdowns of our methodology in determining the rankings click here.
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