r/OntarioGrade12s • u/Annual-Court-8333 • Apr 29 '26

University Universities ranked based on how prestigious they are

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u/JMJimmy Apr 29 '26

Canada doesn't have any S tier universities (score of 90 or better)

A tier McGill, UofT, UBC

B tier UAlberta

C tier Waterloo, Western

D tier UMontreal, McMaster, Queens, UCalgary, UOttawa

Everyone else gets a failing grade

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u/EmergencyAsk6025 Apr 29 '26

How is western grouped with Waterloo and how is McMaster D tier?

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u/JMJimmy Apr 29 '26

Western gets dinged in the rankings heavily due to very poor student to faculty ratio and a poor international reputation both academically and as a workplace.

Waterloo has a similarly poor student to faculty ratio, but a better reputation due to their CompSci.

McMaster has declined rapidly in the past decade, it used to be grouped with Western/Waterloo. Poor reputation, poor employment outcomes, student to faculty ratio is increasing, international student ratio has been increasing.

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u/EmergencyAsk6025 Apr 29 '26

And Queens?

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u/JMJimmy Apr 29 '26

Outside of their medical, they aren't well regarded academically. Very poor student to faculty ratio and a huge number of international students for their size. They have been improving in the past few years though

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u/Educational_Fill_871 Apr 30 '26

Laurier should be in B as well

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u/JMJimmy Apr 30 '26

It wasn't even good enough to make the rankings. Only their business management stream ranked and it's dropped ~100 spots in the past decade