Universities in Canada

🇨🇦Toronto, Ontario · Est. 1827

Canada's top-ranked university and the largest, U of T has three campuses (St. George, Scarborough, Mississauga) and is a global research leader. Particularly strong in medicine, computer science, and the deep-learning revolution (Geoffrey Hinton).

🇨🇦Montreal, Quebec · Est. 1821

English-language research university in Montreal with a strong international student body (about 30%). Notable for medicine, engineering, and management (Desautels). Located in a francophone city, so basic French is useful for daily life.

🇨🇦Vancouver, British Columbia · Est. 1908

UBC has two campuses (Vancouver and Okanagan) and is known for sustainability research, forestry, computer science, and the Sauder School of Business. Vancouver's mild climate and Pacific Rim location are major draws.

🇨🇦Edmonton, Alberta · Est. 1908

A leading research university in western Canada, particularly strong in artificial intelligence (home to Amii and DeepMind's Edmonton lab), energy, and environmental sciences.

🇨🇦Waterloo, Ontario · Est. 1957

Waterloo runs Canada's largest co-op program: students alternate between school and paid internships at companies like Google, Microsoft, and Tesla. The Computer Science and Engineering programs are particularly hard to get into.

🇨🇦Montreal, Quebec · Est. 1878

A francophone research university and the largest French-language university outside France. Top destinations: HEC Montréal (business), Polytechnique Montréal (engineering), and Mila (deep learning, Yoshua Bengio).

🇨🇦Hamilton, Ontario · Est. 1887

McMaster pioneered problem-based learning in medicine and is recognized for the Health Sciences program (one of the most selective undergrad programs in Canada). Strong engineering and business (DeGroote) offerings.

🇨🇦Kingston, Ontario · Est. 1841

A medium-sized university known for the Commerce program (Smith School of Business), engineering, and one of Canada's strongest school spirits. Famous tricolour (red, gold, blue) and tradition-rich campus on Lake Ontario.