For more than 18 years, Maclean's magazine has ranked Canadian colleges and universities based on publicly available data regarding student success, faculty, resources, student support and the institution's reputation. Each school's operating budget, student services spending, scholarships and bursaries, library expenses and acquisitions as well as total research income are also considered. The top 10 Canadian colleges based on these factors can be found below.
Simon Fraser University
Simon Fraser University has long had a great reputation among Canadian colleges. Its three campuses in British Columbia are known for being eco-friendly and academically diverse. 100 majors are available in the following academic departments: communication, art and technology, education, environment, health sciences, other sciences, applied sciences, business administration, and arts and social sciences.
University of Victoria
Along with traditional academic options, University of Victoria's more than 19,000 students can also participate in co-op opportunities, in which classroom learning is combined with real-life work experience. University of Victoria has one of the largest programs of this kind. This school also boasts widely respected research initiatives, including research regarding oceans, climate changes and indigenous and cultural studies, and Canada's second ranked law school.
Guelph
Ontario's University of Guelph offers programs in agricultural science, arts, biological science, management and economics, physical and engineering science, social and applied human sciences, and veterinary medicine, a program that is particularly well-regarded. The university also boasts North America's major graduate program in Scottish Studies, and the library contains the largest Scottish Studies collection outside the United Kingdom.
New Brunswick
Founded in 1758, the University of New Brunswick has two campuses with about 12,000 students. The Institute of Biomedical Engineering is one of Canada's leading research institutes in biomedical engineering, and famous Canadian singer Anne Murray is a graduate.
Memorial
Atlantic Canada's largest university includes programs in engineering, business, geology and medicine. Its 17,000 students can attend four campuses in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Another unique feature of this university is its Marine Institute, which boats the world's largest flume tank.
Waterloo
The University of Waterloo is home to the first mathematics department in North America and one of the most competitive engineering schools in Canada. According to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2009, the University of Waterloo was ranked 113th overall, 27th in the world for technology, 56th in the world for the natural sciences, and 114th in the world in life sciences and biomedicine.
Carleton University
Known as "Canada's Capital University," Carleton University is located in Ottawa and offers more than 65 programs, including public affairs, journalism, commerce, aerospace engineering, geomatics, interactive multimedia and design, European and Russian studies, network technology, international affairs, industrial design, public policy, film studies and renewable energy. Famous actor Dan Aykroyd studied here but did not graduate, and journalist Peter Jennings was a graduate.
University of Windsor
Ontario's University of Windsor has more than 15,000 students. It boasts a highly regarded law school, and more than 100 additional academic majors.
University of Regina
University of Regina is located in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Unique academic offerings include police studies, petroleum systems engineering and public policy.
York University
Toronto's York University is Canada's third largest university with 51,000 students. It is affiliated with the Canadian Space Program and has a variety of unique research centers, including those that focus on German and European studies, atmospheric chemistry, feminist research, international and security studies, Jewish studies, practical ethics, public law and public policy, refugee studies, earth and atmospheric science, mass spectrometry, Latin America and the Caribbean, work and society, sustainability, learning technologies, organized crime and corruption, violence and conflict resolution, Canadian studies, Asian research, neotropical conservation, vision research, and biomolecular interactions.
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