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Health research in Canada

University of Toronto ranks first in Canada for Health research in 2022–2025 (#5 worldwide), followed by University of British Columbia and Western University.

Canada's world rank
#5
of 50 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
2.7k
Top-10% rate
22.7%
Ranked institutions
12

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

What is the best university for Health in Canada?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1University of TorontoToronto #565.624.9%200
2University of British ColumbiaVancouver #2432.024.4%137
3Western UniversityLondon #4518.522.7%88
4University of CalgaryCalgary #4717.624.2%98
5University of OttawaOttawa #5115.924.1%81
6McMaster UniversityHamilton #5315.023.3%82
7Simon Fraser UniversityBurnaby #5414.633.8%70
8McGill UniversityMontreal #5514.221.2%87
9University of AlbertaEdmonton #5713.522.9%94
10University of WaterlooWaterloo #689.724.9%61
11Université de MontréalMontreal #816.019.7%64
12University of ManitobaWinnipeg #845.215.6%67

Institutions in Canada above the floor of 40 fractional works in Health, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

Who are the top Health researchers in Canada?

Salim Yusuf, Scott B. Patten and Vivian Welch rank highest among researchers based in Canada.

  1. 1Salim Yusuf#996 worldwide overall4.3k citations · 5 works
  2. 2Scott B. Patten#1,125 worldwide overall2.5k citations · 5 works
  3. 3Vivian Welch#3,207 worldwide overall14k citations · 5 works
  4. 4Noni E. MacDonald#7,248 worldwide overall733 citations · 11 works
  5. 5Scott Weichenthal#8,459 worldwide overall1.3k citations · 3 works
  6. 6Günther Eysenbach#20,009 worldwide overall948 citations · 4 works
  7. 7Prakesh S. Shah#29,281 worldwide overall540 citations · 3 works
  8. 8Prabhat Jha#32,048 worldwide overall417 citations · 4 works
  9. 9David Feeny#32,594 worldwide overall454 citations · 3 works
  10. 10Elizabeth M. Badley#37,763 worldwide overall289 citations · 3 works
  11. 11Thérèse A. Stukel#38,802 worldwide overall481 citations · 4 works
  12. 12Allison McGeer#40,395 worldwide overall673 citations · 3 works
  13. 13David A. Wolfe#41,344 worldwide overall336 citations · 3 works
  14. 14Daniel Perlman#50,371 worldwide overall401 citations · 3 works
  15. 15Ara Norenzayan#51,452 worldwide overall502 citations · 6 works

How Canada compares with other countries in Health