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 | Rank | 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 |
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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