(Nick Pearce/Dalhousie University) Nick Pearce/Dalhousie University
Canada’s best university psychology programs: 2020 rankings
The 20 top-ranking Canadian schools for psychology programs
Psychology 2020
| Rank | School | Rank last year | Program reputation | Research reputation | Fractional publications | Fractional citations | Field weighted citation impact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UBC | [1] | 1 | 1* | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Toronto | [2] | 2* | 1* | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | McGill | [3] | 2* | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| 4 | Waterloo | [4] | 5 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| 5 | Western | [5] | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7* |
| 6 | Queen's | [6] | 4 | 6 | 18* | 20 | 5 |
| 7 | Dalhousie | [7] | 9* | 15 | 16 | 17 | 3 |
| 8 | Simon Fraser | [13] | 7 | 8 | 14 | 12* | 12 |
| 9 | Calgary | [*9] | 8 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 15 |
| 10 | York | [11] | 15 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 13 |
| 11 | Alberta | [*9] | 9* | 7 | 7 | 11 | 24 |
| *12 | McMaster | [8] | 12 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 19 |
| *12 | Montréal | [16] | 13 | 12* | 4 | 4 | 26* |
| 14 | Victoria | [12] | 14 | 14 | 21 | 14* | 10 |
| 15 | Carleton | [*14] | 19 | 20* | 15 | 14* | 7* |
| 16 | Brock | [*14] | 27 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 6 |
| 17 | Concordia | N/A | 16 | 12* | 18* | 18 | 17* |
| 18 | Ottawa | [17] | 25 | 24* | 5 | 6 | 21* |
| 19 | Manitoba | N/A | 24 | 16* | 20 | 21 | 11 |
| 20 | Lethbridge | N/A | 11 | 19 | 30 | 26 | 25 |
* Indicates a tie
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