REPUTATION
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UNIVERSITY RANKINGS | Reputation
A solid reputation attracts the best students and facuity—and gives graduates an enviable calling card. Maclean's measures a university’s reputation with the community at large, as well as with its own alumni.
NATIONAL REPUTATIONAL RANKING
This ranking combines all 47 universities from the three categories into one group. It reflects the opinion of a diverse range of voices: high-school principals and guidance counsellors from every province and territory, university officials at each ranked institution, the heads of a wide variety of national and regional organizations, plus CEOs and recruiters at corporations large and small.
When soliciting the views of the various respondents, Maclean’s asked each individual to complete a national survey. University officials, principals and guidance counsellors also completed regional surveys. Consulting statisticians from McDougall Scientific Ltd. combined the two surveys to produce the final results.
BEST
OVERALL
1 Waterloo_
2 Toronto_
3 McGill_
4 UBC_
5 Alberta_
6 McMaster_
7 Queen’s_
8 Guelph_
9 Western_
10 Sherbrooke_
11 Simon Fraser_
12 Victoria_
13 Saskatchewan
14 Montréal_
15 St. Francis Xavier
16 Acadia_
17 Dalhousie_
18 Calgary_
19 Ryerson_
20 Wilfrid Laurier
21 Laval_
22 Memorial_
23 Mount Allison
24 York_
25 Ottawa_
26 Concordia_
27 New Brunswick
28 Manitoba_
29 Lethbridge_
30 Brock_
31 Trent_
32 Saint Mary’s_
33 Regina_
34 Carleton_
35 Winnipeg_
36 UNBC_
37 UPEI_
38 St. Thomas_
39 Mount Saint Vincent
40 Moncton_
41 Bishop’s_
42 Windsor_
43 Lakehead_
44 Laurentian_
45 Cape Breton_
46 Brandon _
47 Nipissing
HIGHEST
QUALITY
1 McGill
2 Queen’s_
3 Toronto_
4 Waterloo_
5 UBC_
6 Alberta_
7 McMaster_
8 Western_
9 Guelph_
10 Victoria_
11 Dalhousie_
12 St. Francis Xavier
13 Montréal_
14 Simon Fraser_
15 Mount Allison_
16 Acadia_
17 Sherbrooke_
18 Saskatchewan
19 Wilfrid Laurier
20 Laval_
21 Memorial_
22 Calgary_
23 Ottawa_
24 York_
25 New Brunswick
26 Ryerson_
27 Manitoba_
28 Concordia_
29 Saint Mary’s_
30 Lethbridge_
31 Trent_
32 Regina_
33 Brock_
34 Carleton_
35 Moncton_
36 Mount Saint Vincent
37 St. Thomas_
38 Bishop’s_
39 Winnipeg_
40 UPEI_
41 UNBC_
42 Windsor_
43 Lakehead_
44 Laurentian_
45 Brandon_
46 Cape Breton_
47 Nipissing
MOST
INNOVATIVE
1 Waterloo_
2 McMaster_
3 Alberta_
4 McGill_
5 UBC_
6 Toronto_
7 Guelph_
8 Queen’s_
9 Sherbrooke_
10 Simon Fraser_
11 Western_
12 Saskatchewan
13 Victoria_
14 Acadia_
15 St. Francis Xavier
16 Ryerson_
17 Calgary_
18 Montréal_
19 Dalhousie_
20 Wilfrid Laurier
21 Memorial_
22 Laval_
23 York_
24 Mount Allison
25 Ottawa_
26 Concordia_
27 New Brunswick
28 Manitoba_
29 Lethbridge_
30 Trent_
31 Brock_
32 Saint Mary’s_
33 Regina_
34 Carleton_
35 UNBC_
36 Winnipeg_
37 UPEI_
38 Mount Saint Vincent
39 St. Thomas_
40 Moncton_
41 Lakehead_
42 Windsor_
43 Bishop’s_
44 Laurentian_
45 Cape Breton_
46 Brandon_
47 Nipissing
LEADERS OF TOMORROW
1 Toronto_
2 Waterloo_
3 UBC_
4 Alberta_
5 McGill_
6 McMaster_
7 Queen's_
8 Guelph_
9 Sherbrooke_
10 Montréal_
11 Western_
12 Saskatchewan
13 Simon Fraser_
14 Victoria_
15 Ryerson_
16 Calgary_
17 Dalhousie_
18 Acadia_
19 York_
20 St. Francis Xavier
21 Laval_
22 Concordia_
23 Wilfrid Laurier
24 Brock_
25 Lethbridge_
26 Memorial_
27 UNBC_
28 Ottawa_
29 Manitoba_
30 Winnipeg_
31 New Brunswick
32 Carleton_
33 Trent_
34 Laurentian_
35 Mount Allison
36 Regina_
37 Windsor_
38 Cape Breton_
39 UPEI_
40 Lakehead_
41 Saint Mary’s_
42 Nipissing_
43 St. Thomas_
44 Bishop's_
45 Moncton_
46 Brandon_
47 Mount Saint Vincent
ALUMNI SUPPORT
Maclean’s measures the percentage of alumni who made gifts to the university over a five-year period.
MEDICAL DOCTORAL
_PER CENT
1 Toronto_25.9
2 Western_24.5
3 McGill_18.3
4 Sherbrooke_18
5 Queen’s_16.2
6 Calgary_16.1
7 Dalhousie_16
8 Alberta_15.2
9 Montréal_14.6
10 Saskatchewan 14.5
11 Ottawa 14.4
12 Manitoba_14
*13 UBC_13.8
*13 McMaster_13^8
15 Laval 13.4
2 Guelph_16.8
3 Windsor_16
4 Simon Fraser_14.5
5 Concordia_14.3
6 Memorial_13.5
Carleton_12.6
New Brunswick 12.5
9 Victoria_10,3
10 York_&3
11 Regina 4
1 St. Francis Xavier 39.2
2 Saint Mary’s 27
3 Mount Allison_24.2
4 Winnipeg_21.9
5 St. Thomas_21.5
6 Bishop's_20.1
7 Mount Saint Vincent 18.7
8 Wilfrid Laurier 17.4
9 Trent_17.3
10 UPEI_16
11 Lakehead_13.7
12 Acadia_13.4
13 Moncton_12.8
14 Cape Breton_12.2
15 UNBC_11.1
16 Brock_10.7
17 Nipissing_10.6
18 Ryerson _8.5
19 Brandon_7.7
20 Lethbridge_4.8
21 Laurentian 4
indicates a tie. Full description of the methodology, page 32.