Canadian Ivy League

Thirteen Canadian universities that banded together for research purposes are known as the “Group of Thirteen” or the G13.

The group of schools is more informally known as the Canadian Ivy League.
The schools chosen to be part of the Canadian Ivy League are the country’s top research institutions.

There are about 430,000 students that attend the Canadian Ivy League schools. The school leaders meet biannually to talk about joint research programs. The institutions receive about two-thirds of Canada’s research funding.

The institutions that are part of the Canadian Ivy League include:

• University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
• University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
• University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
• Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Université Laval, Québec City, Québec
• McGill University, Montréal, Québec
• McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
• Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
• University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario
• Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario
• University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
• University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario
• University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario