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World University Rankings 2026: Canada

39 universities ranked in Canada, out of 2,287 worldwide. No official admissions or graduate-earnings data is used for Canada yet, so the within-country part (35%) is estimated from each university’s standing among Canada’s universities on the global measures.

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National rankRank	University	World rank	Overall score	Research	Alumni outcomes	Admissions & earnings (in country)	World rank range
1	McGill University	22	82.8	95	99	est.	20–32
2	University of Toronto	39	73.2	97	98	est.	39–72
3	University of British Columbia	=73	65.9	95	95	est.	58–140
4	University of Calgary	=100	60.8	92	94	est.	81–242
5	University of Waterloo	=112	58.8	91	94	est.	69–257
6	Queen's University	=128	57.0	81	95	est.	97–328
7	Western University, Canada	=130	56.9	84	95	est.	88–327
8	McMaster University	=184	53.5	95	78	est.	104–469
9	York University	=225	51.7	74	95	est.	180–596
10	University of Alberta	=298	48.9	88	76	est.	155–707
11	University of Ottawa	=369	47.1	88	69	est.	191–782
12	Université de Montréal	=384	46.7	80	83	est.	187–803
13	University of Victoria	=388	46.5	84	76	est.	190–805
14	Dalhousie University	=397	46.2	79	83	est.	194–792
15	Simon Fraser University	=460	44.7	80	78	est.	230–879
16	Concordia University	=499	44.0	81	72	est.	261–955
17	Université Laval	=543	42.6	76	76	est.	289–1060
18	University of Guelph	=554	42.3	81	59	est.	315–1132
19	Memorial University of Newfoundland	=668	39.9	76	61	est.	374–1222
20	University of Manitoba	=678	39.7	74	68	est.	376–1238
21	Toronto Metropolitan University	=706	39.0	73	70	est.	392–1330
22	University of Saskatchewan	=709	38.9	72	72	est.	392–1287
23	Carleton University	=743	38.0	71	71	est.	428–1357
24	Université du Québec à Montréal	=862	35.9	69	65	est.	528–1536
25	University of New Brunswick	=922	34.9	67	64	est.	542–1638
26	Université de Sherbrooke	=951	34.4	65	68	est.	566–1620
27	University of Windsor	=985	33.7	59	75	est.	605–1684
28	University of Regina	=1272	29.3	53	64	est.	802–1996
29	University of Ontario Institute of Technology	=1383	28.3	54	22	est.	884–2073
30	Lakehead University	=1638	26.5	46	54	est.	1033–2165
31	École de technologie supérieure	=1681	26.3	47	22	est.	1020–2159
32	Wilfrid Laurier University	=1713	26.1	43	55	est.	1050–2166
=33	Laurentian University	=1752	25.9	42	54	est.	1049–2177
=33	Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières	=1752	25.9	37	63	est.	1067–2176
35	University of Lethbridge	=1783	25.7	37	62	est.	1025–2184
36	Brock University	=1829	25.5	37	56	est.	1096–2180
37	Trent University	=1877	25.2	30	64	est.	1111–2208
38	Université du Québec à Chicoutimi	=1985	24.7	37	22	est.	1144–2208
39	Université du Québec à Rimouski	=2129	23.8	29	22	est.	1220–2239

39 universities

Business schools in Canada

Business Schools 2026

1. =92Ivey Business SchoolWestern University
2. 100Desautels Faculty of ManagementMcGill University
3. 102Smith School of BusinessQueen's University
4. 104Sauder School of BusinessUniversity of British Columbia

4 schools; rank among 107 full-time MBA programmes worldwide.

Research Index for Canada · All of Northern America · All countries

National rank follows the world ranking: universities are listed in world-rank order and keep a shared rank where their world rank is shared. Research and Alumni outcomes are percentiles among all 2,287 ranked universities; Admissions & earnings is the position within the university’s own country (est. where no official data exists). How the ranking works.