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A-Z Universities in Canada

Looking for a specific university in Canada? uniRank provides a comprehensive 2026 A-Z list of all 101 officially recognised Canadian universities that meet uniRank's selection criteria, along with their location and country ranking position:
  • Official Recognition: institutions must be officialy chartered, licensed or accredited by the appropriate higher education-related organization in Canada.
  • Degree Authority: they must be authorised to grant bachelor's degrees of at least three years' duration and/or postgraduate master's or doctoral degrees.
  • Delivery Mode: they must deliver courses predominantly in a traditional, face-to-face, non-distance education format.

A-Z Directory of Canadian Universities


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A-Z list of 101 Canadian universities by university name
University Town/City #
Acadia University Wolfville 42
Algoma University Sault Ste. Marie 74
Ambrose University Calgary 88
Aurora College Forth Smith 94
Bishop's University Sherbrooke 63
Brandon University Brandon 65
British Columbia Institute of Technology Burnaby 32
Brock University St. Catharines 27
Burman University Lacombe 89
Campion College at the University of Regina Regina 101
Canadian Mennonite University Winnipeg 82
Cape Breton University Sydney 71
Capilano University North Vancouver 68
Carleton University Ottawa 16
College of the North Atlantic Stephenville 81
Collège Universitaire Dominicain Ottawa 98
Concordia University Montréal 17
Concordia University of Edmonton Edmonton 77
Crandall University Moncton 93
Dalhousie University Halifax 22
École de Technologie Supérieure Montréal 41
École Nationale d'Administration Publique Quebec City 75
Emily Carr University of Art and Design Vancouver 66
First Nations University of Canada Regina 85
HEC Montréal Montréal 33
Kingswood University Sussex 96
Kwantlen Polytechnic University Surrey 53
Lakehead University Thunder Bay 40
Laurentian University Sudbury 54
Luther College at the University of Regina Regina 91
MacEwan University Edmonton 47
McGill University Montréal 3
McMaster University Hamilton 13
Memorial University of Newfoundland St John’s 24
Mount Allison University Sackville 46
Mount Royal University Calgary 51
Mount Saint Vincent University Halifax 67
Nicola Valley Institute of Technology Merritt 99
Nipissing University North Bay 61
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology Edmonton 55
NSCAD University Halifax 83
OCAD University Toronto 50
Ontario Tech University Oshawa 39
Polytechnique Montréal Montréal 30
Queen's University Kingston 12
Quest University Canada Squamish 92
Redeemer University Ancaster 84
Royal Military College of Canada Kingston 69
Royal Roads University Victoria 62
Saint Mary's University Halifax 57
Simon Fraser University Burnaby 5
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology Calgary 52
St Mary's University Calgary 90
St. Francis Xavier University Antigonish 48
St. Stephen's University St. Stephen 100
St. Thomas More College Saskatoon 95
St. Thomas University Fredericton 76
The King's University Edmonton 86
The University of British Columbia Vancouver 2
The University of Winnipeg Winnipeg 34
Thompson Rivers University Kamloops 43
Toronto Metropolitan University Toronto 15
Trent University Peterborough 38
Trinity Western University Langley 60
Université de Hearst Hearst 97
Université de Moncton Moncton 58
Université de Montréal Montréal 9
Université de Saint-Boniface Winnipeg 73
Université de Sherbrooke Sherbrooke 25
Université du Québec Quebec City 35
Université du Québec à Chicoutimi Chicoutimi 37
Université du Québec à Montréal Montréal 19
Université du Québec à Rimouski Rimouski 70
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières 56
Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue Rouyn-Noranda 72
Université du Québec en Outaouais Gatineau 64
Université Laval Quebec City 10
Université Sainte-Anne Pointe de l'Église 87
University Canada West Vancouver 78
University of Alberta Edmonton 6
University of Calgary Calgary 7
University of Guelph Guelph 18
University of King's College Halifax 80
University of Lethbridge Lethbridge 36
University of Manitoba Winnipeg 23
University of New Brunswick Fredericton 26
University of Northern British Columbia Prince George 49
University of Ottawa Ottawa 20
University of Prince Edward Island Charlottetown 44
University of Regina Regina 31
University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon 21
University of the Fraser Valley Abbotsford 59
University of Toronto Toronto 1
University of Victoria Victoria 14
University of Waterloo Waterloo 4
University of Windsor Windsor 29
Vancouver Island University Nanaimo 45
Western University London 11
Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo 28
York University Toronto 8
Yorkville University Fredericton 79
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Frequently Asked Questions

How many universities are there in Canada?

There are 101 officially chartered, licensed or accredited Canadian higher-education institution(s) that meet uniRank's selection criteria.

Is this A-Z list the same as uniRank's Canadian university ranking?

No. This page lists Canadian universities alphabetically for easy lookup, while uniRank's 2026 Canadian University Ranking orders the same 101 institutions according to uniRank's web-metric-based ranking methodology. Each institution's country ranking position is also shown in the right-hand column of this list.

Does alphabetical order reflect a university's quality or web popularity ranking?

No. Alphabetical order is based solely on the institution name and does not indicate academic quality, reputation or uniRank's ranking position. For web popularity-based ordering, see uniRank's 2026 Canadian University Ranking.

How many universities in Canada start with each letter of the alphabet?

The Canadian universities in this list start with the following letters: A (4), B (5), C (10), D (1), E (1), F (1), H (1), K (2), L (3), M (7), N (4), O (2), P (1), Q (2), R (3), S (8), T (7), U (32), V (1), W (2), Y (2).

Can I search this list by location instead of name?

Yes. uniRank also provides an Canadian Universities by Town/City listing that allows institutions to be browsed by their main campus town or city instead of alphabetically.

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