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Canada’s best universities by reputation: Rankings 2020

We surveyed university faculty and senior administrators, high school guidance counsellors and a variety of business people across the country, asking for their views on quality and innovation at Canadian universities

By Maclean’s

October 3, 2019

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Maclean’s surveyed university faculty and senior administrators, high school guidance counsellors and a variety of business people across the country, asking for their views on quality and innovation at Canadian universities. This chart displays the results of the reputational ranking, combining all the universities from the Primarily Undergraduate, Comprehensive and Medical Doctoral categories into one group. Read more about this year’s winner: University of Toronto.

National reputation 2020

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

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