Canada’s Best Universities by Medical/Science Grants: Rankings 2024

(Photograph courtesy of the University of Victoria)

These figures show the average size and number of peer-adjudicated research grants from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research won by faculty at each school. The dollar amount of grants is listed per full-time faculty member; the number of grants is per 100 full-time faculty members.

Medical Doctoral

University	Rank	Avg. Amount ($)	Avg. Number
Toronto	1	321,479	228.78
McMaster	2	193,622	121.97
Ottawa	3	147,444	141.62
UBC	4	137,198	121.71
McGill	4	132,725	124.46
Queen's	6	102,284	125.90
Alberta	7	108,775	116.40
Montréal	8	112,938	110.96
Western	9	87,666	111.50
Laval	10	103,960	97.86
Calgary	11	91,697	91.04
Manitoba	12	73,679	75.42
Saskatchewan	13	76,755	71.56
Dalhousie	14	63,674	67.56
Sherbrooke	15	46,486	55.95

* Indicates a tie

Comprehensive

University	Rank	Avg. Amount ($)	Avg. Number
Victoria	1	107,330	150.39
Simon Fraser	2	101,527	144.66
Waterloo	3	86,402	114.93
York	4	72,478	122.33
Carleton	5	63,076	118.38
Windsor	6	57,702	106.86
Wilfrid Laurier	7	53,116	109.88
UQAM	8	58,080	103.92
Guelph	9	62,950	91.56
Concordia	10	51,655	98.40
Regina	11	47,672	100.00
Brock	12	35,871	95.93
Toronto Metropolitan	13	42,863	83.19
New Brunswick	14	37,889	74.88
Memorial	15	27,211	53.18

Primarily Undergraduate

University	Rank	Avg. Amount ($)	Avg. Number
St. Thomas*	-	N/A	N/A
Lethbridge	1	66,907	104.30
Saint Mary's	2	60,556	107.84
Winnipeg	3	58,317	86.67
Ontario Tech	4	46,037	103.17
Mount Allison	5	36,996	100.00
Trent	6	44,810	87.18
Algoma	7	37,133	73.33
UNBC	8	34,963	73.81
Lakehead	9	33,825	68.63
Laurentian	10	32,057	63.81
Nipissing	11	30,494	50.00
Bishop's	12	24,217	58.33
Mount Saint Vincent	13	29,084	43.33
Acadia	14	22,439	53.33
St. Francis Xavier	15	20,826	49.33
Moncton	16	14,282	40.65
UPEI	17	17,611	34.03
Cape Breton	18	18,746	30.77
Brandon	19	12,053	40.74

* St. Thomas is exempted from this indicator as it does not offer science programs. Its overall score is calculated on the remaining indicators.