(Paul Joseph/UBC) Paul Joseph/UBC
Canada’s best university business programs: 2020 rankings
The 20 top-ranking Canadian schools for business programs
Business 2020
| Rank | School | Rank last year | Program reputation | Research reputaiton | Fractional reputation | Fractional citations | Field weighted citation impact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UBC | [1] | 2 | 1* | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Toronto | [2] | 1 | 1* | 1 | 3* | 6 |
| 3 | Alberta | [4] | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 3 |
| 4 | York | [3] | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| 5 | Western | [5] | 4 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 7* |
| 6 | McGill | [6] | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11* | 19 |
| 7 | McMaster | [9] | 14 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| *8 | Queen's | [7] | 3 | 6 | 19* | 18* | 23 |
| *8 | Waterloo | [*11] | 8 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| 10 | Montréal | [8] | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3* | 7* |
| 11 | Simon Fraser | [10] | 12 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 10 |
| 12 | Calgary | [*11] | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11* | 9 |
| 13 | Concordia | [13] | 9 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| 14 | Laval | [*15] | 15 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 15 |
| 15 | Ryerson | [*15] | 18 | 23* | 16 | 15 | 12 |
| 16 | Ottawa | [14] | 19 | 20* | 8 | 13 | 20* |
| 17 | Wilfrid Laurier | [18] | 11 | 14 | 24 | 22 | 25 |
| 18 | Victoria | [17] | 16 | 17 | 25 | 20* | 13 |
| *19 | UQAM | [*19] | 29 | 29* | 14 | 16 | 20* |
| *19 | Regina | [*19] | 33 | 31* | 28 | 18* | 5 |
*Indicates a tie
Check out the rest of the rankings by program:
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- Engineering
- Environmental Science
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- Nursing
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