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Computer Science research in Canada

University of Toronto ranks first in Canada for Computer Science research in 2022-now (#54 worldwide), followed by University of British Columbia and University of Waterloo.

Canada's world rank
#8
of 128 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
26k
Top-10% rate
11.6%
Ranked institutions
54

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Computer Science in Canada?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1University of TorontoToronto #5452.513.5%1,960
2University of British ColumbiaVancouver #11643.412.2%1,332
3University of WaterlooWaterloo #13641.512.2%1,726
4McGill UniversityMontreal #15839.710.0%909
5Simon Fraser UniversityBurnaby #16739.014.4%738
6University of AlbertaEdmonton #17138.712.9%1,076
7Université de MontréalMontreal #22235.613.9%438
8University of OttawaOttawa #27233.212.4%717
9University of VictoriaVictoria #29632.212.6%441
10University of CalgaryCalgary #30331.910.4%722
11Concordia UniversityMontreal #33330.811.1%1,074
12Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (Canada)Toronto #38329.17.8%589
13Queen's UniversityKingston #40428.59.2%634
14McMaster UniversityHamilton #43327.711.9%502
15Toronto Metropolitan UniversityToronto #43727.612.2%561
16York UniversityToronto #46326.911.4%671
17Western UniversityLondon #47326.613.2%565
18Vector InstituteToronto #50425.922.0%126
19University of ManitobaWinnipeg #51225.714.0%336
20Université du Québec à MontréalMontreal #52025.510.2%350
21Dalhousie UniversityHalifax #53825.110.5%423
22Kootenay Association for Science & TechnologyRossland #58724.09.8%429
23University of WindsorWindsor #61123.611.7%360
24Carleton UniversityOttawa #62023.49.3%739
25Université de SherbrookeSherbrooke #62123.410.0%234
26Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence InstituteMontreal #62223.418.5%84
27Université du QuébecQuébec #65722.79.9%533
28Université LavalQuébec #66722.510.1%303
29University of ReginaRegina #69722.014.6%232
30Polytechnique MontréalMontreal #72321.612.5%473
31University of New BrunswickFredericton #76220.914.0%291
32University of SaskatchewanSaskatoon #79420.57.6%463
33Ontario Tech UniversityOshawa #87819.210.1%316
34University Canada WestVancouver #93418.525.4%90
35Université du Québec à Trois-RivièresTrois-Rivières #1,01817.513.5%109
36Huawei Technologies (Canada)Markham #1,29614.616.8%165
37University of GuelphGuelph #1,30414.515.7%249
38Institut National de la Recherche ScientifiqueQuébec #1,35614.117.1%120
39Memorial University of NewfoundlandSt. John's #1,38513.813.2%216
40National Research Council CanadaOttawa #1,39313.89.3%164
41Université du Québec à ChicoutimiSaguenay #1,73911.110.6%106
42Brandon UniversityBrandon #1,88210.218.4%74
43Athabasca UniversityAthabasca #2,2608.011.0%85
44Wilfrid Laurier UniversityWaterloo #2,2737.99.9%114
45Lakehead UniversityThunder Bay #2,3147.710.2%158
46Ericsson (Canada)Mississauga #2,3707.46.8%79
47Université de MonctonMoncton #2,4816.917.8%112
48Brock UniversitySaint Catharines #2,5126.75.7%180
49Natural Resources CanadaOttawa #2,7045.812.2%70
50Royal Military College of CanadaKingston #2,7885.59.4%79
51University of LethbridgeLethbridge #2,9584.83.2%75
52Department of National DefenceOttawa #3,1324.16.0%67
53Encana (Canada)Calgary #3,2973.54.8%112
54University of WinnipegWinnipeg #3,5452.68.8%69

Institutions in Canada above the floor of 40 fractional works in Computer Science, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Computer Science researchers in Canada?

Witold Pedrycz, Xuemin Shen and Fei Richard Yu rank highest among researchers based in Canada, on their papers in Computer Science that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Witold Pedrycz#160,986 worldwide overall401.2 of 1,464 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Xuemin Shen#208,598 worldwide overall400.6 of 975 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Fei Richard Yu#93,321 worldwide overall255.7 of 648 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Yoshua Bengio#2,922 worldwide overall165.3 of 368 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Ahmed E. Hassan#21,005 worldwide overall203.7 of 390 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Geoffrey E. Hinton#999 worldwide overall118.1 of 191 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Baochun Li#53,732 worldwide overall129.0 of 369 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Victor C. M. Leung#747,692 worldwide overall268.4 of 1,084 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Jian Pei#114,723 worldwide overall155.2 of 376 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Gautam Srivastava#136,118 worldwide overall169.0 of 430 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Raquel Urtasun#2,105 worldwide overall89.0 of 154 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Yiyu Y. Yao#113,641 worldwide overall135.4 of 391 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13John Mylopoulos#124,267 worldwide overall116.7 of 483 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Jiangchuan Liu#117,991 worldwide overall107.4 of 426 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Bram Adams#63,402 worldwide overall97.7 of 237 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Canada on their work in Computer Science alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

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What are the best universities for computer science in Canada?

University of Toronto ranks first in Canada for Computer Science research in 2022-now (#54 worldwide), followed by University of British Columbia and University of Waterloo.

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