Students in the field. (Martin Dee/UBC Okanagan) Martin Dee/UBC Okanagan

Canada’s Top School by Reputation 2019

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

By Maclean’s

October 11, 2018

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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.

Reputational ranking 2019

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

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