Universities by Research Publications in Canada

Universities and colleges ranked by the number of scholarly works indexed by OpenAlex. This measures research volume, not 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 (works); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.

University of Toronto67,600,632 citations

580,519

University of British Columbia35,498,893 citations

383,849

McGill University31,798,332 citations

304,067

University of Alberta23,099,446 citations

267,051

University of Calgary16,174,962 citations

198,660

Université de Montréal17,259,723 citations

191,480

McMaster University21,848,005 citations

185,880

Western University13,486,981 citations

174,380

University of Ottawa13,395,849 citations

167,521

University of Waterloo10,040,037 citations

157,348

Université Laval10,390,343 citations

135,608

Queen's University8,694,824 citations

122,113

University of Manitoba8,217,013 citations

119,472

Dalhousie University7,910,540 citations

107,820

University of Saskatchewan5,771,727 citations

95,345

University of Guelph6,356,164 citations

93,229

York University4,308,233 citations

91,005

Simon Fraser University6,357,774 citations

87,227

Concordia University3,494,560 citations

77,284

Carleton University4,591,785 citations

77,264

University of Victoria6,046,479 citations

74,133

Université du Québec à Montréal2,347,913 citations

62,989

Université de Sherbrooke3,767,303 citations

58,864

Memorial University of Newfoundland2,946,206 citations

58,341

Toronto Metropolitan University1,471,600 citations

53,284

University of Windsor1,459,105 citations

38,924

Polytechnique Montréal2,120,909 citations

38,495

University of New Brunswick1,500,919 citations

34,956

Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique1,965,327 citations

25,717

University of Regina1,226,528 citations

24,569

Brock University966,969 citations

23,875

Wilfrid Laurier University688,906 citations

22,189

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières698,044 citations

19,918

École de Technologie Supérieure687,679 citations

17,918

University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus1,021,152 citations

16,735

Lakehead University734,286 citations

16,429

Ontario Tech University689,098 citations

15,886

University of Lethbridge770,085 citations

15,661

Trent University656,869 citations

14,088

Université du Québec888,355 citations

13,941

Laurentian University703,451 citations

13,201

HEC Montréal665,797 citations

12,847

University of Northern British Columbia363,712 citations

12,198

Saint Mary's University384,207 citations

11,881

University of Toronto Scarborough687,268 citations

11,229

Université du Québec à Chicoutimi415,952 citations

11,151

Royal Military College of Canada380,584 citations

10,650

The University of Winnipeg342,034 citations

10,324

Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research1,744,028 citations

10,144

Hotchkiss Brain Institute1,268,562 citations

9,728

Highlights

Within Canada, University of Toronto ranks first in 2026 with 580,519, followed by University of British Columbia (383,849) and McGill University (304,067).

University of Toronto is 1.5 times higher than University of British Columbia, the runner-up.

Across 50 entries, values run from 580,519 (University of Toronto) to 9,728 (Hotchkiss Brain Institute), with a median of 46,104.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Publications, 2026. Unit: works.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Publications · 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 580,519, followed by University of British Columbia (383,849) and McGill University (304,067).

University of Toronto is 1.5 times higher than University of British Columbia, the runner-up.

Across 50 entries, values run from 580,519 (University of Toronto) to 9,728 (Hotchkiss Brain Institute), with a median of 46,104.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Publications, 2026. Unit: works.