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
51 University College London 186k 37.2 52.4% University
52 Ohio State University 180k 39.0 42.5% University
53 University of Toronto Scarborough 177k 40.9 57.2% University
54 University of North Texas 171k 35.6 60.2% University
55 Northwestern University 162k 40.2 56.2% University
56 Yale University 153k 35.1 53.8% University
57 National University of San Marcos 151k 41.3 51.3% University
58 university maryland 151k 48.7 100.0% University
59 University of Guelph 150k 38.8 60.5% University
60 Monash University 148k 32.2 47.6% University
61 University of Michigan 148k 35.9 43.0% University
62 New York University 145k 36.0 49.5% University
63 Berklee College of Music 141k 36.2 43.9% University
64 Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education 141k 35.0 52.0% University
65 Punjabi University 140k 36.9 27.5% University
66 Red River College 139k 35.7 59.8% University
67 University of Baghdad 139k 34.7 50.6% University
68 Michigan State University 136k 35.7 53.4% University
69 American University in Cairo 135k 35.3 55.2% University
70 University of Victoria 133k 37.8 58.6% University
71 Wilfrid Laurier University 132k 34.2 50.8% University
72 University of Delhi 132k 28.1 47.6% University
73 Brown University Athletics 129k University
74 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 129k 40.5 32.4% University
75 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 127k 34.7 44.2% 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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