Maclean’s Canadian University Rankings 2022: Top Schools by Program

The Maclean’s Canadian University Rankings 2022 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 business, computer science, education, engineering, and nursing.

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

Brock University 

• Education: Overall 12, Program Reputation *12, Research Reputation *12
• Nursing: Overall *15, Program Reputation 20, Research Reputation *17

Carleton University

• Biology: Overall 19, Program Reputation 20, Research Reputation 18
• Computer Science: Overall 12, Program Reputation 14, Research Reputation 12
• Engineering: Overall 16, Program Reputation *16, Research Reputation *17

Lakehead University

• Education: Overall *12, Program Reputation *19, Research Reputation *22

Memorial University of Newfoundland

• Engineering: Overall 19, Program Reputation 19, Research Reputation 19
• Nursing: Overall 17, Program Reputation *15, Research Reputation *17

Ryerson University

• Biology: Overall 14, Program Reputation 15, Research Reputation 15
• Nursing: Overall 16, Program Reputation *15, Research Reputation 15

University of Guelph

• Engineering: Overall 20, Program Reputation *20, Research Reputation 23

University of Ottawa

• Biology: Overall 20, Program Reputation 19, Research Reputation *20
• Computer Science: Overall 16, Program Reputation *15, Research Reputation 16
• Education: Overall 7, Program Reputation 7, Research Reputation 7
• Engineering: Overall *11, Program Reputation 13, Research Reputation *11
• Nursing: Overall 7, Program Reputation 7, Research Reputation 9

University of Regina

• Engineering: Overall 13, Program Reputation 14, Research Reputation *11

University of Saskatchewan

• Computer Science: Overall 19, Program Reputation *19, Research Reputation 18
• Education: Overall *14, Program Reputation 14, Research Reputation 18
• Nursing: Overall 18, Program Reputation 19, Research Reputation *17

University of Waterloo

• Biology: Overall 12, Program Reputation 11, Research Reputation 12
• Computer Science: Overall *1, Program Reputation *1, Research Reputation *1
• Engineering: Overall 2, Program Reputation *1, Research Reputation *2

University of Windsor

• Computer Science: Overall 13, Program Reputation 11, Research Reputation 13
• Nursing: Overall *19, Program Reputation 18, Research Reputation 20

Western University

• Biology: Overall 9, Program Reputation 9, Research Reputation 10
• Computer Science: Overall 13, Program Reputation 11, Research Reputation 13
• Education: Overall 11, Program Reputation 10, Research Reputation *10
• Engineering: Overall 10, Program Reputation *11, Research Reputation 10
• Nursing: Overall 10, Program Reputation 9, Research Reputation 10

Wilfrid Laurier University

• Biology: Overall 17, Program Reputation 14, Research Reputation *24
• Education: Overall *18, Program Reputation *24, Research Reputation 19

Top Schools by Program 

Biology

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

Computer Science

Computer Science	Rank	University	Program Reputation	Research Reputation
	*1	University of British Columbia	3	*1
	*1	University of Toronto	*1	*1
	*1	University of Waterloo	*1	*1
	4	McGill University	4	4
	5	University of Alberta	5	5
	6	Simon Fraser University	6	7
	7	Université de Montréal	7	6
	8	Queen’s University	9	8
	9	University of Calgary	8	*10
	10	McMaster University	10	9
	11	University of Victoria	12	*10
	12	Carleton University	14	12
	13	Western University	11	13
	14	York University	13	17
	15	Dalhousie University	*15	15
	16	University of Ottawa	*15	16
	17	Concordia University	17	14
	18	Université de Sherbrooke	18	19
	19	University of Saskatchewan	*19	18
	20	Western University	*19	*20

Education

Education	Rank	University	Program Reputation	Research Reputation
	*1	University of British Columbia	*1	*1
	*1	University of Toronto	*1	*1
	3	University of Alberta	4	3
	4	McGill University	5	4
	5	Queen’s University	3	5
	6	University of Calgary	6	9
	7	University of Ottawa	7	7
	8	Simon Fraser University	8	6
	9	York University	9	*10
	10	Université de Montréal	6	8
	11	Western University	10	*10
	12	Brock University	*12	12
	13	Université de Sherbrooke	11	13
	*14	University of Saskatchewan	14	18
	*14	University of Victoria	14	18
	16	Concordia University	18	*16
	17	Laval University	*24	15
	18	Université du Québec à Montréal	*21	*16
	*19	Lakehead University	17	*22
	*19	Wilfrid Laurier University	*24	19

Engineering

Engineering	Rank	University	Program Reputation	Research Reputation
	1	University of Toronto	*1	1
	2	University of Waterloo	*1	*2
	3	McGill University	*3	*2
	4	University of British Columbia	*3	4
	5	University of Alberta	5	5
	6	McMaster University	6	6
	7	Queen’s University	7	*7
	8	University of Calgary	10	*7
	9	Laval University	*8	9
	10	Western University	*11	10
	*11	Université de Montréal	*11	13
	*11	University of Ottawa	13	*11
	13	University of Regina	14	*11
	14	Concordia University	15	14
	15	Université de Sherbrooke	*8	16
	16	Carleton University	*16	*17
	*17	Dalhousie University	18	*17
	*17	École de Technologie Supérieure	*16	24
	19	Memorial University of Newfoundland	19	19
	20	University of Guelph	20	23

Nursing

Nursing	Rank	University	Program Reputation	Research Reputation
	*1	University of Alberta	*2	*1
	*1	University of British Columbia	*2	*1
	*1	University of Toronto	1	3
	4	McGill University	4	4
	5	McMaster University	5	5
	6	University of Calgary	6	6
	7	University of Ottawa	7	9
	8	Dalhousie University	10	7
	9	Université de Montréal	11	8
	10	Western University	9	10
	11	Queen’s University	8	11
	12	University of Victoria	12	16
	13	York University	14	12
	14	Université de Sherbrooke	13	14
	15	Laval University	17	13
	16	Ryerson University	*15	15
	17	Memorial University of Newfoundland	*15	*17
	18	University of Saskatchewan	19	*17
	*19	Brock University	20	*17
	*19	University of Windsor	18	20

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