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Canada’s Best Universities in 2025 by Faculty Awards

Maclean’s tracks faculty achievement at winning national awards

These figures show the five-year tally (2019-23) of the number of full-time professors, per 1,000, who have won national awards.

MEDICAL DOCTORAL

UniversityRankNo. of Awards
Toronto111.6
McGill29.4
Ottawa37.5
Dalhousie46.6
Alberta55.5
McMaster55.5
Queen's55.5
Montréal85.3
UBC95.2
Western104.1
Laval113.6
Calgary123.5
Manitoba133.0
Saskatchewan142.9
Sherbrooke152.0

* Indicates a tie

COMPREHENSIVE

UniversityRankNo. of Awards
Victoria16.0
Waterloo16.0
Simon Fraser34.2
Carleton44.0
Guelph53.1
York63.0
Memorial72.9
UQAM81.7
Windsor91.5
Brock101.4
Concordia111.1
Regina111.1
New Brunswick130.7
Toronto Metropolitan130.7
Wilfrid Laurier150.4

* Indicates a tie

PRIMARILY UNDERGRADUATE

UniversityRankNo. of Awards
Mount Allison15.9
UPEI23.9
Bishop's33.3
UNBC43.1
Acadia52.8
Trent62.7
St. Francis Xavier72.6
Laurentian82.4
Lakehead92.3
Nipissing92.3
Mount Saint Vincent111.5
Winnipeg121.2
Brandon131.1
Saint Mary's140.8
Moncton150.6
Lethbridge160.4
Algoma17none
Cape Breton17none
Ontario Tech17none
St. Thomas17none

* Indicates a tie