Canada’s Best Universities by Total Research Dollars: Rankings 2024
Maclean's tracks total funding available to faculty from sponsored research
These figures show total income from sponsored research divided by the number of full-time faculty members. Research dollars include grants and contracts, as well as funding from federal, provincial and international governments and NGOs.
Medical Doctoral
| University | Rank | Amount ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Toronto | 1 | 550,526 |
| McMaster | 2 | 398,987 |
| Alberta | 3 | 389,712 |
| McGill | 4 | 382,706 |
| Calgary | 5 | 334,085 |
| Ottawa | 6 | 327,481 |
| Montréal | 7 | 327,401 |
| Laval | 8 | 325,946 |
| UBC | 9 | 310,632 |
| Saskatchewan | 10 | 253,600 |
| Queen's | 11 | 215,085 |
| Sherbrooke | 12 | 203,115 |
| Dalhousie | 13 | 199,828 |
| Manitoba | 14 | 177,588 |
| Western | 15 | 168,932 |
Comprehensive
| University | Rank | Amount ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Guelph | 1 | 195,389 |
| Victoria | 2 | 193,981 |
| Memorial | 3 | 192,122 |
| Waterloo | 4 | 161,936 |
| Simon Fraser | 5 | 161,715 |
| New Brunswick | 6 | 120,933 |
| Carleton | 7 | 103,011 |
| Toronto Metropolitan | 8 | 91,926 |
| Concordia | 9 | 89,146 |
| UQAM | 10 | 82,165 |
| York | 11 | 79,387 |
| Regina | 12 | 73,774 |
| Windsor | 13 | 67,502 |
| Wilfrid Laurier | 14 | 35,563 |
| Brock | 15 | 28,433 |
Primarily Undergraduate
| University | Rank | Amount ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Laurentian | 1 | 179,205 |
| Ontario Tech | 2 | 107,315 |
| UNBC | 3 | 96,820 |
| Lakehead | 4 | 69,236 |
| Winnipeg | 5 | 58,908 |
| Lethbridge | 6 | 52,569 |
| Saint Mary's | 7 | 50,513 |
| Trent | 8 | 45,793 |
| UPEI | 9 | 44,108 |
| Mount Saint Vincent | 10 | 38,489 |
| Acadia | 11 | 38,217 |
| St. Francis Xavier | 12 | 36,816 |
| Algoma | 13 | 34,283 |
| Cape Breton | 14 | 33,854 |
| Bishop's | 15 | 32,829 |
| Moncton | 16 | 31,862 |
| Mount Allison | 17 | 29,978 |
| Brandon | 18 | 23,070 |
| Nipissing | 19 | 17,170 |
| St. Thomas | 20 | 9,052 |