Canada’s Best Universities by Student-Faculty Ratio: Rankings 2023

The ratio shows the number of full-time-equivalent students per full-time faculty member. It includes all students, both graduate and undergraduate.

Medical Doctoral

Rank	University	Ratio
1	Sherbrooke	15.4
2	McGill	17.4
*3	UBC	17.7
*3	Dalhousie	17.7
5	Calgary	18.8
6	Saskatchewan	19.8
7	Manitoba	22.6
8	Laval	23.3
9	Alberta	24.8
10	Montréal	26.3
11	Western	26.4
12	Ottawa	29.8
13	Toronto	30.6
14	Queen’s	31.5
15	McMaster	36.2

Comprehensive

Rank	University	Ratio
1	New Brunswick	15.3
2	Memorial	16.4
3	Simon Fraser	19.1
4	Victoria	21.5
5	UQAM	23.6
6	Regina	25.1
7	Waterloo	26.1
8	Carleton	27.8
*9	Concordia	28.6
*9	Windsor	28.6
11	Brock	30.8
12	Toronto Metropolitan	30.9
13	York	31.7
14	Wilfrid Laurier	32.6
15	Guelph	33.5

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Primarily Undergraduate

Rank	University	Ratio
*1	Moncton	13.5
*1	UNBC	13.5
3	Mount Allison	15.7
4	UPEI	17
5	Brandon	17.2
6	Acadia	17.7
7	St. Thomas	18.2
8	St. Francis Xavier	18.4
9	Lethbridge	18.5
10	Laurentian	19.8
11	Mount Saint Vincent	20.2
12	Bishop’s	20.4
13	Saint Mary’s	22.7
14	Lakehead	22.8
15	Nipissing	23.4
16	Cape Breton	25.1
17	Winnipeg	28
18	Ontario Tech	30.7
19	Trent	34.8

* Indicates a tie

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