Canada’s Best Universities 2023: Faculty With Highest Degree in Their Field

These numbers show the percentage of full-time instructional faculty members, as of the fall of 2021, who have a Ph.D., a first professional degree or a terminal degree (other highest-level degree) in their field.

University	Per cent
Montréal	99.7
Alberta	99.6
St. Thomas	99.0
Mount Allison	98.6
McGill	98.5
Lethbridge	98.3
Queen’s	98.2
UBC	98.0
Laval	97.6
Guelph	97.5
Saint Mary’s	96.9
Saskatchewan	96.8
Carleton	96.5
Brock	96.3
UQAM	96.2
Sherbrooke	96.0
Western	96.0
Bishop’s	95.8
Moncton	95.7
St. Francis Xavier	95.6
Concordia	95.2
Wilfrid Laurier	95.1
York	94.6
Lakehead	94.5
UPEI	94.5
McMaster	93.9
Toronto	93.4
Victoria	93.4
Waterloo	92.7
Dalhousie	92.6
Windsor	92.6
Trent	92.3
Manitoba	92.0
Memorial	90.5
Simon Fraser	90.0
Calgary	89.9
UNBC	89.9
Nipissing	89.5
Ottawa	88.9
Cape Breton	88.0
Mount Saint Vincent	87.2
Acadia	85.9
Toronto Metropolitan	84.5
Laurentian *	84.3
New Brunswick	83.2
Ontario Tech	82.6
Brandon	79.4
Regina	79.4
Winnipeg	76.4

*Figure is for fall 2020

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