photograph courtesy of wilfrid laurier university
Canada’s Best Universities in 2026 by Student/Faculty Ratio
This measure reflects students’ access to professors
The ratio shows the number of full-time-equivalent students per full-time faculty member. It includes all students, both graduate and undergraduate.
MEDICAL DOCTORAL
| University | Rank | Ratio |
|---|---|---|
| Sherbrooke | 1 | 14.8 |
| McGill | 2 | 17.8 |
| UBC | 3 | 18.4 |
| Dalhousie | 4 | 19.3 |
| Calgary | 5 | 20.4 |
| Saskatchewan | 6 | 20.7 |
| Manitoba | 7 | 22.4 |
| Laval | 8 | 24.3 |
| Montreal | 9 | 26.1 |
| Western | 10 | 26.8 |
| Alberta | 11 | 28.5 |
| Ottawa | 12 | 29.9 |
| Toronto | 13 | 30.8 |
| Queen's | 14 | 35 |
| McMaster | 15 | 37.6 |
COMPREHENSIVE
| University | Rank | Ratio |
|---|---|---|
| New Brunswick | 1 | 15.6 |
| Memorial | 2 | 17.5 |
| Simon Fraser | 3 | 18.4 |
| Victoria | 4 | 19.8 |
| UQAM | 5 | 20.8 |
| Regina | 6 | 23.4 |
| Carleton | 7 | 25.0 |
| Waterloo | 8 | 26.5 |
| Brock | 9 | 29.0 |
| Concordia | 10 | 29.0 |
| York | 11 | 29.0 |
| Toronto Metropolitan | 12 | 31.7 |
| Windsor | 13 | 32.0 |
| Wilfrid Laurier | 14 | 34.0 |
| Guelph | 15 | 34.8 |
PRIMARILY UNDERGRADUATE
| University | Rank | Ratio |
|---|---|---|
| UNBC | 1 | 13.0 |
| Moncton | 2 | 14.5 |
| Brandon | 3 | 14.9 |
| Mount Allison | 4 | 15.5 |
| St. Thomas | 5 | 16.4 |
| Acadia | 6 | 17.6 |
| St. Francis Xavier | 7 | 18.0 |
| UPEI | 7 | 18.0 |
| Lethbridge | 9 | 18.5 |
| Mount Saint Vincent | 10 | 19.7 |
| Lakehead | 11 | 22.1 |
| Bishop's | 12 | 22.4 |
| Saint Mary's | 13 | 22.7 |
| Winnipeg | 14 | 24.7 |
| Nipissing | 15 | 25.4 |
| Cape Breton | 16 | 25.6 |
| Laurentian | 17 | 26.8 |
| Ontario Tech | 18 | 31.7 |
| Trent | 19 | 36.0 |
| Algoma | 20 | 44.3 |
* Indicates a tie
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