Education

Canada’s Best Universities by Faculty Awards: Rankings 2023

Maclean’s tracks faculty achievement at winning national awards

These figures show the five-year tally (2017-21) of the number of full-time professors, per 1,000, who have won national awards.

Medical Doctoral

Rank UniversityUniversity No. of AwardsNo. of Awards
1 Toronto 12.2
2 McGill 9.4
3 Ottawa 8
4 Queen's 7.4
5 McMaster 6.8
6 Dalhousie 6.7
7 Alberta 5.4
*8 UBC 5.2
*8 Montréal 5.2
10 Western 3.9
11 Laval 3.5
*12 Calgary 2.6
*12 Manitoba 2.6
*12 Saskatchewan 2.6
15 Sherbrooke 2.2

Comprehensive

Rank UniversityUniversity No. of AwardsNo. of Awards
1 Victoria 7.1
2 Waterloo 5.3
3 Simon Fraser 4.4
4 Guelph 3.5
5 Carleton 2.9
6 Brock 2.8
7 York 2.7
8 UQAM 2.1
9 Memorial 2
10 Windsor 1.5
11 Wilfrid Laurier 1.4
12 Regina 1.1
13 Concordia 0.8
*14 New Brunswick 0.7
*14 Toronto Metropolitan 0.7

Primarily Undergraduate

Rank UniversityUniversity No. of AwardsNo. of Awards
1 Bishop's 3.4
2 UPEI 3.3
3 Mount Allison 3
4 Acadia 2.9
5 St. Francis Xavier 2.6
*6 Saint Mary's 2.3
*6 Trent 2.3
8 UNBC 2.1
9 Lakehead 1.8
*10 Laurentian 1.5
*10 Mount Saint Vincent 1.5
12 Winnipeg 1.2
13 Nipissing 1.1
14 Lethbridge 0.9
15 Moncton 0.6
*16 Brandon none
*16 Cape Breton none
*16 Ontario Tech none
*16 St. Thomas none

* Indicates a tie

More numbers behind the rankings:
Canada’s best universities by student awards
Canada’s best universities by student/faculty ratio
Canada’s best universities by social sciences and humanities grants
Canada’s best universities by medical/science grants
Canada’s best universities by total research dollars
Canada’s best universities by operating budget
Canada’s best universities by library expenses
Canada’s best universities by library acquisitions
Canada’s best universities by scholarships and bursaries
Canada’s best universities by students services
Canada’s best universities by reputation

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