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Canada’s Top 50 Research Universities 2022
Spotlight on Granting Council Research Income Performance FY2017-FY2021






SPOTLIGHT ON
Granting Council Research Income
Performance FY2017-FY2021

Research Infosource shines the spotlight on the granting councils research income performance - as measured by research income received by full-service universities from each national granting council between FY2017-FY2021.



Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
NSERC Research Income
Rank Medical $000   
1 University of Toronto $399,879   
2 University of British Columbia $355,206   
3 University of Alberta $308,334   
4 Université de Montréal $278,684   
5 McGill University $276,833   
Tier Average (16) $197,148   
 
Rank Comprehensive $000   
1 University of Waterloo $271,075   
2 Simon Fraser University $114,826   
3 University of Guelph $114,765   
4 University of Victoria $90,493   
5 Carleton University $86,871   
Tier Average (11) $89,721   
 
Rank Undergraduate $000   
1 Ontario Tech University $20,230   
2 University of Regina $19,645   
3 Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières $18,613   
4 University of Lethbridge $17,960   
5 Brock University $17,184   
Tier Average (19) $12,642   
NSERC Research Income as % of Total University Research Income
Rank Medical %   
1 Dalhousie University 19.1   
2 University of Saskatchewan 17.0   
3 Université de Sherbrooke 13.2   
4 Queen's University 12.5   
5 University of Alberta 12.3   
Tier Average (16) 9.7   
 
Rank Comprehensive %   
1 University of Windsor 25.8   
2 University of Waterloo 25.2   
3 Carleton University 22.3   
4 Concordia University 21.6   
5 York University 16.0   
Tier Average (11) 17.5   
 
Rank Undergraduate %   
1 Ontario Tech University 25.8   
2 Trent University 22.3   
3 Brock University 21.8   
4 University of Lethbridge 21.3   
5 Saint Mary's University 17.6   
Tier Average (19) 14.2   

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
CIHR Research Income
Rank Medical $000   
1 University of Toronto $1,026,918   
2 McGill University $552,698   
3 University of British Columbia $544,642   
4 Université de Montréal $374,535   
5 Université Laval $337,316   
Tier Average (16) $280,074   
 
Rank Comprehensive $000   
1 Simon Fraser University $55,952   
2 York University $38,044   
3 University of Waterloo $31,991   
4 University of Victoria $29,150   
5 University of Guelph $19,407   
Tier Average (11) $20,755   
 
Rank Undergraduate $000   
1 University of Regina $11,576   
2 Laurentian University $10,760   
3 University of Northern British Columbia $7,711   
4 University of Lethbridge $4,124   
5 Brock University $4,021   
Tier Average (16) $3,607   
CIHR Research Income as % of Total University Research Income
Rank Medical %   
1 McGill University 18.4   
2 University of British Columbia 17.0   
3 University of Toronto 17.0   
4 Université Laval 16.0   
5 University of Ottawa 15.4   
Tier Average (16) 13.7   
 
Rank Comprehensive %   
1 York University 7.5   
2 Simon Fraser University 7.2   
3 University of Victoria 4.9   
4 Toronto Metropolitan University 3.7   
5 Concordia University 3.5   
Tier Average (11) 4.1   
 
Rank Undergraduate %   
1 University of Northern British Columbia 12.6   
2 University of Regina 9.8   
3 Laurentian University 6.0   
4 Brock University 5.1   
5 University of Lethbridge 4.9   
Tier Average (16) 4.1   

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
SSHRC Research Income
Rank Medical $000   
1 University of Toronto $154,573   
2 University of British Columbia $136,287   
3 McGill University $104,494   
4 Université de Montréal $102,404   
5 University of Alberta $76,972   
Tier Average (16) $65,486   
 
Rank Comprehensive $000   
1 York University $76,166   
2 Université du Québec à Montréal $53,887   
3 Simon Fraser University $49,196   
4 Carleton University $47,366   
5 University of Waterloo $41,858   
Tier Average (11) $38,319   
 
Rank Undergraduate $000   
1 Wilfrid Laurier University $24,156   
2 Brock University $14,468   
3 Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières $13,353   
4 Université du Québec en Outaouais $9,065   
5 University of Winnipeg $8,874   
Tier Average (19) $6,827   
SSHRC Research Income as % of Total University Research Income
Rank Medical %   
1 Dalhousie University 5.6   
2 Queen's University 4.9   
3 University of British Columbia 4.3   
4 University of Ottawa 3.8   
5 Western University 3.8   
Tier Average (16) 3.2   
 
Rank Comprehensive %   
1 York University 15.0   
2 Université du Québec à Montréal 13.9   
3 Carleton University 12.1   
4 Concordia University 11.3   
5 Toronto Metropolitan University 7.5   
Tier Average (11) 7.5   
 
Rank Undergraduate %   
1 Wilfrid Laurier University 26.1   
2 Université du Québec en Outaouais 19.3   
3 Brock University 18.4   
4 University of Winnipeg 14.8   
5 Saint Mary's University 10.2   
Tier Average (19) 7.7   

Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)
CFI Research Income
Rank Medical $000   
1 University of Toronto $310,891   
2 University of British Columbia $176,168   
3 McGill University $161,905   
4 University of Saskatchewan $150,954   
5 Université Laval $100,741   
Tier Average (16) $92,389   
 
Rank Comprehensive $000   
1 University of Victoria $89,933   
2 Simon Fraser University $84,390   
3 University of Waterloo $64,852   
4 University of Guelph $17,546   
5 York University $16,931   
Tier Average (10) $32,012   
 
Rank Undergraduate $000   
1 Wilfrid Laurier University $6,380   
2 University of Winnipeg $4,987   
3 Université du Québec à Rimouski $4,814   
4 Laurentian University $4,784   
5 Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières $3,326   
Tier Average (18) $2,846   
CFI Research Income as % of Total University Research Income
Rank Medical %   
1 University of Saskatchewan 13.6   
2 Queen's University 7.9   
3 University of British Columbia 5.5   
4 McGill University 5.4   
5 Dalhousie University 5.2   
Tier Average (16) 4.5   
 
Rank Comprehensive %   
1 University of Victoria 15.1   
2 Simon Fraser University 10.8   
3 University of Windsor 6.2   
4 University of Waterloo 6.0   
5 York University 3.3   
Tier Average (10) 6.1   
 
Rank Undergraduate %   
1 University of Winnipeg 8.3   
2 St. Francis Xavier University 7.0   
3 Wilfrid Laurier University 6.9   
4 Saint Mary's University 5.8   
5 Trent University 4.1   
Tier Average (18) 3.1   

Notes:
  1. Based on full-service universities on the Top 50 Research Universities list for all 5 years; and reported $20,000 or more from each granting council per year between FY2017-FY2021.
  2. Financial data were obtained from Statistics Canada.
  3. Apparent ties due to rounding.


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