Canada’s Best Universities by Reputation: Rankings 2023

Maclean’s surveyed university faculty and senior administrators, as well as a variety of business people across the country, asking for their views on quality and innovation at Canadian universities. Theses chart display the results of the survey, combining all the universities from the Primarily Undergraduate, Comprehensive and Medical Doctoral categories into one group.

Best Overall

Rank	University
1	Toronto
2	Waterloo
3	UBC
4	McGill
5	McMaster
6	Queen’s
7	Alberta
8	Montréal
9	Simon Fraser
10	Victoria
11	Calgary
12	Guelph
13	Western
14	Ottawa
15	Dalhousie
16	Laval
17	York
18	Concordia
19	Toronto Metropolitan
20	Sherbrooke
21	Carleton
22	Saskatchewan
23	Wilfrid Laurier
24	Memorial
25	Manitoba
26	UQAM
27	Brock
28	Mount Allison
29	New Brunswick
30	Trent
31	Ontario Tech
32	UNBC
33	Acadia
34	St. Francis Xavier
35	Winnipeg
36	Saint Mary’s
37	UPEI
38	Lethbridge
39	Regina
40	Moncton
41	Windsor
42	Bishop’s
43	Lakehead
44	Brandon
45	Mount Saint Vincent
46	Cape Breton
47	St. Thomas
48	Nipissing
49	Laurentian

Highest Quality

Rank	University
1	McGill
2	Toronto
3	Waterloo
4	UBC
5	McMaster
6	Queen’s
7	Alberta
8	Montréal
9	Western
10	Simon Fraser
11	Victoria
12	Dalhousie
13	Calgary
14	Ottawa
15	Guelph
16	Laval
17	York
18	Concordia
19	Carleton
20	Saskatchewan
21	Sherbrooke
22	Wilfrid Laurier
23	Memorial
24	Toronto Metropolitan
25	Manitoba
26	UQAM
27	Mount Allison
28	Brock
29	Acadia
30	New Brunswick
31	St. Francis Xavier
32	Trent
33	Winnipeg
34	Saint Mary’s
35	Lethbridge
36	UNBC
37	UPEI
38	Moncton
39	Regina
40	Ontario Tech
41	Windsor
42	Bishop’s
43	Lakehead
44	Brandon
45	Mount Saint Vincent
46	St. Thomas
47	Cape Breton
48	Nipissing
49	Laurentian

Most Innovative

Rank	University
1	Waterloo
2	Toronto
3	UBC
4	McMaster
5	McGill
6	Queen’s
7	Montréal
8	Guelph
9	Alberta
10	Victoria
11	Simon Fraser
12	Calgary
13	Western
14	Concordia
15	Toronto Metropolitan
16	Ottawa
17	Dalhousie
18	Laval
19	Sherbrooke
20	York
21	Carleton
22	Saskatchewan
23	Wilfrid Laurier
24	Memorial
25	Manitoba
26	Ontario Tech
27	UQAM
28	Brock
29	New Brunswick
30	Trent
31	UNBC
32	Mount Allison
33	Winnipeg
34	UPEI
35	Regina
36	Windsor
37	Moncton
38	Lethbridge
39	Acadia
40	Saint Mary’s
41	St. Francis Xavier
42	Lakehead
43	Bishop’s
44	Cape Breton
45	Nipissing
46	Mount Saint Vincent
47	Brandon
48	St. Thomas
49	Laurentian

Leaders of Tomorrow

Rank	University
1	Toronto
2	UBC
3	McGill
4	Waterloo
5	McMaster
6	Montréal
7	Alberta
8	Queen’s
9	Calgary
10	Simon Fraser
11	Victoria
12	Toronto Metropolitan
13	Guelph
14	York
15	Western
16	Sherbrooke
17	Ottawa
18	Laval
19	Carleton
20	Concordia
21	Dalhousie
22	Saskatchewan
23	UQAM
24	Manitoba
25	Wilfrid Laurier
26	Memorial
27	Ontario Tech
28	UNBC
29	Brock
30	Trent
31	Bishop’s
32	Saint Mary’s
33	Mount Allison
34	Lakehead
35	New Brunswick
36	Moncton
37	Windsor
38	Acadia
39	Laurentian
40	St. Francis Xavier
41	Lethbridge
42	Winnipeg
43	Regina
44	UPEI
45	St. Thomas
46	Cape Breton
47	Nipissing
48	Brandon
49	Mount Saint Vincent

More numbers behind the rankings: Canada’s best universities by student awardsCanada’s best universities by student/faculty ratioCanada’s best universities by faculty awardsCanada’s best universities by social sciences and humanities grantsCanada’s best universities by medical/science grantsCanada’s best universities by total research dollarsCanada’s best universities by operating budgetCanada’s best universities by library expensesCanada’s best universities by library acquisitionsCanada’s best universities by scholarships and bursariesCanada’s best universities by students services