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Canada’s Best Universities in 2025 by National Reputational Ranking

The results of Maclean’s reputation survey, which assesses the universities on quality and innovation

Maclean’s surveyed university faculty and senior administrators, as well as a variety of business people across the country, asking for their views on quality and innovation at Canadian universities. These charts display the results of the survey, combining all the universities from the Primarily Undergraduate, Comprehensive and Medical Doctoral categories into one group.

BEST OVERALL

RankUniversity
1Toronto
2UBC
3McGill
4Waterloo
5McMaster
6Montréal
7Queen's
8Alberta
9Western
10Simon Fraser
11Calgary
12Laval
13York
14Toronto Metropolitan
15Dalhousie
16Victoria
17Ottawa
18Concordia
19Guelph
20Sherbrooke
21Carleton
22Manitoba
23Wilfrid Laurier
24Memorial
25Saskatchewan
26Ontario Tech
27Brock
28Trent
29UQAM
30New Brunswick
31Acadia
32Mount Allison
33St. Francis Xavier
34Saint Mary's
35Lethbridge
36Regina
37UPEI
38Windsor
39Lakehead
40UNBC
41Bishop's
42Mount Saint Vincent
43Winnipeg
44Moncton
45Laurentian
46Brandon
47Nipissing
48Cape Breton
49St. Thomas
50Algoma

HIGHEST QUALITY

RankUniversity
1Toronto
2McGill
3Waterloo
4UBC
5McMaster
6Montréal
7Queen's
8Western
9Alberta
10Simon Fraser
11Laval
12Dalhousie
13Ottawa
14Victoria
15Calgary
16Guelph
17York
18Concordia
19Carleton
20Toronto Metropolitan
21Wilfrid Laurier
22Memorial
23Sherbrooke
24Manitoba
25Saskatchewan
26Acadia
27Mount Allison
28New Brunswick
29St. Francis Xavier
30Brock
31Trent
32Saint Mary's
33UQAM
34Bishop's
35Regina
36Ontario Tech
37Windsor
38Lethbridge
39UPEI
40UNBC
41Lakehead
42Mount Saint Vincent
43Winnipeg
44Moncton
45Laurentian
46Brandon
47Nipissing
48St. Thomas
49Cape Breton
50Algoma

MOST INNOVATIVE

RankUniversity
1Toronto
2Waterloo
3McGill
4UBC
5McMaster
6Montréal
7Alberta
8Queen's
9Calgary
10Western
11Simon Fraser
12Toronto Metropolitan
13Sherbrooke
14Concordia
15Laval
16Guelph
17York
18Dalhousie
19Ottawa
20Victoria
21Carleton
22Ontario Tech
23Memorial
24Manitoba
25Wilfrid Laurier
26Saskatchewan
27UQAM
28Brock
29Trent
30New Brunswick
31Acadia
32UPEI
33Lethbridge
34Lakehead
35Mount Allison
36Regina
37Saint Mary's
38St. Francis Xavier
39UNBC
40Windsor
41Bishop's
42Mount Saint Vincent
43Moncton
44Winnipeg
45Cape Breton
46Laurentian
47Brandon
48Nipissing
49Algoma
50St. Thomas

LEADERS OF TOMORROW

RankUniversity
1Toronto
2UBC
3McGill
4Waterloo
5McMaster
6Montréal
7Queen's
8Simon Fraser
9Alberta
10Calgary
11Toronto Metropolitan
12York
13Western
14Victoria
15Laval
16Sherbrooke
17Ottawa
18Carleton
19Manitoba
20Dalhousie
21Ontario Tech
22Concordia
23Saskatchewan
24Trent
25Guelph
26Wilfrid Laurier
27Brock
28Lethbridge
29UNBC
30UQAM
31Windsor
32Memorial
33St. Francis Xavier
34Lakehead
35Mount Allison
36Acadia
37Winnipeg
38New Brunswick
39Cape Breton
40Regina
41Mount Saint Vincent
42Laurentian
43UPEI
44Saint Mary's
45Nipissing
46Moncton
47Brandon
48St. Thomas
49Algoma
50Bishop's