Rankings

Students' favourite universities: Primarily undergraduate ranking 2017 full results

Here’s how students responded to 10 questions about campus life.

Students in a lecture at Trent University. (Photograph by Jessica Darmanin)

Students in a lecture at Trent University. (Photograph by Jessica Darmanin)


Overall Ranking University Course Instructors Student Life Staff Administrative Staff Academic Advising Staff Mental Health Services Extracurricular Activities Experiential Learning Residence Living Bureaucracy (Least Red Tape) Steps to Prevent Sexual Assault
1 Bishop's 2 1 1 4 2 1 3 3 1 3
2 St. Francis Xavier 1 4 2 2 *4 2 1 1 4 8
3 Acadia 4 3 3 1 13 3 2 4 3 7
4 UNBC 5 2 4 7 1 4 8 9 10 10
5 Nipissing 7 5 5 3 *4 7 10 2 *7 1
6 Trent 8 6 11 5 3 6 7 6 2 4
7 Mount Saint Vincent 10 15 6 6 11 14 4 *11 5 5
8 Lethbridge 9 8 9 14 6 8 5 13 13 12
9 Mount Allison 3 7 14 15 19 5 15 5 18 17
10 St. Thomas 6 10 7 13 14 10 17 14 6 15
11 Prince Edward Island 12 9 10 10 10 11 11 8 15 11
12 Saint Mary's *15 11 12 12 9 9 9 16 9 6
13 Laurentian 14 14 19 16 12 12 12 7 12 14
14 Winnipeg 13 17 15 18 *15 15 13 18 *7 2
15 Moncton 18 13 13 11 7 13 6 10 19 18
16 UOIT 17 18 16 8 8 18 16 15 17 9
17 Cape Breton 11 19 17 17 18 19 14 17 14 16
18 Lakehead 19 16 18 19 *15 17 18 *11 16 13
19 Brandon *15 12 8 9 17 16 19 19 11 19

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