Photo courtesy of the university of new brunswick, photo by brendan mittelholtz
Canada’s Best Universities in 2025 by Student/Faculty Ratio
This measure reflects students’ access to professors
The ratio shows the number of full-time-equivalent students per full-time faculty member. It includes all students, both graduate and undergraduate.
MEDICAL DOCTORAL
| University | Rank | Ratio |
|---|---|---|
| Sherbrooke | 1 | 15.2 |
| McGill | 2 | 17.5 |
| UBC | 3 | 18.5 |
| Dalhousie | 4 | 19.0 |
| Calgary | 5 | 19.5 |
| Saskatchewan | 6 | 20.4 |
| Manitoba | 7 | 23.3 |
| Laval | 8 | 24.3 |
| Montréal | 9 | 26.5 |
| Western | 10 | 27.5 |
| Alberta | 11 | 27.8 |
| Ottawa | 12 | 29.8 |
| Toronto | 13 | 30.7 |
| Queen's | 14 | 35.1 |
| McMaster | 15 | 38.7 |
COMPREHENSIVE
| University | Rank | Ratio |
|---|---|---|
| New Brunswick | 1 | 15.1 |
| Memorial | 2 | 17.3 |
| Simon Fraser | 3 | 18.3 |
| Victoria | 4 | 20.6 |
| UQAM | 5 | 22.1 |
| Regina | 6 | 23.4 |
| Carleton | 7 | 25.9 |
| Waterloo | 8 | 27.2 |
| Concordia | 9 | 29.2 |
| Brock | 10 | 29.6 |
| Windsor | 11 | 30.3 |
| York | 12 | 30.6 |
| Guelph | 13 | 32.7 |
| Toronto Metropolitan | 14 | 32.9 |
| Wilfrid Laurier | 15 | 34.4 |
PRIMARILY UNDERGRADUATE
| University | Rank | Ratio |
|---|---|---|
| UNBC | 1 | 11.9 |
| Moncton | 2 | 13.9 |
| Mount Allison | 3 | 15.9 |
| Brandon | 4 | 16.4 |
| Acadia | 5 | 16.9 |
| St. Thomas | 6 | 17.2 |
| UPEI | 7 | 18.6 |
| Lethbridge | 8 | 19.0 |
| Bishop's | 9 | 19.3 |
| St. Francis Xavier | 10 | 19.5 |
| Cape Breton | 11 | 21.5 |
| Mount Saint Vincent | 11 | 21.5 |
| Lakehead | 13 | 21.9 |
| Saint Mary's | 14 | 24.8 |
| Nipissing | 15 | 25.3 |
| Winnipeg | 16 | 25.7 |
| Laurentian | 17 | 26.9 |
| Ontario Tech | 18 | 32.7 |
| Trent | 19 | 35.3 |
| Algoma | 20 | 37.3 |
* Indicates a tie
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