Maclean's released their rankings for Canada's best schools based on student satisfaction for 2022.

Maclean's online survey had more than 19,000 university students provide their opinion on Canadian schools. Students were able to give their opinion on topics such as professors, residences, extracurricular activities, experiential learning, and other categories.

The student voice plays a crucial role in assessing campus life. Check out Maclean's Student Satisfaction Rankings 2022 Methodology to view all of the ranked topics.

The rankings for 2022 are as follows:

Medical Doctoral Universities

School Overall Ranking Rank Last Year
Université de Sherbrooke 1 [1]
Université Laval 2 [2]
Western University 3 [10]
Queen's University 4 [3]
Université de Montréal 5 [4]
McGill University 6 [8*]
McMaster University 7 [5]
University of Manitoba 8 [12]
University of Saskatchewan 9 [6]
Dalhousie University 10 [8*]
University of British Columbia 11 [7]
University of Alberta 12 [11]
University of Toronto 13 [13]
University of Calgary 14 [14]
University of Ottawa 15 [15]

An * indicates a tie.

Comprehensive Universities

School Overall Ranking Rank Last Year
Université du Québec à Montréal 1 [4]
University of Victoria 2 [8]
Brock University 3 [2]
Wilfrid Laurier University 4 [5]
University of Waterloo 5 [6]
Carleton University 6 [3]
University of Guelph 7 [1]
University of New Brunswick 8 [7]
Ryerson University 9 [10]
Concordia University 10 [11]
Simon Fraser University 11 [12]
University of Windsor 12 [9]
York University 13 [13]
Memorial University 14 [14]
University of Regina 15 [15]

An * indicates a tie.

Primarily Undergraduate Universities

School Overall Ranking Rank Last Year
St. Francis Xavier University 1 [4]
Trent University 2 [7]
Université de Moncton 3 [13]
University of Northern British Columbia 4 [9]
Nipissing University 5 [3]
Acadia University 6 [5]
St. Thomas University 7 [11]
Ontario Tech University 8 [10]
University of Lethbridge 9 [8]
University of Winnipeg 10 [15]
Mount Allison University 11 [2]
Cape Breton University 12 [6]
Bishop's University 13 [1]
Saint Mary's University 14 [16*]
Brandon University 15 [18]
University of Prince Edward Island 16 [12]
Mount Saint Vincent University 17 [14]
Lakehead University 18 [16*]
Laurentian University 19 [19]

An * indicates a tie.

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