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Of the 26 Public Professional universities in Canada, University of Toronto ranks highest at #29 in the QS World University Rankings 2026. It is followed by Sauder School of Business (QS World #40) and Université de Montréal (QS World #141). The universities on this list offer 89 matching courses between them.
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7 of these universities hold a QS World position, from #29 (University of Toronto) to #378 (University of Saskatchewan); they are listed first, in that order. The rest are ordered by research impact. University of Toronto has the largest research record in this group, with 59,684,471 citations and an h-index of 1,794.
The split is 26 public to 0 private institutions. By location, Ontario (1) account for the most of those we can place. The oldest is University of Toronto, founded in 1827. University of Toronto is the largest, with 97,000 students.
The most common subjects are Business & Management (25), Medicine & Health Sciences (16), Education (11) and Law (8). The usual length is 3–4 years and null. 84% are full-time and 6 can be studied online. Start dates lean to Fall (97% of courses with a stated intake). Douglas College offers the widest choice, with 22 of these courses.
University of Toronto (QS World #29), Sauder School of Business (QS World #40) and Université de Montréal (QS World #141) lead this list. QS World positions come first; the rest are ranked by research impact.
26 public and 0 private universities are on this list.
Most listed courses run 3–4 years, with null the next most common.
Fall is the main intake — 97% of courses with a stated start date begin then.
6 of these courses are listed as online.
Douglas College, with 22, ahead of Queen's University (10).
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