Three universities gain RE$EARCH Infosource's designation of Research University of the Year by university type for their outstanding performance on a balanced set of input and output measures. These universities demonstrated superior achievement both in earning research income and in publishing research in leading Canadian and international journals.

Rank   Medical/Doctoral Score*  1   McGill University 94.0  2   McMaster University 93.0  3   University of Alberta 91.7

Rank   Comprehensive Score*  1   University of Guelph 83.7  2   University of Waterloo 76.3  3   University of Victoria 59.0

Rank   Undergraduate Score*  1   Trent University 60.0  2   St. Francis Xavier University 44.0  3   Royal Military College 43.0  4   University of Prince Edward Island 43.0

*Score is out of a possible 100 points. Points are awarded based on a university's ranking in the following 3 input measures: total sponsored research income (16.67 points), faculty research intensity (16.67 points) and graduate student research intensity (16.67 points); and 1 output measure: publication intensity in leading journals (50 points). See RUY Ranking Method.