QS Rankings 2026

Best Universities in Canada

Discover and compare the top 29 universities in Canada by QS World Rankings 2026

Ranked Universities

#27

Highest Rank

40.4

Avg. Score

35.6

Academic Rep.

29 universities in Canada

World	Local	University	City	Score	Academic	Employer
#27	#1	McGill University	Montreal	88.9	98.1	93.5
#29	#2	University of Toronto	Toronto	88.5	100.0	99.1
#40	#3	University of British Columbia	Vancouver	85.5	99.6	96.5
#=94	#4	University of Alberta	Edmonton,	70.1	70.9	53.0
#=119	#5	University of Waterloo	Waterloo	65.7	53.0	74.2
#151	#6	Western University	London	62.0	42.3	53.5
#168	#7	Université de Montréal	Montreal	59.5	66.1	44.0
#=173	#8	McMaster University	Hamilton	59.1	52.5	43.6
#=191	#9	Queen's University at Kingston	Kingston	56.8	50.9	75.7
#211	#10	University of Calgary	Calgary	54.7	47.6	50.5
#=219	#11	University of Ottawa	Ottawa	54.2	35.8	38.7
#283	#12	Dalhousie University	Nova Scotia	47.2	27.1	23.9
#=308	#13	Simon Fraser University	Burnaby	44.7	34.9	20.7
#333	#14	York University	Toronto	42.4	33.4	31.7
#=358	#15	University of Victoria (UVic)	Victoria	41.1	25.6	17.3
#378	#16	University of Saskatchewan	Saskatoon	39.6	16.0	10.2
#=465	#17	Concordia University	Montreal	33.8	21.7	18.0
#=469	#18	Université Laval	Québec	33.7	25.3	11.3
#=504	#19	University of Guelph	Guelph	32.0	19.9	19.2
#=546	#20	University of Windsor	Windsor	30.2	5.1	7.1
#=622	#21	University of New Brunswick	Fredericton	27.6	7.1	17.9
#=643	#22	University of Manitoba	Winnipeg	26.9	19.2	20.0
#=660	#23	Memorial University of Newfoundland	St. John's	26.5	10.7	10.5
#711-720	#24	Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University)	Toronto	—	12.5	19.4
#781-790	#25	Carleton University	Ottawa	—	15.6	16.8
#851-900	#26	Université du Québec	Québec	—	20.5	14.9
#901-950	#27	Université de Sherbrooke	Sherbrooke	—	8.2	4.4
#1001-1200	#28	University of Regina	Regina	—	4.7	2.9
#1201-1400	#29	Brock University	St. Catharines	—	6.7	10.9