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Artificial Intelligence research in Canada

University of Toronto ranks first in Canada for Artificial Intelligence research in 2022-now (#56 worldwide), followed by University of British Columbia and University of Waterloo.

Canada's world rank
#7
of 87 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
9.3k
Top-10% rate
11.0%
Ranked institutions
36

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

What is the best university for Artificial Intelligence in Canada?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1University of TorontoToronto #5646.513.7%726
2University of British ColumbiaVancouver #11237.310.1%504
3University of WaterlooWaterloo #12835.610.9%643
4McGill UniversityMontreal #14334.110.2%362
5University of AlbertaEdmonton #14733.711.0%459
6Université de MontréalMontreal #19130.217.0%164
7University of OttawaOttawa #25826.211.6%271
8Simon Fraser UniversityBurnaby #27325.514.0%193
9University of CalgaryCalgary #28724.89.2%266
10Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (Canada)Toronto #33422.87.9%254
11University of VictoriaVictoria #35821.911.1%122
12Vector InstituteToronto #36921.519.8%73
13Toronto Metropolitan UniversityToronto #41519.912.1%173
14Western UniversityLondon #42819.510.7%203
15Concordia UniversityMontreal #43019.59.9%291
16Queen's UniversityKingston #44719.09.1%223
17York UniversityToronto #45018.910.6%221
18McMaster UniversityHamilton #47918.08.7%174
19Carleton UniversityOttawa #53416.67.9%213
20Dalhousie UniversityHalifax #53516.610.7%145
21University of WindsorWindsor #54916.210.2%134
22University of New BrunswickFredericton #55516.114.0%117
23University of ManitobaWinnipeg #58215.412.4%124
24Université du Québec à MontréalMontreal #61314.85.3%114
25University of ReginaRegina #63214.415.3%86
26Université de SherbrookeSherbrooke #64914.08.2%80
27Université LavalQuébec #67913.48.0%101
28Polytechnique MontréalMontreal #68513.311.5%149
29Université du QuébecQuébec #70312.911.3%145
30Ontario Tech UniversityOshawa #73712.38.2%94
31Kootenay Association for Science & TechnologyRossland #74712.19.8%149
32University of SaskatchewanSaskatoon #8939.87.7%111
33National Research Council CanadaOttawa #9099.57.6%80
34University of GuelphGuelph #9568.915.0%88
35Memorial University of NewfoundlandSt. John's #1,0247.99.9%86
36Brock UniversitySaint Catharines #1,4263.54.9%63

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

Who are the top Artificial Intelligence researchers in Canada?

Yoshua Bengio, Witold Pedrycz and Geoffrey E. Hinton rank highest among researchers based in Canada, on their papers in Artificial Intelligence that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Yoshua Bengio#2,922 worldwide overall97.3 of 217 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Witold Pedrycz#160,986 worldwide overall171.6 of 741 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Geoffrey E. Hinton#999 worldwide overall57.3 of 94 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Alán Aspuru‐Guzik#5,190 worldwide overall38.9 of 81 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Alexandre Blais#69,249 worldwide overall36.5 of 98 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Jimmy Lin#270,014 worldwide overall62.0 of 222 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Barry C. Sanders#257,593 worldwide overall41.1 of 165 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Xuemin Shen#208,598 worldwide overall67.6 of 162 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Norbert Lütkenhaus#50,900 worldwide overall33.8 of 98 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Raymond Laflamme#41,291 worldwide overall31.6 of 78 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Christoph Simon#60,229 worldwide overall30.1 of 70 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Jian Pei#114,723 worldwide overall45.5 of 134 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Hoi‐Kwong Lo#60,614 worldwide overall28.5 of 80 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14John Mylopoulos#124,267 worldwide overall39.6 of 193 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Richard S. Sutton#73,019 worldwide overall27.8 of 80 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Canada on their work in Artificial Intelligence 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 artificial intelligence in Canada?

University of Toronto ranks first in Canada for Artificial Intelligence research in 2022-now (#56 worldwide), followed by University of British Columbia and University of Waterloo.

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