Top 20 Canadian Universities
2006 2005 2004 2003 2002
There are many different kinds of rankings of Canadian universities. The ones provided here are a little different since they were taken from a business publication and rank the universities by revenues. The lists are found in National Post Business. The 2006 list is found in the June 2007 issue on p. 138. The 2005 list is on p. 168 of the June 2006 issue. The 2004 list is in the June 2005 issue on p.178. The 2003 list is found in the June 2004 issue on p.176 and the 2002 list is located in the June 2003 issue on p.150. The lists are not reproduced in their entirety. Also included in the original rankings: Net Income, Assets and Net Assets. These rankings are among those found in the special issues devoted to "Canada's Largest Corporations". We have in the Western Libraries these reports from the National Post and Financial Post "Top 500" dating back to the 1970s.
| Rank 2006 |
University Name
|
2004 Revenue $000s
|
Full-time Students
|
| 1. |
University of Toronto |
1,784,300 |
62,575 |
| 2. |
University of British Columbia |
1,569,762 |
30,678 |
| 3. |
University of Alberta |
1,181,781 |
31,501 |
| 4. |
University of Quebec |
1,109,000 |
52,314 |
| 5. |
McGill University |
954,985 |
25,805 |
| 6. |
University of Montreal |
816,429 |
37,267 |
| 7. |
York University |
794,288 |
41,977 |
| 8. |
University of Western Ontario |
764,543 |
29,715 |
| 9. |
University of Calgary |
762,274 |
23,598 |
| 10. |
Laval University |
718,179 |
24,707 |
| 11. |
McMaster University |
693,717 |
20,536 |
| 12. |
University of Saskatchewan |
680,900 |
15,316 |
| 13. |
Queen's University |
678,139 |
17,234 |
| 14. |
University of Ottawa |
608,191 |
26,793 |
| 15. |
University of Manitoba |
583,490 |
20,256 |
| 16. |
University of Waterloo |
558,506 |
23,595 |
| 17. |
Univeristy of Guelph |
510,789
|
16,512 |
| 18. |
Simon Fraser University |
479,008 |
13,569 |
| 19. |
Dalhousie University |
409,775 |
13,234 |
| 20. |
Concordia University |
392,309 |
20,323 |
| Rank 2005 |
University Name
|
2004 Revenue $000s
|
Full-time Students
|
| 1. |
University of Toronto |
1,653,800 |
59,870 |
| 2. |
University of British Columbia |
1,254,946 |
29,573 |
| 3. |
University of Quebec |
1,109,000 |
52,314 |
| 4. |
University of Alberta |
1,053,620 |
30,605 |
| 5. |
McGill University |
914,873 |
25,552 |
| 6. |
University of Montreal |
828,638 |
37,019 |
| 7. |
York University |
731,276 |
40,299 |
| 8. |
University of Calgary |
728,631 |
23,414 |
| 9. |
University of Western Ontario |
713,272 |
28,529 |
| 10. |
Laval University |
703,200 |
25,552 |
| 11. |
Queen's University |
653,284 |
16,743 |
| 12. |
McMaster University |
637,186 |
19,264 |
| 13. |
University of Saskatchewan |
593,700 |
15,407 |
| 14. |
University of Ottawa |
570,517 |
24,975 |
| 15. |
University of Manitoba |
561,655 |
20,335 |
| 16. |
University of Waterloo |
517,579 |
23,185 |
| 17. |
Univeristy of Guelph |
499,739 |
16,653 |
| 18. |
Simon Fraser University |
424,621 |
12,960 |
| 19. |
Dalhousie University |
398,497 |
13,514 |
| 20. |
Concordia University |
383,659 |
19,024 |
| Rank 2004 |
University Name
|
2004 Revenue $000s
|
Full-time Students
|
| 1. |
University of Toronto |
1,568,100 |
56,979 |
| 2. |
University of British Columbia |
1,133,553 |
28,830 |
| 3. |
University of Montreal |
1,123,146 |
37,059 |
| 4. |
University of Quebec |
1,093,020 |
51,180 |
| 5. |
University of Alberta |
999,214 |
30,258 |
| 6. |
McGill University |
898,008 |
24,226 |
| 7. |
Laval University |
735,486 |
28,843 |
| 8. |
University of Calgary |
691,727 |
23,837 |
| 9. |
University of Western Ontario |
680,353 |
27,622 |
| 10. |
York University |
653,344 |
38,086 |
| 11. |
Queen's University |
611,039 |
16,522 |
| 12. |
McMaster University |
606,233 |
18,384 |
| 13. |
University of Saskatchewan |
566,596 |
15,397 |
| 14. |
University of Ottawa |
513,253 |
23,666 |
| 15. |
University of Manitoba |
512,839 |
19,489 |
| 16. |
University of Waterloo |
482,496 |
22,224 |
| 17. |
Univeristy of Guelph |
476,487 |
16,015 |
| 18. |
Simon Fraser University |
389,759 |
12,470 |
| 19. |
Concordia University |
377,797 |
18,576 |
| 20. |
Dalhousie University |
377,261 |
13,195 |
|
Rank 2003
|
|
2003 Revenue $'000s
|
Full-time Students
|
| 1 |
University of Toronto |
1,248,300 |
47,456 |
| 2 |
University of Montreal |
1,123,368 |
35,587 |
| 3 |
University of British Columbia |
1,072,408 |
28,091 |
| 4 |
University of Quebec |
992,482 |
48,382 |
| 5 |
University of Alberta |
825,733 |
29,432 |
| 6 |
McGill University |
759,355 |
23,237 |
| 7 |
Laval University |
694,348 |
28,030 |
| 8 |
University of Western Ontario |
587,280 |
26,283 |
| 9 |
University of Calgary |
585,765 |
23,380 |
| 10 |
York University |
578,087 |
33,586 |
| 11 |
Queen's University |
260,736 |
15,717 |
| 12 |
University of Saskatchewan |
532,398 |
15,044 |
| 13 |
McMaster University |
517,132 |
16,138 |
| 14 |
University of Manitoba |
497,396 |
18,216 |
| 15 |
University of Ottawa |
465,911 |
20,500 |
| 16 |
University of Guelph |
446,271 |
14,503 |
| 17 |
University of Waterloo |
426,985 |
21,059 |
| 18 |
Concordia University |
368,853 |
18,008 |
| 19 |
Simon Fraser University |
348,664 |
12,104 |
| 20 |
Dalhousie University |
348,514 |
12,403 |
|
Rank 2002
|
|
2002 Revenue $'000s
|
Full-time Students
|
| 1 |
University of Toronto |
1,143,300 |
44,126 |
| 2 |
University of British Columbia |
960,940 |
26,417 |
| 3 |
University of Montreal |
953,606 |
33,269 |
| 4 |
University of Quebec |
927,119 |
34,988 |
| 5 |
University of Alberta |
815,513 |
27,961 |
| 6 |
McGill University |
733,337 |
22,029 |
| 7 |
Laval University |
586,907 |
22,884 |
| 8 |
University of Calgary |
578,213 |
22,273 |
| 9 |
University of Western Ontario |
564,554 |
24,759 |
| 10 |
Queen's University |
525,924 |
15,259 |
| 11 |
York University |
525,464 |
30,056 |
| 12 |
University of Saskatchewan |
522,203 |
15,012 |
| 13 |
McMaster University |
456,898 |
14,528 |
| 14 |
University of Manitoba |
449,952 |
17,591 |
| 15 |
University of Ottawa |
426,981 |
18,932 |
| 16 |
University of Guelph |
414,264 |
13,617 |
| 17 |
University of Waterloo |
388,846 |
19,782 |
| 18 |
Dalhousie University |
319,092 |
11,432 |
| 19 |
Simon Fraser University |
313,721 |
10,870 |
| 20 |
Concordia University |
309,799 |
15,691 |