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
26 University of Manitoba 252k 43.6 51.6% University
27 University of Texas at Austin 244k 37.0 50.7% University
28 Concordia University 242k 35.5 53.1% University
29 Cornell University 241k 38.0 52.1% University
30 Boston University 238k 39.1 54.9% University
31 Sprott Shaw College 238k 41.7 56.4% University
32 University of Miami 235k 36.4 48.1% University
33 Mount Saint Vincent University 232k 32.0 82.4% University
34 San Diego State University 232k 36.4 30.6% University
35 International Organization for Standardization 221k 43.4 43.1% University
36 Simon Fraser University 219k 37.1 51.4% University
37 Drake University 218k 28.1 43.9% University
38 Stanford University 217k 37.0 51.9% University
39 University of Saskatchewan 214k 38.6 60.6% University
40 University of Notre Dame 212k 39.3 61.9% University
41 Carleton University 211k 36.7 49.9% University
42 Iran University of Science and Technology 210k 35.0 41.9% University
43 Queen's University 210k 36.0 56.5% University
44 Dalhousie University 206k 39.8 56.7% University
45 Florida State University 203k 37.8 59.6% University
46 Stevens Institute of Technology 202k 37.7 55.0% University
47 Laval University 201k 35.3 57.7% University
48 University of California, Los Angeles 201k 38.3 39.0% University
49 University of Florida 198k 37.2 45.7% University
50 Université du Québec à Montréal 196k 34.6 55.2% 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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