Maclean’s surveyed university faculty and senior administrators, high school guidance counsellors and a variety of business people across the country, asking for their views on quality and innovation at Canadian universities. This chart displays the results of the reputational ranking, combining all the universities from the Primarily Undergraduate, Comprehensive and Medical Doctoral categories into one group. Read more about this year’s winner: University of Toronto.
Rank | Best overall | Rank | Highest quality | Rank | Most innovative | Rank | Leaders of tomorrow |
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1 | Toronto | 1 | Toronto | 1 | Waterloo | 1 | Toronto |
2 | Waterloo | 2 | McGill | 2 | Toronto | 2 | UBC |
3 | UBC | 3 | Waterloo | 3 | McMaster | 3 | McGill |
4 | McGill | 4 | UBC | 4 | UBC | 4 | Waterloo |
5 | McMaster | 5 | McMaster | 5 | McGill | 5 | Alberta |
6 | Alberta | 6 | Alberta | 6 | Alberta | 6 | McMaster |
7 | Queen's | 7 | Queen's | 7 | Simon Fraser | 7 | Montreal |
8 | Western | 8 | Western | 8 | Queen's | 8 | Calgary |
9 | Simon Fraser | 9 | Simon Fraser | 9 | Western | 9 | Queen's |
10 | Montreal | 10 | Montreal | 10 | Calgary | 10 | Simon Fraser |
11 | Calgary | 11 | Dalhousie | 11 | Guelph | 11 | Ryerson |
12 | Guelph | 12 | Guelph | 12 | Montréal | 12 | Western |
13 | Victoria | 13 | Calgary | 13 | Ryerson | 13 | Laval |
14 | Dalhousie | 14 | Victoria | 14 | Victoria | 14 | Guelph |
15 | Laval | 15 | Ottawa | 15 | Dalhousie | 15 | York |
16 | Ryerson | 16 | Laval | 16 | Laval | 16 | Sherbrooke |
17 | Concordia | 17 | Ryerson | 17 | Concordia | 17 | Victoria |
18 | Ottawa | 18 | Concordia | 18 | Sherbrooke | 18 | Concordia |
19 | Sherbrooke | 19 | Sherbrooke | 19 | Saskatchewan | 19 | Ottawa |
20 | Saskatchewan | 20 | Memorial | 20 | Ottawa | 20 | Carleton |
21 | York | 21 | Saskatchewan | 21 | Memorial | 21 | Dalhousie |
22 | Memorial | 22 | Carleton | 22 | Manitoba | 22 | Saskatchewan |
23 | Manitoba | 23 | York | 23 | York | 23 | Ontario Tech |
24 | Carleton | 24 | Wilfrid Laurier | 24 | Carleton | 24 | Lethbridge |
25 | Wilfrid Laurier | 25 | Manitoba | 25 | Ontario Tech | 25 | Manitoba |
26 | UQAM | 26 | Mount Allison | 26 | UQAM | 26 | UQAM |
27 | Mount Allison | 27 | St. Francis Xavier | 27 | Wilfrid Laurier | 27 | Trent |
28 | St. Francis Xavier | 28 | Acadia | 28 | UNBC | 28 | UNBC |
29 | Acadia | 29 | UQAM | 29 | New Brunswick | 29 | Memorial |
30 | Trent | 30 | Trent | 30 | Trent | 30 | Brock |
31 | New Brunswick | 31 | Saint Mary's | 31 | Regina | 31 | Wilfrid Laurier |
32 | Ontario Tech | 32 | New Brunswick | 32 | St. Francis Xavier | 32 | Laurentian |
33 | Regina | 33 | Regina | 33 | Acadia | 33 | Lakehead |
34 | UNBC | 34 | Lethbridge | 34 | Mount Allison | 34 | St. Francis Xavier |
35 | Lethbridge | 35 | UNBC | 35 | Winnipeg | 35 | Saint Mary's |
36 | Saint Mary's | 36 | Brock | 36 | Lethbridge | 36 | Regina |
37 | Winnipeg | 37 | Bishop's | 37 | Saint Mary's | 37 | Winnipeg |
38 | Brock | 38 | Winnipeg | 38 | Windsor | 38 | Mount Allison |
39 | Bishop's | 39 | UPEI | 39 | Brock | 39 | New Brunswick |
40 | Windsor | 40 | Ontario Tech | 40 | UPEI | 40 | Windsor |
41 | UPEI | 41 | Windsor | 41 | Lakehead | 41 | Bishop's |
42 | Lakehead | 42 | Mount Saint Vincent | 42 | Bishop's | 42 | Brandon |
43 | Mount Saint Vincent | 43 | Moncton | 43 | Laurentian | 43 | Acadia |
44 | Moncton | 44 | Lakehead | 44 | Mount Saint Vincent | 44 | Cape Breton |
45 | Laurentian | 45 | Laurentian | 45 | Moncton | 45 | Moncton |
46 | Cape Breton | 46 | St. Thomas | 46 | Cape Breton | 46 | UPEI |
47 | St. Thomas | 47 | Cape Breton | 47 | St. Thomas | 47 | Nipissing |
48 | Brandon | 48 | Brandon | 48 | Brandon | 48 | Mount Saint Vincent |
49 | Nipissing | 49 | Nipissing | 49 | Nipissing | 49 | St. Thomas |
MORE RANKINGS:
- Canada’s Top Medical Doctoral Schools 2020
- Canada’s Top Comprehensive Schools 2020
- Canada’s top Primarily Undergraduate Schools 2020