Canada’s Best Universities by Social Sciences and Humanities Grants: Rankings 2023

These figures show the average size and number of peer-adjudicated research grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council secured by faculty at each school. The dollar amount of grants is listed per full-time faculty member; the number of grants is per 100 full-time faculty members

Medical Doctoral

University	Rank	Avg. Amount ($)	Avg. Number
McGill	1	18,478	41.67
UBC	2	17,172	34.67
Montréal	3	17,201	34.05
Toronto	4	14,143	36.54
Alberta	5	17,449	29.51
Dalhousie	6	17,015	28.18
McMaster	7	15,270	30.81
Laval	8	13,962	29.99
Ottawa	9	12,859	29.64
Queen’s	10	9,833	28.79
Calgary	11	9,575	27.57
Western	12	9,664	22.75
Sherbrooke	13	7,381	21.77
Manitoba	14	8,144	16.55
Saskatchewan	15	8,265	14.9

Comprehensive

University	Rank	Avg. Amount ($)	Avg. Number
Carleton	1	14,253	29.38
Waterloo	2	12,720	25.97
Simon Fraser	3	12,578	25.31
Concordia	4	11,148	24.39
York	5	12,010	22.28
Guelph	6	11,159	23.06
Toronto Metropolitan	7	11,936	21.12
UQAM	8	9,958	23.73
Victoria	9	11,173	21.25
Wilfrid Laurier	10	6,827	21.17
New Brunswick	11	5,303	17.28
Regina	12	6,278	13.07
Brock	13	4,848	14.22
Memorial	14	4,332	14.29
Windsor	15	4,974	11.64

Primarily Undergraduate

University	Rank	Avg. Amount ($)	Avg. Number
Ontario Tech	1	10,033	27.78
Lakehead	*2	6,327	18.23
Winnipeg	*2	7,277	15.98
UNBC	4	6,532	12.5
Saint Mary’s	5	4,475	16.67
St. Francis Xavier	6	4,148	15.03
Cape Breton	7	4,255	13.33
Bishop’s	8	3,464	13.98
Trent	9	3,199	10.95
Laurentian	10	3,209	10
Mount Saint Vincent	11	3,267	9.8
Brandon	*12	2,354	9.01
Mount Allison	*12	2,289	9.09
St. Thomas	14	1,918	9.09
Lethbridge	15	2,276	7.72
Nipissing	16	1,806	6.8
UPEI	17	1,308	4.9
Moncton	18	1,182	4.83
Acadia	19	724	4.17

* Indicates a tie

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