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Top 25 Universities and colleges based in Canada

Name: Universities and colleges based in Canada
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 16, 2026 125 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 125 universities and colleges headquartered in Canada as of September 2026 and tracks 70,742 professional contacts across them, including 33,120 with verified work emails. Toronto is the largest hub.

This list covers universities and colleges 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 16, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 16, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

125Companies

70,742Contacts tracked

33,120Verified emails

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The 25 largest universities and colleges based in Canada

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 125 universities and colleges based in Canada, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 16, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to universities and colleges: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	University Of Alberta	Partial evidence	Edmonton, AB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	10001+	14,128 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The University of Alberta is one of Canada’s top teaching and research universities, with an international reputation for excellence across the humanities, sciences, creative…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
2	Concordia University	Indirect evidence	Montreal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	5,001-10,000	7,711 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Concordia is a next-generation university, continually reimagining the future of higher education.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
3	Dalhousie University	Partial evidence	Halifax, NS, CanadaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	5,001-10,000	7,232 contacts →
	Partial evidence “One of Canada's leading universities, Dalhousie University is widely recognized for outstanding academic quality and teaching, and a broad range of educational and research…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
4	Université DE Sherbrooke	Indirect evidence	Sherbrooke, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	5,001-10,000	6,652 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Located in Canada, in the Province of Quebec, the Université de Sherbrooke is a French-speaking institution that offers you the opportunity to benefit from an academic education…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
5	Humber College	Indirect evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1,001-5,000	4,143 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Established in 1967, Humber is one of Canada’s leading postsecondary institutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
6	University Of NEW Brunswick	Partial evidence	Fredericton \| Saint John, NB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	5,001-10,000	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 16, 2026
7	University Of Regina	Indirect evidence	Regina, SK, CanadaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1,001-5,000	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 16, 2026
8	Macewan University	Indirect evidence	Edmonton, AB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,253 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded in 1971, MacEwan University provides student-focused instruction in a warm and supportive atmosphere.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
9	Saint Mary's University	Indirect evidence	Halifax, NS, CanadaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	n/a	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 16, 2026
10	University Of Toronto Mississauga	Indirect evidence	Mississauga, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,639 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “U of T Mississauga was established in 1967, with one temporary academic building, 155 students, 28 faculty and 40 staff members.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
11	BOW Valley College	Partial evidence	Calgary, AB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,548 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Bow Valley College, founded in 1965, is the largest college in the Calgary area, with over students.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
12	University Of Prince Edward Island	Indirect evidence	Charlottetown, PE, CanadaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	501-1,000	1,251 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Established in 1969, the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) is a comprehensive public liberal arts university in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, with roots in…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
13	Retraité	Indirect evidence	Québec, CanadaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	501-1,000	1,189 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Le Cégep Garneau c'est.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
14	Royal Roads University	Indirect evidence	Victoria, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	501-1,000	999 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Located in one of Canada’s most beautiful National Historic Sites, Royal Roads University has a long history of excellence.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
15	University Canada West	Indirect evidence	Vancouver, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1,001-5,000	968 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “University Canada West (UCW) is an innovative business and technology-oriented institution in downtown Vancouver, Canada, offering online and on-campus undergraduate and graduate…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
16	Mount Allison University	Indirect evidence	Sackville, NB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	201-500	795 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Mount Allison has been ranked Canada’s #1 undergraduate university by Maclean’s magazine more times than any other university.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
17	Collège Montmorency	Indirect evidence	Laval, CanadaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1,001-5,000	781 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Voué à la réussite de ses étudiants, jeunes et adultes, le Collège Montmorency, établissement d'enseignement supérieur public, forme des citoyens compétents, engagés et ouverts.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
18	Nipissing University	Partial evidence	North Bay, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	201-500	770 contacts →
	Partial evidence “While the roots of Nipissing University extend back to the 1900's with the North Bay Normal School, Nipissing University College was formed in 1967 as an affiliate of Laurentian…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
19	Collège DE Maisonneuve	Indirect evidence	Montréal, CanadaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	501-1,000	746 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Le Collège de Maisonneuve est un établissement d’enseignement supérieur reconnu pour la qualité de ses programmes et centré sur la réussite éducative de ses 7 étudiants, jeunes et…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
20	Brandon University	Indirect evidence	Brandon, MB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	501-1,000	485 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Brandon University is a leader in providing high quality education to more than full and part-time students in arts, sciences, education, music, and health studies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
21	Concordia University Of Edmonton	Indirect evidence	Edmonton, AB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	201-500	482 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “CUE is a university of action and passion, small enough that every student is essential but large enough to make real differences when we tackle global challenges.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
22	LCI Education	Indirect evidence	Montreal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1,001-5,000	451 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “LCI Education is a diverse learning community of 12 select higher education institutions with 23 campuses on 5 continents, and colleagues involved in educating over learners…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
23	North Island College	Partial evidence	Courtenay, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	201-500	435 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Visit our job board: https://careers.nic.bc.ca/ North Island College is where education strengthens life on North Vancouver Island, the Central Coast and beyond.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
24	Cégep DE Rosemont	Indirect evidence	Montréal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	501-1,000	370 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Le Collège de Rosemont est un établissement d’enseignement supérieur, fier de sa culture et de ses traditions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
25	TED Rogers School Of Management	Indirect evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	201-500	347 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Home to over students and more than 200 industry-connected faculty, the Ted Rogers School of Management at Toronto Metropolitan University is Canada's leading diverse…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026

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: universities and colleges. 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 universities and colleges.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of universities and colleges, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name universities and colleges. 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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Universities and colleges based in Canada at a glance

As of Sep 16, 2026

46.8%Verified-email coverage

565.9Average contacts per company

51-200Median size (employees)

12.8%Largest-city concentration · Toronto

Sep 16, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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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 125 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 universities and colleges, 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 “universities and colleges”. 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 universities and colleges), 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 universities and colleges, 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, 33,120 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 16, 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 universities and colleges, 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 universities and colleges are there based in Canada?

RevenueBase identified 125 universities and colleges 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 Alberta, headquartered in Edmonton, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most universities and colleges?

Toronto leads with 16 headquartered companies, followed by Montreal (9) and Vancouver (7).

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 33,120 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 125 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 16, 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.