As the school year ends, you should be finalizing and prioritizing your university applications. Here is a new, updated list of Canada’s top universities to help you make your final choices. You’ll be able to compare the November 2011 Maclean’s rankings (overall ranking, plus the best medical doctoral, comprehensive and primarily undergraduate universities), the October 2011 Globe and Mail report (letter grade of overall student satisfaction), Times Higher Education Global ranking and QS Global ranking.
| University | Maclean's Best Overall Canadian University | Maclean's Medical Doctoral Canadian University | Maclean's Comprehensive Canadian University | Maclean's Primarily Undergraduate Canadian University | Globe & Mail Overall Student Satisfaction | Times Higher Education Global Top 200 Universities | QS Global Top 300 Universities |
| University of Waterloo | 1 | 3 | B+ | 160 | |||
| McGill University | 2 | 1 | B | 28 | 17 | ||
| University of Toronto | 3 | 2 | B- | 19 | 23 | ||
| University of British Columbia | 4 | 3 | B+ | 22 | 51 | ||
| University of Alberta | 5 | 5 | B | 100 | 100 | ||
| McMaster University | 6 | 6 | B+ | 65 | 159 | ||
| Queen's University | 7 | 4 | A | 173 | 144 | ||
| Simon Fraser University | 8 | 1 | B | 260 | |||
| Universite de Sherbrooke | 9 | 14 | A- | ||||
| University of Western Ontario | 10 | 9 | A- | 157 | |||
| University of Saskatchewan | 11 | 10 | B | ||||
| University of Guelph | 12 | 4 | A- | ||||
| University of Victoria | 13 | 2 | B+ | 177 | 292 | ||
| Ryerson University | 14 | 13 | B | ||||
| Memorial University of Newfoundland | 15 | 5 | B | ||||
| Dalhousie University | 16 | 6 | B+ | 234 | |||
| Universite de Montreal | 17 | 12 | NA | 104 | 137 | ||
| Universite Laval | 18 | 12 | NA | ||||
| St. Francis Xavier | 19 | 6 | A- | ||||
| University of Calgary | 20 | 8 | B- | 218 | |||
| Mount Allison University | 21 | 1 | A- | ||||
| Acadia University | 22 | 2 | A | ||||
| University of Winnipeg | 23 | 10 | B | ||||
| Wilfrid Laurier University | 24 | 11 | B+ | ||||
| Concordia University | 25 | 12 | B | ||||
| University of Ottawa | 26 | 10 | B- | 185 | 256 | ||
| University of Regina | 27 | 10 | B- | ||||
| University of Manitoba | 28 | 15 | B- | ||||
| University of Lethbridge | 29 | 4 | B+ | ||||
| York University | 30 | 9 | C+ | ||||
| University of New Brunswick | 31 | 6 | B | ||||
| Saint Mary's University | 32 | 9 | B | ||||
| University of Ontario Institute of Technology | 33 | 11 | B | ||||
| Carleton University | 34 | 7 | B | ||||
| University of Prince Edward Island | 35 | 4 | B+ | ||||
| Bishop's University | 36 | 8 | NA | ||||
| University of Northern British Columbia | 37 | 3 | B+ | ||||
| Brock University | 38 | 15 | B | ||||
| Universite du Quebec a Montreal | 39 | 13 | NA | ||||
| Trent University | 40 | 7 | B+ | ||||
| St. Thomas University | 41 | 14 | A- | ||||
| University of Windsor | 42 | 8 | B- | ||||
| Universite de Moncton | 43 | 15 | NA | ||||
| Brandon University | 44 | 15 | B+ | ||||
| Laurentian University | 45 | 11 | B- | ||||
| Mount Saint Vincent University | 46 | 17 | B | ||||
| Lakehead University | 47 | 11 | B- | ||||
| Nipissing University | 48 | 19 | B+ | ||||
| Cape Breton University | 49 | 18 | B |
