Popularity ranking · Canada

The 100 most popular Universities in Canada

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest universities in Canada, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 1.6k universities tracked in Canada, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Concordia University (Michigan), University of Toronto and University of British Columbia lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 2.8M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 228k, and the largest, Concordia University (Michigan), reaches around 1.1M people in Canada. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Canada who actively engage with each university, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Canada and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in Canada who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Canada. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in Canada, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in Canada. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 Concordia University (Michigan) 1.1M University
2 University of Toronto 854k 37.8 51.9% University
3 University of British Columbia 835k 38.9 53.6% University
4 University of Oxford 652k 34.4 53.8% University
5 Harvard University 598k 36.7 50.6% University
6 York University 485k 35.6 52.2% University
7 McMaster University 480k 41.3 60.7% University
8 McGill University 461k 36.6 55.5% University
9 University of Alberta 455k 38.5 56.1% University
10 Technical University of Madrid 403k 41.3 29.1% University
11 University of Calgary 389k 38.2 52.7% University
12 Ryerson University 335k 39.0 50.8% University
13 University of Dental Medicine, Mandalay 331k University
14 CDI College 322k 32.5 58.7% University
15 Columbia University 320k 36.5 55.8% University
16 University of Cambridge 316k 32.9 54.9% University
17 University of Texas at Brownsville 312k 48.4 91.0% University
18 University of Waterloo 295k 38.7 51.7% University
19 Harvard Business School 279k 38.1 61.8% University
20 University of Ottawa 276k 36.4 52.9% University
21 University of Western Ontario 272k 38.1 55.3% University
22 University of Tehran 264k 36.3 48.3% University
23 University of Georgia 257k 34.0 49.6% University
24 Texas A&M University 253k 33.5 47.6% University
25 University of Lagos 253k 32.1 46.8% University

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular universities compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Canada and ranks each university by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest university in Canada?

Concordia University (Michigan) currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.1M people in Canada.

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