It’s important that you also look at the world university rankings when determining which university to study at. This enables you to compare and understand where a university ranks on the global map and how your ideal institution operates. QS World rankings for universities are a good start to the same thing.
While the University of Toronto of Toronto continues to be top the University of Canada. McGill University and the University of British Columbia continue to be in second and third places respectively.
As per the QS World rankings-2021, three Canadian institutions placed in the top-50 universities of the World. Seven Canadian Universities in the top 200 and ten Canadian Universities are placed in World’s Top-250 rankings respectively.
The QS system ranks universities together with five regional tables according to their global standing, and subject-wise (which includes 48 separate subjects and five faculty areas). For its compilation of top universities in the world, it considers several factors such as,
1. The reputation of the university among other universities (40%),
2. Employers (10%),
3. Student-teacher ratio (20%),
4. Citations-academic staff ratio (20 percent) and international outlook as well as
5. Students and Staff (10 percent).
Top 10 Canadian Universities list
| S.No. | Institution | QS Ranking 2021 (within Canada) | QS Ranking 2020 (within Canada) | QS Ranking 2021 (Globally) |
| 1 | University of Toronto | 1 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | McGill University | 2 | 2 | 31 |
| 3 | University of British Columbia | 3 | 3 | 45 |
| 4 | University De Montreal | 4 | 5 | 118 |
| 5 | University of Alberta | 5 | 4 | 119 |
| 6 | McMaster University | 6 | 6 | 144 |
| 7 | University of Waterloo | 7 | 7 | 166 |
| 8 | Western University | 8 | 8 | 203 |
| 9 | Queen’s University at Kingston | 9 | 10 | 246 |
| 10 | University of Calgary | 10 | 9 | 246 |
