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Canada’s Top School by Student Satisfaction 2019

In this year’s student survey, we introduced a new question about how universities are making Indigenous histories, cultures and languages visible on campus

By Maclean's October 11, 2018

Students partaking in school festivites. (Cameron Fitch/UNB)

The student voice plays a crucial role in assessing campus life. More than 23,000 university students responded to Maclean’s online survey, giving their opinions on professors and staff, residence life, and opportunities for extracurricular activities and experiential education, such as co-op programs. Students also weighed in on such topical issues as mental health services and whether they think their university is doing enough to prevent sexual assault on campus. This year, Maclean’s introduced a new question asking students to rate how well their university is making Indigenous histories, cultures and languages visible on campus. Scholarships Canada, a site that helps students find financial support, assisted in the distribution of the survey.

Medical/Doctoral

Rank	School	Course Instructors	Student Life Staff	Administrative Staff	Academic Advising Staff	Mental Health Services	Extracurricular Activities	Experiential Learning	Residence Living	Promoting Indigenous Visibility	Steps to Prevent Sexual Assault
1	Sherbrooke	2	1	1	1	1	5	1	5	15	1
2	Queen's	4	2	3	3	*4	1	6	2	3	5
3	Laval	1	3	2	2	2	3	2	14	14	2
4	McMaster	3	5	4	4	7	4	5	4	6	4
5	Montréal	8	6	6	5	3	7	3	11	13	3
6	Western	5	4	5	12	10	2	14	1	9	7
7	UBC	7	8	8	10	12	8	4	6	2	14
8	Alberta	11	9	9	13	*4	9	7	15	7	6
9	Saskatchewan	12	11	7	6	6	11	8	12	1	11
10	Dalhousie	10	7	12	8	11	10	9	8	4	12
11	Manitoba	*13	12	10	11	8	15	12	7	5	10
12	Calgary	*13	14	13	9	9	12	11	13	10	9
13	Toronto	9	13	11	7	14	13	15	9	11	13
14	McGill	6	10	14	14	15	6	13	3	8	15
15	Ottawa	15	15	15	15	13	14	10	10	12	8

Comprehensive

Rank	School	Course Instructors	Student Life Staff	Administrative Staff	Academic Advising Staff	Mental Health Services	Extracurricular Activities	Experiential Learning	Residence Living	Promoting Indigenous Visibility	Steps to Prevent Sexual Assault
1	Wilfrid Laurier	2	1	1	1	12	1	7	1	4	5
2	Guelph	5	2	2	2	4	2	8	2	12	*1
3	Brock	4	4	6	4	1	5	5	3	6	6
4	Victoria	6	9	8	9	10	6	3	8	1	4
5	UQAM	1	3	3	5	5	4	6	*12	14	8
6	Simon Fraser	8	11	5	*6	7	10	2	10	3	10
7	Carleton	7	7	4	3	*13	3	13	6	10	9
*8	Concordia	11	6	10	13	8	7	4	4	9	7
*8	Ryerson	9	5	9	*6	2	9	10	*12	8	3
10	Waterloo	3	13	13	*10	15	8	1	5	15	13
11	New Brunswick	10	8	7	*10	3	13	9	9	7	12
12	Windsor	12	12	14	12	6	11	12	15	11	*1
13	Memorial	13	10	11	14	11	14	11	7	5	11
14	Regina	15	14	12	8	9	15	14	11	2	14
15	York	14	15	15	15	*13	12	15	14	13	15

Primarily Undergraduate

Rank	School	Course Instructors	Student Life Staff	Administrative Staff	Academic Advising Staff	Mental Health Services	Extracurricular Activities	Experiential Learning	Residence Living	Promoting Indigenous Visibility	Steps to Prevent Sexual Assault
1	Bishop's	1	1	2	3	3	1	1	3	12	2
2	Nipissing	4	2	1	5	1	5	6	1	1	1
3	Mount Allison	2	4	4	8	9	*2	13	5	6	9
4	UNBC	5	3	3	6	2	7	9	11	2	4
5	Acadia	6	5	6	2	12	4	4	4	14	6
6	St. Francis Xavier	7	7	5	9	11	*2	2	2	13	18
7	Trent	8	6	7	1	7	6	10	7	3	8
8	St. Thomas	3	14	11	14	17	10	14	17	9	12
9	Lethbridge	*13	10	12	15	8	8	3	12	11	11
10	Mount Saint Vincent	10	12	10	4	5	16	7	13	8	17
11	UOIT	16	11	14	7	4	12	11	10	16	3
12	UPEI	9	8	17	10	16	11	12	8	17	7
13	Cape Breton	11	13	15	11	18	*17	5	9	7	5
14	Saint Mary's	12	9	8	12	6	9	8	18	18	13
15	Winnipeg	*13	17	16	17	10	14	18	15	10	16
16	Lakehead	17	18	18	18	15	15	15	16	4	10
17	Laurentian	*13	19	19	19	19	13	17	6	5	14
18	Brandon	18	16	13	16	13	19	19	19	15	19
19	Moncton	19	15	9	13	14	*17	16	14	19	15

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