Computing Science Program MSC student Banafsheh Rafiee performs a test on the Kobuki Bot at the University of Alberta in Edmonton Alberta, October 11, 2017. (Photograph by Jason Franson) Photograph by Jason Franson

Canada’s best university computer science programs: 2020 rankings

The 20 top-ranking Canadian schools for computer science programs

By Maclean’s

October 3, 2019

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Computer science 2020

Rank	School	Rank last year	Program reputation	Research reputation	Fractional publications	Fractional citations	Field weighted citation impact
1	Toronto	[1]	1*	1*	2	1	3
2	UBC	[2]	3	1*	3	4	5
3	Waterloo	[3]	1*	3	1	2	7
4	Montréal	[4]	7	6	6*	3	2
5	McGill	[5]	4	4	5	7	11*
6	Alberta	[6]	5	5	4	5	14*
7	McMaster	[8]	8	9	14	6	4
8	Simon Fraser	[7]	6	8	10	10	19*
9	Concordia	[11]	11	17*	6*	8	26
10	Carleton	[10]	12	12	11	13	19*
11	Queen's	[12]	9	7	15	16	27
*12	Ottawa	[9]	18	27*	9	9	23*
*12	Victoria	[14]	10	11	16*	17	16
14	Calgary	[13]	13	10	8	11	34
15	Western	[15]	14	13	13	12	23*
16	Manitoba	[*16]	25*	22	16*	15	10
17	New Brunswick	N/A	16	14	28*	29	9
18	St. Francis Xavier	[*16]	34	34*	40*	32	1
*19	Sherbrooke	[19]	17	15*	27	26	14*
*19	York	[*16]	19*	17*	20*	22	17*

*Indicates a tie

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