University Rankings
by Maclean's
October 7, 2022

Canada's Best Universities by Reputation: Rankings 2023

The results of Maclean's reputation survey, which assesses the universities on quality and innovation

(Photo courtesy of James Brittain, Waterloo University)

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. These charts display the results of the survey, combining all the universities from the Primarily Undergraduate, Comprehensive and Medical Doctoral categories into one group.

Best Overall

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

Highest Quality

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

Most Innovative

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

Leaders of Tomorrow

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