| # | University | City | World rank | In-country | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Toronto | Toronto | #29 (2026) | #1 | 60,070,457 |
| 2 | University of Toronto, Mississauga | #29 (2026) | #1 | 60,070,457 | |
| 3 | University of Toronto, Scarborough | #29 (2026) | #1 | 60,070,457 | |
| 4 | University of Trinity College | #29 (2026) | #1 | 60,070,457 | |
| 5 | Victoria University Toronto, University of Toronto | #29 (2026) | #5 | 60,070,457 | |
| 6 | McGill University | Montreal, Quebec | #32 (2026) | #6 | 28,042,362 |
| 7 | University of British Columbia | Vancouver | #40 (2026) | #8 | 33,059,650 |
| 8 | Sauder School of Business | #40 (2026) | #8 | 33,059,650 | |
| 9 | University of Alberta | Alberta | #94 (2026) | #9 | 21,643,514 |
| 10 | University of Waterloo | Waterloo | #119 (2026) | #11 | 9,896,508 |
| 11 | University of St. Jerome's College | #119 (2026) | #10 | 9,896,508 | |
| 12 | Université de Montréal | #141 (2024) | #12 | 16,453,824 | |
| 13 | University of Western Ontario | #151 (2026) | #13 | 12,631,253 | |
| 14 | McMaster University | Hamilton | #173 (2026) | #14 | 18,840,237 |
| 15 | Queen’s University | Kingston | #191 (2026) | #15 | 8,391,677 |
| 16 | University of Calgary | Alberta | #211 (2026) | #16 | 14,947,778 |
| 17 | University of Ottawa | Ontario | #219 (2026) | #17 | 14,210,198 |
| 18 | Dalhousie University | Halifax | #283 (2026) | #18 | 7,503,197 |
| 19 | Simon Fraser University | British Columbia | #308 (2026) | #19 | 6,469,963 |
| 20 | York University | #333 (2026) | #20 | 4,267,828 | |
| 21 | University of Victoria | #358 (2026) | #21 | 6,138,317 | |
| 22 | University of Saskatchewan | #378 (2026) | #22 | 5,615,953 | |
| 23 | University of Guelph | Guelph | #456 (2025) | #23 | 6,357,151 |
| 24 | Concordia University | #465 (2026) | #24 | 3,331,622 | |
| 25 | Université Laval | #469 (2026) | #25 | 9,725,611 | |
| 26 | University of Windsor | #547 (2025) | #26 | 1,456,947 | |
| 27 | University of Manitoba | Manitoba | not ranked | #27 | 7,748,088 |
| 28 | Carleton University | not ranked | #28 | 4,668,405 | |
| 29 | Université du Québec à Montréal | not ranked | #30 | 3,111,090 | |
| 30 | University of New Brunswick | not ranked | #34 | 1,948,123 | |
| 31 | Toronto Metropolitan University | not ranked | #36 | 1,554,646 | |
| 32 | University of Regina | not ranked | #37 | 1,232,259 | |
| 33 | Brock University | not ranked | #38 | 947,613 | |
| 34 | Wilfrid Laurier University | not ranked | #39 | 894,483 | |
| 35 | University of Lethbridge | not ranked | #40 | 816,904 | |
| 36 | Lakehead University | Thunder Bay | not ranked | #41 | 730,740 |
| 37 | Laurentian University of Sudbury | not ranked | #42 | 705,244 | |
| 38 | Ontario Tech University | not ranked | #43 | 680,779 | |
| 39 | École de technologie supérieure, Université du Québec | not ranked | #45 | 677,904 | |
| 40 | École des Hautes Études Commerciales | not ranked | #47 | 598,895 | |
| 41 | Columbia College | not ranked | #48 | 503,673 | |
| 42 | Camosun College | not ranked | #63 | 484,868 | |
| 43 | College of New Caledonia | not ranked | #63 | 484,868 | |
| 44 | College of the Rockies | not ranked | #63 | 484,868 | |
| 45 | Douglas College | not ranked | #63 | 484,868 | |
| 46 | Northern Lights College | not ranked | #63 | 484,868 | |
| 47 | Okanagan University College | not ranked | #63 | 484,868 | |
| 48 | Université du Québec à Chicoutimi | not ranked | #64 | 447,348 | |
| 49 | University of Prince Edward Island | not ranked | #65 | 406,434 | |
| 50 | University of Northern British Columbia | not ranked | #68 | 371,156 |
What the two columns mean
In-country is the position the ranking record gives the university among those in its own country, and it is often the more useful number: a university ranked 480th in the world may still be third at home. It is carried over as published, so it does not always follow the order of the other two columns. World rank is the university's QS World University Rankings position. Citations are the number of times work published by the university has been cited, as recorded in OpenAlex; it is the measure used to order universities that QS does not rank at all.
The two do not always agree. A large research university can out-cite a smaller one that sits above it in QS, because QS weighs reputation surveys and staff ratios as well as research.