Best 20 universities in Canada by reputation: 2017 ranking full results

Full results from Maclean’s 2017 National Reputational Rankings

October 26, 2016

Maclean’s surveyed university faculty and senior administrators, high school guidance counsellors, and a variety of businesspeople across the country, asking for their views on quality and innovation at Canadian universities. For the second time ever, the survey was conducted online (here is the Top 20 and complete methodology). Detailed results for all 49 universities included in the survey are below. To sort the results by category click on the top of the column you’re interested in. To find out more about the schools click on their name for a full profile.

Reputation 2017 Full Results

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

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