Canada’s Best Universities by Student Awards: Rankings 2023

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

Medical Doctoral

Rank	University	No. of Awards
1	McGill	6.4
*2	UBC	4.9
*2	Toronto	4.9
4	Dalhousie	3.5
5	Ottawa	3.4
6	Queen’s	3.1
*7	Alberta	2.8
*7	Western	2.8
*9	Calgary	2.6
*9	McMaster	2.6
11	Montréal	2.4
12	Laval	2.3
13	Sherbrooke	1.8
14	Manitoba	1.7
15	Saskatchewan	1.5

Comprehensive

Rank	University	No. of Awards
1	Simon Fraser	4.1
2	Victoria	3.3
3	Waterloo	3
4	Carleton	2.5
5	UQAM	2.3
6	New Brunswick	2.1
*7	Concordia	2
*7	Memorial	2
9	York	1.9
10	Guelph	1.8
*11	Wilfrid Laurier	1.1
*11	Windsor	1.1
13	Brock	0.9
14	Toronto Metropolitan	0.7
15	Regina	0.5

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Primarily Undergraduate

Rank	University	No. of Awards
1	Saint Mary’s	1.3
2	Mount Allison	1.1
3	UNBC	1
*4	UPEI	0.9
*4	St. Francis Xavier	0.9
*6	Acadia	0.7
*6	Bishop’s	0.7
*6	Lethbridge	0.7
*6	Moncton	0.7
*6	Trent	0.7
11	Lakehead	0.6
12	Laurentian	0.5
13	Ontario Tech	0.4
14	Mount Saint Vincent	0.3
15	Nipissing	0.2
*16	Brandon	0.1
*16	St. Thomas	0.1
*16	Winnipeg	0.1
19	Cape Breton	none

* Indicates a tie

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