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Top Universities in Ontario (province/territory)

What are the top universities in the Canadian province/territory of Ontario? uniRank answers this question by publishing the 2026 Ontario University Ranking, which lists 24 higher-education institutions meeting uniRank's :

  • 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.

The uniRank University Ranking aims to provide a non-academic league table of the top Ontario Universities based on valid and unbiased web metrics provided by independent web intelligence sources rather than data submitted by the Universities themselves, which might not be independently audited.

2026 Ontario University Ranking


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List of 24 universities by university country ranking position
# University Town/City
1 University of Toronto Toronto
4 University of Waterloo Waterloo
8 York University Toronto
11 Western University London
12 Queen's University Kingston
13 McMaster University Hamilton
15 Toronto Metropolitan University Toronto
16 Carleton University Ottawa
18 University of Guelph Guelph
20 University of Ottawa Ottawa
27 Brock University St. Catharines
28 Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo
29 University of Windsor Windsor
38 Trent University Peterborough
39 Ontario Tech University Oshawa
40 Lakehead University Thunder Bay
50 OCAD University Toronto
54 Laurentian University Sudbury
61 Nipissing University North Bay
69 Royal Military College of Canada Kingston
74 Algoma University Sault Ste. Marie
84 Redeemer University Ancaster
97 Université de Hearst Hearst
98 Collège Universitaire Dominicain Ottawa
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How many universities are there in Ontario?

There are 24 officially chartered, licensed or accredited Ontario higher-education institutions that meet uniRank's selection criteria.

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