Maclean’s Canadian University Rankings (Part 3)

The Maclean’s Canadian University Rankings 2021 are hot off the press!

Canada is home to some of the world’s best universities, and every year students around the world turn to Maclean’s to help them navigate the array of post-secondary options available in Canada.

Our previous posts explored top schools by reputation and top medical doctoral, comprehensive, and primarily undergraduate schools, as well as the best universities by student satisfaction.

Today we’re taking a look at top schools by program, including biology, business, computer science, education, engineering, environmental science, mathematics, nursing, and psychology.

Maclean’s ranks each university in this category by:

• Overall ranking
• Program reputation
• Research reputation

ApplyBoard Partner Schools

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* Denotes a tie

Acadia University

• Biology: Overall #17, Program Reputation #15*, Research Reputation #18

Brock University

• Education: Overall #15, Program Reputation #14, Research Reputation #26*

Lakehead University

• Computer Science: Overall #20*, Program Reputation #22, Research Reputation #21*
• Education: Overall #16*, Program Reputation #13, Research Reputation #28

Laurentian University

• Nursing: Overall #20, Program Reputation #23*, Research Reputation #19

McGill University

• Biology: Overall #3, Program Reputation #3, Research Reputation #1*
• Business: Overall #3, Program Reputation #5, Research Reputation #3
• Computer Science: Overall #4, Program Reputation #4, Research Reputation #4
• Education: Overall #6, Program Reputation #6, Research Reputation #4
• Engineering: Overall #4, Program Reputation #4, Research Reputation #4
• Environmental Science: Overall #4, Program Reputation #4, Research Reputation #4
• Nursing: Overall #5, Program Reputation #4, Research Reputation #5
• Psychology: Overall #1*, Program Reputation #1*, Research Reputation #1*

Memorial University of Newfoundland

• Biology: Overall #15, Program Reputation #17*, Research Reputation #14
• Nursing: Overall #13, Program Reputation #12, Research Reputation #11

Queen’s University

• Biology: Overall #7, Program Reputation #6, Research Reputation #9
• Business: Overall #4*, Program Reputation #3, Research Reputation #6
• Computer Science: Overall #11, Program Reputation #9*, Research Reputation #12
• Education: Overall #8, Program Reputation #8, Research Reputation #10
• Engineering: Overall #7, Program Reputation #7, Research Reputation #7
• Environmental Science: Overall #7, Program Reputation #7, Research Reputation #7
• Mathematics: Overall #6, Program Reputation #5, Research Reputation #6
• Nursing: Overall #9, Program Reputation #11, Research Reputation #9
• Psychology: Overall #10, Program Reputation #8, Research Reputation #9

Ryerson University

• Business: Overall #16, Program Reputation #11*, Research Reputation #23
• Computer Science: Overall #17*, Program Reputation #19*, Research Reputation #16
• Engineering: Overall #17*, Program Reputation #18*, Research Reputation #14*
• Environmental Science: Overall #17*, Program Reputation #18*, Research Reputation #14*

Trent University

• Biology: Overall #18, Program Reputation #14, Research Reputation #27*

University of Guelph

• Biology: Overall #5, Program Reputation #4, Research Reputation #6
• Business: Overall #19, Program Reputation #21*, Research Reputation #16
• Engineering: Overall #20, Program Reputation #17, Research Reputation #18*
• Environmental Science: Overall #20, Program Reputation #17, Research Reputation #18*
• Mathematics: Overall #20*, Program Reputation #22*, Research Reputation #22
• Psychology: Overall #16, Program Reputation #14*, Research Reputation #20

University of Lethbridge

• Education: Overall #13, Program Reputation #10, Research Reputation #17*
• Nursing: Overall #18, Program Reputation #16*, Research Reputation #20*

University of New Brunswick

• Mathematics: Overall #20*, Program Reputation #19, Research Reputation #23*
• Nursing: Overall #15, Program Reputation #14, Research Reputation #16

University of Regina

• Education: Overall #18, Program Reputation #15, Research Reputation #22

University of Saskatchewan

• Biology: Overall #19, Program Reputation #23, Research Reputation #15
• Education: Overall #11*, Program Reputation #12, Research Reputation #9
• Nursing: Overall #14, Program Reputation #16*, Research Reputation #13*
• Psychology: Overall #17, Program Reputation #19, Research Reputation #15

University of Victoria

• Business: Overall #17, Program Reputation #13, Research Reputation #21*
• Computer Science: Overall #8, Program Reputation #8, Research Reputation #9
• Education: Overall #10, Program Reputation #18, Research Reputation #6*
• Engineering: Overall #9, Program Reputation #13*, Research Reputation #8
• Environmental Science: Overall #9, Program Reputation #13*, Research Reputation #8
• Mathematics: Overall #13, Program Reputation #13, Research Reputation #12
• Nursing: Overall #11, Program Reputation #9, Research Reputation #12

University of Waterloo

• Biology: Overall #10, Program Reputation #11, Research Reputation #11
• Business: Overall #9, Program Reputation #9, Research Reputation #7
• Computer Science: Overall #1*, Program Reputation #1*, Research Reputation #1*
• Engineering: Overall #1*, Program Reputation #1*, Research Reputation #1*
• Environmental Science: Overall #1*, Program Reputation #1*, Research Reputation #1*
• Mathematics: Overall #1*, Program Reputation #1*, Research Reputation #1*
• Psychology: Overall #9, Program Reputation #11, Research Reputation #6*

University of Windsor

• Education: Overall #14, Program Reputation #17, Research Reputation #11*

Western University

• Biology: Overall #9, Program Reputation #12, Research Reputation #8
• Business: Overall #4*, Program Reputation #4, Research Reputation #5
• Computer Science: Overall #13, Program Reputation #16, Research Reputation #13
• Education: Overall #7, Program Reputation #9, Research Reputation #8
• Engineering: Overall #14*, Program Reputation #22, Research Reputation #11*
• Environmental Science: Overall #14*, Program Reputation #22, Research Reputation #11*
• Mathematics: Overall #12, Program Reputation #10, Research Reputation #13
• Nursing: Overall #10, Program Reputation #7, Research Reputation #15
• Psychology: Overall #4*, Program Reputation #4, Research Reputation #5

Wilfrid Laurier University

• Business: Overall #18, Program Reputation #14, Research Reputation #21*

York University

• Business: Overall #8, Program Reputation #8, Research Reputation #8
• Education: Overall #5, Program Reputation #5, Research Reputation #6*
• Mathematics: Overall #14, Program Reputation #14*, Research Reputation #14
• Nursing: Overall #19, Program Reputation #15, Research Reputation #33
• Psychology: Overall #6, Program Reputation #7, Research Reputation #8

Top Schools by Program

Biology

Overall Ranking	University	Program Reputation	Research Reputation
1*	University of British Columbia	1*	1*
1*	University of Toronto	1*	1*
3	McGill University	3	1*
4	University of Alberta	5	4
5	University of Guelph	4	6
6	McMaster University	7	5
7	Queen’s University	6	9
8	University of Calgary	8	7
9	Western University	12	8
10	University of Waterloo	11	11
11	Dalhousie University	10	12*
12	Simon Fraser University	9	17
13	University of Ottawa	13	10
14	Université de Montréal	19	12*
15	Memorial University of Newfoundland	17*	14
16	Laval University	15*	16
17	Acadia University	15*	18
18	Trent University	14	27*
19	University of Saskatchewan	23	15
20	Université de Sherbrooke	21	21

Business

Overall Ranking	University	Program Reputation	Research Reputation
1*	University of British Columbia	1*	1*
1*	University of Toronto	1*	1*
3	McGill University	5	3
4*	University of Alberta	6	4
4*	Queen’s University	3	6
4*	Western University	4	5
7	McMaster University	7	9
8	York University	8	8
9	University of Waterloo	9	7
10	University of Calgary	10	12
11	Université de Montréal	11*	10*
12	Concordia University	16	10
13	Simon Fraser University	15	13
14*	Dalhousie University	17*	15
14*	Saint Mary’s University	17*	14
16	Ryerson University	11*	23
17	University of Victoria	13	21*
18	Wilfrid Laurier University	14	21*
19	University of Guelph	21*	16
20	Laval University	24	17

Computer Science

Overall Ranking	University	Program Reputation	Research Reputation
1*	University of British Columbia	1*	3
1*	University of Toronto	1*	1*
1*	University of Waterloo	1*	1*
4	McGill University	4	4
4	University of Alberta	5	5
6	Université de Montréal	7	6
7	Simon Fraser University	6	7
8	University of Victoria	8	9
9	University of Calgary	12	8
10	McMaster University	9*	10
11	Queen’s University	9*	12
12	University of Ottawa	14	11
13	Western University	16	13
14	University of Manitoba	17	14
15	Dalhousie University	11	21*
16	Carleton University	19*	15
17*	Laval University	13	20
17*	Ryerson University	19*	16
19	Concordia University	18	19
20*	Lakehead University	22	21*
20*	Université du Québec à Montréal	24	18

Education

Overall Ranking	University	Program Reputation	Research Reputation
1*	University of British Columbia	1*	1*
1*	University of Toronto	1*	1*
3	University of Alberta	3	3
4	University of Calgary	4	5
5	York University	5	6*
6	McGill University	6	4
7	Western University	9	8
8	Queen’s University	8	10
9	Simon Fraser University	7	13
10	University of Victoria	18	6*
11*	Concordia University	11	11
*11	University of Saskatchewan	12	9
13	University of Lethbridge	10	17*
14	University of Windsor	17	11*
15	Brock University	14	*26
16*	Lakehead University	13	28
16*	University of Manitoba	16	17*
18	University of Regina	15	22
19	Mount Royal University	19*	15*
20	Université de Montréal	30	14

Engineering

Overall Ranking	University	Program Reputation	Research Reputation
1*	University of Toronto	1*	1*
1*	University of Waterloo	1*	1*
3	University of British Columbia	3	3
4	McGill University	4	4
5	University of Alberta	6	5
6	McMaster University	5	6
7	Queen’s University	7	7
8	Université de Montréal	8	9*
9	University of Victoria	13*	8
10	University of Calgary	11*	9*
11	Laval University	10	11*
12	Carleton University	11*	14*
13	Université de Sherbrooke	9	22
14*	Concordia University	18*	13
14*	Western University	22	11*
16	Dalhousie University	16	14*
17*	University of Manitoba	13*	18*
17*	Ryerson University	18*	14*
19	University of Ottawa	15	18*
20	University of Guelph	17	18*

Environmental Science

Overall Ranking	University	Program Reputation	Research Reputation
1	University of British Columbia	1	1
2	University of Toronto	2	2*
3	McGill University	3	4
4	University of Alberta	5	2*
5	University of Waterloo	4	5
6	University of Guelph	6	6
7	University of Saskatchewan	9	7
8*	Dalhousie University	10	9
8*	Queen’s University	7	11
10	Simon Fraser University	11	10
11	University of Calgary	13	8
12	Trent University	8	16
13	McMaster University	15	12*
14	York University	12	17
15	Western University	14	15
16	University of Victoria	21	12*
17	Université du Québec à Montréal	17	18*
18*	Carleton University	22	14
18*	University of Manitoba	18*	18*
20	Université de Montréal	18	22

Mathematics

Overall Ranking	University	Program Reputation	Research Reputation
1*	University of British Columbia	1*	1*
1*	University of Toronto	1*	1*
1*	University of Waterloo	1*	1*
4	McGill University	4	4
5	University of Alberta	6	5
6	Queen’s University	5	6
7	Université de Montréal	7	8*
8	McMaster University	9	7
9	Simon Fraser University	8	8*
10	University of Manitoba	12	10
11	University of Calgary	11	11
12	Western University	10	13
13	University of Victoria	13	12
14	York University	14*	14
15	Université du Québec à Montréal	18	15
16*	Carleton University	17	16
16*	University of Ottawa	14*	18
18	Dalhousie University	16	17
19	Concordia University	21	20
20*	University of Guelph	22*	22
20*	Laval University	28	21
20*	University of New Brunswick	19	23*

Nursing

Overall Ranking	University	Program Reputation	Research Reputation
1	University of Toronto	2*	1
2*	University of Alberta	1	2*
2*	University of British Columbia	2*	2*
4	McMaster University	5	4
5	McGill University	4	5
6	University of Calgary	6	6
7	Dalhousie University	8	7
8	University of Ottawa	10	8
9	Queen’s University	11	9
10	Western University	7	15
11	University of Victoria	9	12
12	Université de Montréal	13	10
13	Memorial University of Newfoundland	12	11
14	University of Saskatchewan	16*	13*
15	University of New Brunswick	14	16
16	University of Manitoba	19	13*
17	St. Francis Xavier University	16*	18
18	University of Lethbridge	16*	20*
19	York University	15	33
20	Laurentian University	23*	19

Psychology

Overall Ranking	University	Program Reputation	Research Reputation
1*	University of British Columbia	1*	1*
1*	McGill University	1*	1*
1*	University of Toronto	1*	1*
4*	University of Alberta	6	4
4*	Western University	4	5
6	York University	7	8
7	University of Calgary	9	6*
8	Dalhousie University	5	11
9	University of Waterloo	11	6*
10	Queen’s University	8	9
11*	Concordia University	10	13
11*	McMaster University	13	10
13	Université de Montréal	12	14
14	Simon Fraser University	14*	12
15	Laval University	16	16
16	University of Guelph	14*	20
17	University of Saskatchewan	19	15
18	Carleton University	17	19
19	University of Ottawa	18	18
20	Université du Québec à Montréal	22	17

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