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🎓 Top Universities in Canada

Canadian universities by their position in the 2026 QS World University Rankings (lower is better).

📅 2026📏 world rank30 entries🇨🇦 See all of this country’s rankings →
Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (world rank); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.
1
McGill University
27
2
University of Toronto
29
3
University of British Columbia
40
4
University of Alberta
94
5
University of Waterloo
119
6
Western University
151
7
Université de Montréal
168
8
McMaster University
173
9
Queen's University at Kingston
191
10
University of Calgary
211
11
University of Ottawa
219
12
Dalhousie University
283
13
Simon Fraser University
308
14
York University
333
15
University of Victoria
358
16
University of Saskatchewan
378
17
Concordia University
465
18
Université Laval
469
19
University of Guelph
504
20
University of Windsor
546
21
University of New Brunswick
622
22
University of Manitoba
643
23
Memorial University of Newfoundland
660
24
Toronto Metropolitan University
711
25
Carleton University
781
26
Université du Québec
851
27
Université de Sherbrooke
901
28
University of Regina
1,001
29
Vancouver Island University
1,001
30
Brock University
1,201

Highlights

Within Canada, McGill University ranks first in 2026 (lowest value) with 27, followed by University of Toronto (29) and University of British Columbia (40).

Across 30 entries, values run from 27 (McGill University) to 1,201 (Brock University), with a median of 368.

Source: QS World University Rankings 2026 (via Wikipedia), 2026. Unit: world rank.

Source: QS World University Rankings 2026 (via Wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikipedia); underlying data © the cited publisher · fetched Oct 13, 2026 — Rank among all universities worldwide.