Universities by Research h-index in Canada

Universities and colleges ranked by OpenAlex's institutional h-index, which combines publication volume and citation impact. This is a research metric, not a measure of teaching quality. OpenAlex is an open scholarly index; larger and older institutions tend to have more indexed research.

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Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (h-index); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.

University of Toronto580,519 works

1,921

University of British Columbia383,849 works

1,429

McGill University304,067 works

1,369

McMaster University185,880 works

1,334

University of Alberta267,051 works

1,172

University of Calgary198,660 works

1,027

Université de Montréal191,480 works

1,021

University of Ottawa167,521 works

914

Western University174,380 works

897

Université Laval135,608 works

823

Queen's University122,113 works

788

University of Waterloo157,348 works

783

Dalhousie University107,820 works

777

University of Manitoba119,472 works

664

Simon Fraser University87,227 works

657

University of Victoria74,133 works

654

University of Guelph93,229 works

588

University of Saskatchewan95,345 works

574

York University91,005 works

553

Carleton University77,264 works

545

Concordia University77,284 works

502

Université de Sherbrooke58,864 works

499

Memorial University of Newfoundland58,341 works

477

Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique25,717 works

442

Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec9,108 works

437

Université du Québec à Montréal62,989 works

437

Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research10,144 works

424

Polytechnique Montréal38,495 works

407

Rotman Research Institute4,524 works

365

University of New Brunswick34,956 works

352

Hotchkiss Brain Institute9,728 works

349

University of Regina24,569 works

348

McGill University and Génome Québec Innovation Centre1,398 works

335

HEC Montréal12,847 works

325

Université du Québec13,941 works

319

University of Windsor38,924 works

314

University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus16,735 works

312

Toronto Metropolitan University53,284 works

311

Brock University23,875 works

307

University of Lethbridge15,661 works

295

Lakehead University16,429 works

290

Wilfrid Laurier University22,189 works

283

Laurentian University13,201 works

275

University of Toronto Scarborough11,229 works

273

Trent University14,088 works

272

Ontario Tech University15,886 works

270

St. Boniface Hospital5,062 works

258

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières19,918 works

256

École de Technologie Supérieure17,918 works

240

Collège MacDonald6,221 works

230

Highlights

Within Canada, University of Toronto ranks first in 2026 with 1,921, followed by University of British Columbia (1,429) and McGill University (1,369).

Across 50 entries, values run from 1,921 (University of Toronto) to 230 (Collège MacDonald), with a median of 437.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Research h-index, 2026. Unit: h-index.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Research h-index · CC0 1.0 (OpenAlex) · fetched Oct 17, 2026 — OpenAlex indexes scholarly works and citations. Coverage and citation practices vary by institution and field; this is a research measure, not a ranking of teaching quality.

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Highlights

Within Canada, University of Toronto ranks first in 2026 with 1,921, followed by University of British Columbia (1,429) and McGill University (1,369).

Across 50 entries, values run from 1,921 (University of Toronto) to 230 (Collège MacDonald), with a median of 437.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Research h-index, 2026. Unit: h-index.