Canada’s Best Primarily Undergraduate Universities: Rankings 2024
Universities in this category are largely focused on undergraduate education, with relatively fewer graduate programs and graduate students
| University | Rank | Last Year | Student Awards | Student/ Faculty Ratio | Faculty Awards | Social Sciences & Humanities Grants | Medical/ Science Grants | Total Research Dollars | Operating Budget | Library Expenses | Library Acquisitions | Scholarships & Bursaries | Student Services | Reputational Survey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Allison | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 16 | 1 |
| UNBC | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 6 |
| Saint Mary's | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 3 |
| Bishop's | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 9 |
| Acadia | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 5 |
| Lethbridge | 6 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 |
| Trent | 7 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
| Ontario Tech | 8 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 2 |
| St. Francis Xavier | 9 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 8 |
| UPEI | 10 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 10 |
| Lakehead | 11 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 13 |
| Moncton | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 12 |
| St. Thomas | 12 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 16 | 13 | N/A | 20 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 15 |
| Winnipeg | 14 | 12 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 11 |
| Laurentian | 15 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 18 | 1 | 17 | 19 | 18 |
| Mount Saint Vincent | 15 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 14 |
| Brandon | 17 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 19 |
| Nipissing | 18 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 16 |
| Algoma | 19 | N/A | 19 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 20 |
| Cape Breton | 20 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 17 |
* Indicates a tie