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University of Trinity College leads the 10 Foundation universities in Canada at #29 in the QS World University Rankings 2026. Next come Université de Montréal (QS World #141) and College of New Caledonia (#51 in Canada). Across the whole list there are 78 courses to choose from.
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2 of these universities hold a QS World position, from #29 (University of Trinity College) to #141 (Université de Montréal); they are listed first, in that order. The rest are ordered by research impact. University of Trinity College has the largest research record in this group, with 59,684,471 citations and an h-index of 1,794. 1 university have neither a QS position nor a research record yet and appear at the end, marked "Not yet ranked".
The split is 10 public to 0 private institutions.
The most common subjects are Engineering (19), Social Sciences & Psychology (11), Media & Communication (7) and Education (7). The usual length is 1 year and 6 months or less. 79% are full-time. Start dates lean to Fall (100% of courses with a stated intake) and Spring (100% of courses with a stated intake). College of the Rockies offers the widest choice, with 17 of these courses.
University of Trinity College (QS World #29), Université de Montréal (QS World #141) and College of New Caledonia (#51 in Canada) lead this list. QS World positions come first; the rest are ranked by research impact.
10 public and 0 private universities are on this list.
Most listed courses run 1 year, with 6 months or less the next most common.
Fall is the main intake — 100% of courses with a stated start date begin then, and Spring is the second.
College of the Rockies, with 17, ahead of Algonquin College (14).
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