Canadian school rankings

The Rankings shown below have been obtained from the Candian Weekly Magazine "MACLEAN'S", 15 November 1993, pp 28-78. The new statistics, when available, will be promptly included. Please observe however no rating method can be accurate or near accurate. However, these lists do give people a general idea where a particular school stands. If you have a newer list, please e-mail me a copy.

The factors involved in the rankings shown below were :

Comprehensive Universities

Overall ranking :
  1. Simon Fraser
  2. Waterloo
  3. Victoria
  4. Guelph
  5. York
  6. UQAM
  7. Regina
  8. New Brunswick
  9. Carleton
  10. Windsor
  11. Memorial
  12. Concordia
  13. Trois-Rivieres
Reputational Winners :

Medical/Doctoral Universities

Overall ranking :
  1. McGill
  2. Queen's
  3. Toronto
  4. UBC
  5. McMaster
  6. Calgary
  7. Montreal
  8. Dalhousie
  9. Ottawa
  10. Alberta
  11. Western
  12. Laval
  13. Saskatchewan
  14. Sherbrooke
  15. Manitoba
Reputational Winners :

Primary Undergraduate Universities

Overall ranking :
  1. Mount Allison
  2. Trent
  3. Acadia
  4. Lethbridge
  5. Bishop's
  6. Wilfred Laurier
  7. St Francis Xavier
  8. Mount Saint Vincent
  9. Saint Mary's
  10. St. Thomas
  11. Moncton
  12. Rimouski
  13. Brock
  14. Winnipeg
  15. Brandon
  16. Chicoutimi
  17. P.E.I.
  18. Lakehead
  19. Laurentian
  20. Cape Breton (UCCB)
  21. Ryerson
  22. Nipissing
  23. Hull
Reputational Winners :

Class Contact, Research & Value Added to a Student's Life

Class contact :
  1. Trent
  2. Acadia
  3. Bishop's
  4. McGill
  5. Cape Breton (UCCB)
  6. Mount Saint Vincent
  7. Mount Allison
  8. Lethbridge
  9. St. Thomas
  10. Laurentian
  11. Ottawa
  12. Brandon
  13. Toronto
  14. Ryerson
  15. Wilfrid Laurier
Research :
  1. Toronto
  2. McMaster
  3. Guelph
  4. McGill
  5. UBC
  6. Waterloo
  7. Simon Fraser
  8. Montreal
  9. Alberta
  10. UQAM
  11. Ottawa
  12. Laval
  13. Queen's
  14. Dalhousie
  15. York
Value added :
  1. UQAM
  2. Manitoba
  3. Laurentian
  4. Chicoutimi
  5. Tornoto
  6. New Brunswick
  7. Trois-Rivieres
  8. P.E.I.
  9. Ottawa
  10. Ryerson
  11. Alberta
  12. Waterloo
  13. Nipissing
  14. Montreal
  15. St. Francis Xavier

National Reputational Ranking

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Rank Highest Quality Most Innovative Leaders Best Overall of Tomorrow
1 McGill Waterloo Waterloo Waterloo
2 Queen's McMaster UBC UBC
3 UBC Guelph Calgary McMaster
4 Toronto Queen's McMaster McGill
5 Waterloo McGill Simon Fraser Queen's
6 McMaster UBC Guelph Calgary
7 Alberta Simon Fraser McGill Guelph
8 Montreal Calgary Victoria Toronto
9 Guelph Toronto Queen's Simon Fraser
10 Acadia Sherbrooke York Alberta

Unemployment Rates of Recent Graduates

This was obtained from Job Futures (Employment & Immigration Canada, 1990)

Major vs Uunemployment Rate (%)

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