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Corporate Research Income FY2018-FY2022 - Medical
Corporate Research Income
Rank University $000   
1 University of Toronto $680,704   
2 McMaster University $522,002   
3 Université de Montréal $399,515   
4 University of British Columbia $388,953   
5 Queen's University $313,537   
6 Memorial University of Newfoundland $283,492   
7 University of Calgary $240,759   
8 McGill University $227,606   
9 Université Laval $207,096   
10 University of Ottawa $179,283   
11 Western University $164,798   
12 University of Alberta $156,548   
13 Université de Sherbrooke $94,002   
14 University of Saskatchewan $87,678   
15 Dalhousie University $83,344   
16 University of Manitoba $60,205   
Corporate Research Income Growth
(% Change FY2018-FY2022)
Rank University %   
1 Memorial University of Newfoundland 52.9   
2 University of Saskatchewan 49.3   
3 University of Calgary 41.2   
4 University of Toronto 25.3   
5 Université Laval 24.7   
6 Université de Sherbrooke 20.9   
7 Université de Montréal 18.1   
8 University of Ottawa 17.3   
9 University of Alberta 15.9   
10 McGill University 15.1   
11 University of British Columbia 0.4   
12 Dalhousie University -18.8   
13 University of Manitoba -37.2   
14 Queen's University -39.0   
15 Western University -52.6   
16 McMaster University -53.8   

Not-for-Profit Research Income FY2018-FY2022 - Medical
Not-for-Profit Research Income
Rank University $000   
1 University of Toronto $1,904,902   
2 University of British Columbia $598,933   
3 Université de Montréal $505,636   
4 McGill University $442,248   
5 Université Laval $376,613   
6 University of Ottawa $364,385   
7 University of Manitoba $354,050   
8 University of Alberta $318,466   
9 McMaster University $317,728   
10 University of Calgary $224,250   
11 Western University $203,299   
12 Université de Sherbrooke $184,283   
13 Dalhousie University $127,339   
14 University of Saskatchewan $107,540   
15 Queen's University $70,595   
16 Memorial University of Newfoundland $8,211   
Not-for-Profit Research Income Growth
(% Change FY2018-FY2022)
Rank University %   
1 University of Saskatchewan 66.1   
2 Université de Sherbrooke 56.3   
3 University of Alberta 50.3   
4 McGill University 44.0   
5 University of Ottawa 31.1   
6 Dalhousie University 28.6   
7 University of Toronto 21.6   
8 University of Calgary 12.9   
9 Université Laval 12.3   
10 McMaster University 9.3   
11 University of Manitoba 6.9   
12 Western University 2.9   
13 University of British Columbia -1.4   
14 Université de Montréal -1.9   
15 Queen's University -18.1   
16 Memorial University of Newfoundland -38.7   

International Government Research Income FY2018-FY2022 - Medical
International Government Research Income
Rank University $000   
1 University of Toronto $152,541   
2 McGill University $110,302   
3 University of British Columbia $87,223   
4 Université de Montréal $62,135   
5 University of Alberta $40,440   
6 Queen's University $28,030   
7 Western University $27,926   
8 University of Calgary $25,469   
9 McMaster University $19,740   
10 Université de Sherbrooke $15,483   
11 Dalhousie University $13,817   
12 University of Ottawa $12,924   
13 Université Laval $11,883   
14 University of Saskatchewan $7,467   
15 University of Manitoba $3,504   
16 Memorial University of Newfoundland $1,202   
International Government Research Income Growth
(% Change FY2018-FY2022)
Rank University %   
1 Université de Sherbrooke 208.2   
2 University of Calgary 155.7   
3 University of Saskatchewan 93.4   
4 Queen's University 47.6   
5 University of British Columbia 43.4   
6 McGill University 35.8   
7 University of Toronto 35.5   
8 University of Alberta 34.2   
9 University of Ottawa 22.8   
10 McMaster University 4.6   
11 Dalhousie University -16.4   
12 Université Laval -18.3   
13 Université de Montréal -26.7   
14 Western University -58.0   
15 University of Manitoba -66.5   
     

Cross-sector Collaboration Publications 2017-2021 - Medical
Cross-sector Collaboration Publications
Rank University #   
1 University of Toronto 37,149   
2 University of British Columbia 15,189   
3 McGill University 13,447   
4 Université de Montréal 12,576   
5 University of Ottawa 10,659   
6 University of Alberta 9,062   
7 University of Calgary 8,606   
8 McMaster University 8,584   
9 Western University 7,170   
10 Université Laval 6,830   
11 University of Manitoba 5,084   
12 Dalhousie University 4,816   
13 Queen's University 3,970   
14 University of Saskatchewan 3,257   
15 Université de Sherbrooke 2,922   
16 Memorial University of Newfoundland 1,560   
Cross-sector Collaboration Publications Growth
(% Change 2017-2021)
Rank University %   
1 Memorial University of Newfoundland 71.6   
2 Queen's University 60.8   
3 University of Calgary 60.5   
4 McMaster University 53.7   
5 University of Ottawa 53.4   
6 University of Toronto 43.5   
7 University of British Columbia 42.8   
8 Dalhousie University 42.1   
9 University of Saskatchewan 41.8   
10 University of Manitoba 41.2   
11 Western University 34.8   
12 University of Alberta 33.5   
13 Université de Montréal 30.7   
14 McGill University 29.5   
15 Université Laval 21.4   
16 Université de Sherbrooke 18.0   

International Collaboration Publications 2017-2021 - Medical
International Collaboration Publications

Rank University #   
1 University of Toronto 45,117   
2 University of British Columbia 27,369   
3 McGill University 22,667   
4 University of Alberta 19,662   
5 Université de Montréal 16,488   
6 University of Calgary 14,089   
7 McMaster University 12,508   
8 University of Ottawa 12,151   
9 Western University 11,127   
10 Université Laval 8,174   
11 University of Manitoba 7,001   
12 Dalhousie University 6,949   
13 University of Saskatchewan 6,755   
14 Queen's University 6,235   
15 Memorial University of Newfoundland 3,842   
16 Université de Sherbrooke 3,443   
International Collaboration Publications Growth
(% Change 2017-2021)
Rank University %   
1 Memorial University of Newfoundland 76.5   
2 Queen's University 57.5   
3 University of Calgary 51.6   
4 University of Saskatchewan 48.0   
5 University of British Columbia 45.7   
6 University of Ottawa 44.5   
7 Dalhousie University 44.5   
8 University of Alberta 43.1   
9 Université Laval 41.3   
10 University of Toronto 41.2   
11 Western University 41.0   
12 McMaster University 38.6   
13 University of Manitoba 35.3   
14 Université de Sherbrooke 33.3   
15 Université de Montréal 30.8   
16 McGill University 30.2   

Notes:
  1. Research Income:
    1. Based on full-service universities on the Top 50 Research Universities list for all 5 years; and reported research income in the form of a grant, contract or contribution from corporate, not-for-profit and international government sources between FY2018-FY2022.
    2. Financial data were obtained from Statistics Canada.
  2. Research Publications:
    1. Based on full-service universities on the Top 50 Research Universities list for all 5 years; and had cross-sector and international publications between 2017-2021.
    2. University Cross-sector Collaboration Publications: publications that were co-authored with researchers from a Canadian non-university institution.
    3. University International Collaboration Publications: publications that were co-authored with researchers outside of Canada.
    4. Publications with multiple authors from different institutions were counted once for each university listed on the authored publication.
    5. Publication data were obtained from Observatoire des sciences et des technologies (Clarivate Analytics – Web of Science).
  3. University tiers: Medical = have a medical school; Comprehensive = have a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs; Undergraduate = have mainly undergraduate programs.
  4. Apparent ties due to rounding.







Corporate Research Income FY2018-FY2022 - Comprehensive
Corporate Research Income
Rank University $000   
1 University of Waterloo $132,536   
2 University of Guelph $113,583   
3 Université du Québec à Montréal $36,084   
4 Simon Fraser University $33,280   
5 Concordia University $29,780   
6 University of New Brunswick $25,986   
7 Carleton University $24,034   
8 Toronto Metropolitan University $23,627   
9 University of Victoria $19,568   
10 York University $13,460   
11 University of Windsor $10,242   
Corporate Research Income Growth
(% Change FY2018-FY2022)
Rank University %   
1 Carleton University 304.9   
2 University of New Brunswick 92.5   
3 Simon Fraser University 88.9   
4 Toronto Metropolitan University 70.3   
5 University of Victoria 66.6   
6 Concordia University 35.6   
7 Université du Québec à Montréal 32.0   
8 University of Windsor 20.3   
9 University of Guelph 2.8   
10 University of Waterloo -3.6   
11 York University -10.1   

Not-for-Profit Research Income FY2018-FY2022 - Comprehensive
Not-for-Profit Research Income
Rank University $000   
1 Simon Fraser University $121,224   
2 University of Waterloo $104,755   
3 University of New Brunswick $42,888   
4 University of Victoria $41,915   
5 University of Guelph $41,160   
6 Université du Québec à Montréal $40,843   
7 Concordia University $35,059   
8 York University $35,053   
9 Carleton University $33,392   
10 Toronto Metropolitan University $32,605   
11 University of Windsor $18,301   
Not-for-Profit Research Income Growth
(% Change FY2018-FY2022)
Rank University %   
1 University of Guelph 460.1   
2 Concordia University 119.5   
3 Toronto Metropolitan University 73.9   
4 Carleton University 44.4   
5 University of New Brunswick 33.3   
6 York University 24.3   
7 Simon Fraser University 5.8   
8 University of Victoria -0.8   
9 University of Windsor -4.7   
10 Université du Québec à Montréal -26.4   
11 University of Waterloo -45.9   

International Government Research Income FY2018-FY2022 - Comprehensive
International Government Research Income
Rank University $000   
1 University of Victoria $21,442   
2 University of Waterloo $14,437   
3 Simon Fraser University $13,457   
4 University of Windsor $5,806   
5 York University $4,386   
6 Carleton University $1,924   
7 University of Guelph $845   
8 Concordia University $838   
9 University of New Brunswick $264   
10 Toronto Metropolitan University $11   
International Government Research Income Growth
(% Change FY2018-FY2022)
Rank University %   
1 University of New Brunswick 585.2   
2 Concordia University 161.5   
3 University of Guelph 159.3   
4 University of Windsor 82.2   
5 University of Victoria 77.7   
6 York University 56.4   
7 Simon Fraser University 48.3   
8 University of Waterloo -10.0   
9 Carleton University -28.1   

Cross-sector Collaboration Publications 2017-2021 - Comprehensive
Cross-sector Collaboration Publications
Rank University #   
1 University of Waterloo 3,484   
2 Simon Fraser University 2,997   
3 University of Victoria 2,603   
4 University of Guelph 2,451   
5 Carleton University 2,063   
6 York University 2,013   
7 Université du Québec à Montréal 1,328   
8 Toronto Metropolitan University 1,267   
9 Concordia University 978   
10 University of New Brunswick 680   
11 University of Windsor 522   
Cross-sector Collaboration Publications Growth
(% Change 2017-2021)
Rank University %   
1 University of Windsor 80.0   
2 Concordia University 77.9   
3 Carleton University 55.2   
4 University of Waterloo 45.1   
5 Toronto Metropolitan University 38.6   
6 University of Guelph 29.4   
7 Université du Québec à Montréal 27.2   
8 University of Victoria 23.6   
9 University of New Brunswick 18.9   
10 York University 11.1   
11 Simon Fraser University 11.0   

International Collaboration Publications 2017-2021 - Comprehensive
International Collaboration Publications

Rank University #   
1 University of Waterloo 10,527   
2 Simon Fraser University 5,843   
3 University of Guelph 5,500   
4 University of Victoria 5,449   
5 York University 4,745   
6 Carleton University 4,104   
7 Concordia University 3,718   
8 Université du Québec à Montréal 2,554   
9 Toronto Metropolitan University 2,532   
10 University of New Brunswick 2,256   
11 University of Windsor 2,023   
International Collaboration Publications Growth
(% Change 2017-2021)
Rank University %   
1 Concordia University 75.9   
2 University of Windsor 75.0   
3 York University 64.6   
4 Toronto Metropolitan University 62.6   
5 University of New Brunswick 59.9   
6 Carleton University 57.0   
7 University of Guelph 49.3   
8 University of Waterloo 48.2   
9 Simon Fraser University 26.7   
10 Université du Québec à Montréal 21.8   
11 University of Victoria 21.0   

Notes:
  1. Research Income:
    1. Based on full-service universities on the Top 50 Research Universities list for all 5 years; and reported research income in the form of a grant, contract or contribution from corporate, not-for-profit and international government sources between FY2018-FY2022.
    2. Financial data were obtained from Statistics Canada.
  2. Research Publications:
    1. Based on full-service universities on the Top 50 Research Universities list for all 5 years; and had cross-sector and international publications between 2017-2021.
    2. University Cross-sector Collaboration Publications: publications that were co-authored with researchers from a Canadian non-university institution.
    3. University International Collaboration Publications: publications that were co-authored with researchers outside of Canada.
    4. Publications with multiple authors from different institutions were counted once for each university listed on the authored publication.
    5. Publication data were obtained from Observatoire des sciences et des technologies (Clarivate Analytics – Web of Science).
  3. University tiers: Medical = have a medical school; Comprehensive = have a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs; Undergraduate = have mainly undergraduate programs.







Corporate Research Income FY2018-FY2022 - Undergraduate
Corporate Research Income
Rank University $000   
1 Université du Québec à Chicoutimi $34,365   
2 Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue $33,951   
3 Laurentian University $21,590   
4 Ontario Tech University $17,994   
5 Université du Québec à Rimouski $12,922   
6 Lakehead University $8,581   
7 University of Winnipeg $8,187   
8 University of Prince Edward Island $7,071   
9 University of Regina $6,238   
10 Trent University $6,151   
11 Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières $5,919   
12 University of Northern British Columbia $3,642   
13 Saint Mary's University $2,617   
14 University of Lethbridge $1,540   
15 Université de Moncton $1,510   
16 Brock University $1,249   
17 Wilfrid Laurier University $837   
18 Université du Québec en Outaouais $333   
Corporate Research Income Growth
(% Change FY2018-FY2022)
Rank University %   
1 University of Lethbridge 734.8   
2 Ontario Tech University 496.6   
3 University of Northern British Columbia 157.3   
4 Université du Québec à Rimouski 107.0   
5 Wilfrid Laurier University 103.8   
6 University of Winnipeg 77.1   
7 University of Prince Edward Island 55.3   
8 Trent University 46.9   
9 Saint Mary's University 46.7   
10 Université du Québec à Chicoutimi 43.6   
11 Brock University 42.7   
12 Université de Moncton 29.3   
13 University of Regina 16.0   
14 Lakehead University -17.4   
15 Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières -28.3   
16 Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue -37.0   
17 Laurentian University -49.8   

Not-for-Profit Research Income FY2018-FY2022 - Undergraduate
Not-for-Profit Research Income
Rank University $000   
1 Lakehead University $31,032   
2 Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières $21,726   
3 Université de Moncton $19,313   
4 University of Prince Edward Island $10,861   
5 Université du Québec à Rimouski $10,440   
6 Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue $10,207   
7 University of Regina $9,413   
8 Brock University $8,496   
9 Laurentian University $8,137   
10 University of Northern British Columbia $8,080   
11 Ontario Tech University $5,289   
12 Trent University $5,222   
13 Saint Mary's University $4,797   
14 Université du Québec en Outaouais $4,678   
15 University of Lethbridge $4,411   
16 Wilfrid Laurier University $4,127   
17 Université du Québec à Chicoutimi $3,450   
Not-for-Profit Research Income Growth
(% Change FY2018-FY2022)
Rank University %   
1 University of Regina 297.8   
2 Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières 270.0   
3 Université du Québec à Chicoutimi 244.9   
4 Ontario Tech University 242.5   
5 Saint Mary's University 208.0   
6 University of Northern British Columbia 81.7   
7 Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue 59.8   
8 Wilfrid Laurier University 51.1   
9 Université de Moncton 46.6   
10 Brock University 31.4   
11 Université du Québec en Outaouais 17.4   
12 Lakehead University 15.5   
13 University of Prince Edward Island 9.0   
14 Université du Québec à Rimouski 7.7   
15 Trent University -7.7   
16 University of Lethbridge -17.2   
17 Laurentian University -36.1   

International Government Research Income FY2018-FY2022 - Undergraduate
International Government Research Income
Rank University $000   
1 University of Regina $3,017   
2 Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières $2,693   
3 Ontario Tech University $2,358   
4 Laurentian University $1,837   
5 Lakehead University $956   
6 Trent University $935   
7 University of Prince Edward Island $574   
8 University of Northern British Columbia $162   
9 University of Lethbridge $77   
10 Wilfrid Laurier University $68   
International Government Research Income Growth
(% Change FY2018-FY2022)
Rank University %   
1 Trent University 203.9   
2 University of Lethbridge 108.0   
3 University of Regina 107.4   
4 Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières 80.8   
5 Ontario Tech University 35.0   
6 Laurentian University -48.4   
7 Lakehead University -89.9   

Cross-sector Collaboration Publications 2017-2021 - Undergraduate
Cross-sector Collaboration Publications
Rank University #   
1 Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières 478   
2 Laurentian University 441   
3 Trent University 420   
3 University of Regina 420   
5 Lakehead University 377   
6 Wilfrid Laurier University 367   
7 Université du Québec à Rimouski 344   
8 University of Northern British Columbia 342   
9 University of Lethbridge 334   
10 Université du Québec à Chicoutimi 329   
11 Brock University 317   
12 Ontario Tech University 293   
13 Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue 270   
14 Université de Moncton 251   
15 University of Prince Edward Island 248   
16 Université du Québec en Outaouais 239   
17 University of Winnipeg 225   
18 Saint Mary's University 216   
Cross-sector Collaboration Publications Growth
(% Change 2017-2021)
Rank University %   
1 Ontario Tech University 260.9   
2 Brock University 163.4   
3 University of Northern British Columbia 104.8   
4 Université du Québec en Outaouais 97.0   
5 Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue 65.9   
6 University of Winnipeg 60.6   
7 Université du Québec à Rimouski 56.1   
8 Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières 48.1   
9 Trent University 45.9   
10 University of Lethbridge 45.2   
11 Université du Québec à Chicoutimi 38.5   
12 Wilfrid Laurier University 36.7   
13 Saint Mary's University 34.3   
14 University of Prince Edward Island 29.5   
15 University of Regina 23.4   
16 Laurentian University 13.5   
17 Lakehead University 7.6   
18 Université de Moncton -9.1   

International Collaboration Publications 2017-2021 - Undergraduate
International Collaboration Publications

Rank University #   
1 University of Regina 1,848   
2 Brock University 1,326   
3 Wilfrid Laurier University 1,242   
4 Lakehead University 1,183   
5 Ontario Tech University 944   
6 University of Lethbridge 874   
7 Laurentian University 809   
8 Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières 782   
9 Trent University 725   
10 University of Prince Edward Island 652   
11 Université du Québec à Chicoutimi 642   
12 Saint Mary's University 609   
13 University of Northern British Columbia 576   
14 Université du Québec à Rimouski 572   
15 University of Winnipeg 515   
16 Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue 429   
17 Université du Québec en Outaouais 379   
18 Université de Moncton 346   
International Collaboration Publications Growth
(% Change 2017-2021)
Rank University %   
1 Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue 177.8   
2 Ontario Tech University 164.6   
3 Université du Québec en Outaouais 136.2   
4 Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières 101.8   
5 University of Northern British Columbia 74.7   
6 Université du Québec à Chicoutimi 73.7   
7 Lakehead University 64.1   
8 University of Regina 58.6   
9 Saint Mary's University 56.7   
10 Université de Moncton 53.7   
11 Brock University 50.2   
12 University of Prince Edward Island 47.3   
13 Wilfrid Laurier University 47.3   
14 University of Winnipeg 37.8   
15 Laurentian University 37.4   
16 Trent University 34.3   
17 University of Lethbridge 11.8   
18 Université du Québec à Rimouski 7.8   

Notes:
  1. Research Income:
    1. Based on full-service universities on the Top 50 Research Universities list for all 5 years; and reported research income in the form of a grant, contract or contribution from corporate, not-for-profit and international government sources between FY2018-FY2022.
    2. Financial data were obtained from Statistics Canada.
  2. Research Publications:
    1. Based on full-service universities on the Top 50 Research Universities list for all 5 years; and had cross-sector and international publications between 2017-2021.
    2. University Cross-sector Collaboration Publications: publications that were co-authored with researchers from a Canadian non-university institution.
    3. University International Collaboration Publications: publications that were co-authored with researchers outside of Canada.
    4. Publications with multiple authors from different institutions were counted once for each university listed on the authored publication.
    5. Publication data were obtained from Observatoire des sciences et des technologies (Clarivate Analytics – Web of Science).
  3. University tiers: Medical = have a medical school; Comprehensive = have a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs; Undergraduate = have mainly undergraduate programs.
  4. Apparent ties due to rounding.








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