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Top 25 Canadian universities based in Canada
RevenueBase identified 57 canadian universities headquartered in Canada as of September 2026 and tracks 56,148 professional contacts across them, including 24,175 with verified work emails. Toronto is the largest hub.
This list covers canadian universities headquartered in Canada, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.
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The 25 largest canadian universities based in Canada
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11,471 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “University of Waterloo is a leader in innovation that drives economic and social prosperity for Canada and the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 10,071 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The University of Ottawa is the largest bilingual university in the world, where it is possible for students to study in English, in French, or in both languages.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 7,711 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Concordia is a next-generation university, continually reimagining the future of higher education.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 6,474 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “As Canada’s engaged university, SFU works with communities, organizations and partners to create, share and embrace knowledge that improves life and generates real change.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 4,185 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Memorial University of Newfoundland is a multi-campus, multi-disciplinary, public, teaching/research university committed to excellence in everything we do.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 2,923 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The University of New Brunswick (UNB) is Canada's oldest English-language university and one of the first public universities established in North America.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 2,315 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The University of Regina is the leading experience-based learning university in Saskatchewan, located in the province's capital.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 1,992 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Since 1970, TRU has taken pride in providing an excellent education to every student who comes to us, from a wide variety of backgrounds and perspectives, at various stages of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 1,639 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Saint Mary's University is home to an engaged community of students, faculty, staff, and alumni from more than 90 countries around the world that share a passion for learning and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 1,463 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “UWinnipeg is noted for academic excellence, Indigenous inclusion, environmental commitment, smaller class sizes, and campus diversity.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 1,447 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Laurentian University, nestled in the heart of Sudbury, Ontario, is a beacon of academic excellence and community engagement.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 1,205 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Located in the spectacular landscape of northern British Columbia, UNBC is one of Canada’s best small universities, according to the rankings compiled by Maclean's magazine.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 1,158 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “L’UQO, membre du réseau de l’Université du Québec, est un établissement public francophone d’enseignement universitaire et de recherche situé en Outaouais, région limitrophe de la…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 1,017 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Yorkville University (YU) is Canada’s largest private university – in enrollments and geographically – with campuses in Vancouver, Toronto, and New Brunswick.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 293 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Enseignement supérieur.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 260 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Ensemble, nous formons la plus grande université francophone des Amériques.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 118 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Solidement ancré dans le milieu nord-côtier depuis plus de quatre décennies, la mission première du Cégep de Sept-Îles est d’offrir une formation collégiale de qualité et de…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 97 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Brescia University integrates with Western University on May 1, 2024.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick (CCNB) is an enseignement supérieur company based out of Canada.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Lakehead University is a fully comprehensive Canadian university, with a broad range of undergraduate and graduate programs housed within 10 faculties of study: Engineering…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Summer Abroad programs are designed to enrich students’ academic lives by providing an exciting and educational international experience.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Huntington University, located in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, is a learning institute for higher education located in Greater Sudbury, Ontario.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Avantage Ontario est un consortium qui aide au recrutement d’étudiants internationaux et à la promotion internationale de neuf universités et de deux collèges d’arts appliqués et…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: canadian universities. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names canadian universities.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of canadian universities, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name canadian universities. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Canadian universities based in Canada at a glance
As of Sep 19, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Canada, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Canada, over 57 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among canadian universities, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in Canada whose own description of what they do matches “canadian universities”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names canadian universities), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among canadian universities, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Canada are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 24,175 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names canadian universities, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many canadian universities are there based in Canada?
RevenueBase identified 57 canadian universities headquartered in Canada as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
University Of Waterloo, headquartered in Waterloo, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most canadian universities?
Toronto leads with 12 headquartered companies, followed by Ottawa (5) and Vancouver (4).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 24,175 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 57 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.