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Check out the 2021 rankings!


The top five computer science programs across Canada, as ranked by Maclean's, remain the same in 2020. We do see a bit of movement — Concordia has made it into the top ten, and the University of New Brunswick the top 20 — but much like the programs themselves, these rankings are competitive.

Maclean's rankings are based on the program's reputation, research reputation, and a measure of the program's publications and citations. Check out the rankings for 2020:

School Overall Ranking Rank Last Year
University of Toronto 1 [1]
University of British Columbia 2 [2]
University of Waterloo 3 [3]
Université de Montréal 4 [4]
McGill University 5 [5]
University of Alberta 6 [6]
McMaster University 7 [8]
Simon Fraser University 8 [7]
Concordia University 9 [11]
Carleton University 10 [10]
Queen's University 11 [12]
University of Ottawa 12* [9]
University of Victoria 12* [14]
University of Calgary 14 [13]
Western University 15 [15]
University of Manitoba 16 [16*]
University of New Brunswick 17 [N/A]
St. Francis Xavier University 18 [16*]
Université de Sherbrooke 19* [19]
York University 19* [16*]

An * indicates a tie.

To learn more about the complete rankings, click here.

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