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Top Public Universities in Canada

Introduction

What are the top public Universities in Canada? uniRank answers this question by publishing a complete list of 83 public Canadian Universities ranked by the 2026 uniRank University Ranking and meeting the following uniRank selection criteria:

  • being chartered, licensed or accredited by the appropriate higher education-related organization in Canada
  • offering at least three-year bachelor's degrees or postgraduate master's or doctoral degrees
  • delivering courses predominantly in a traditional, non-distance education format

Top Public Universities in Canada


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