Canada's Top 2% Scientists 2026

Canada has 8,528 scientists on the 2026 single-year Top 2% list, up 2.7% from 8,303 in 2025. That places Canada 7th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 1 place. University of Toronto has the most listed scientists (693), followed by The University of British Columbia (620).

Single Year

8,528

+225 (+2.7%) vs 2025

Career Data

10,063

+474 (+4.9%) vs 2025

World rank by count

down 1 place vs 2025

Institutes

783

-16 (-2.0%) vs 2025

Scientists in Canada on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 29% since 2020.

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+13.3%

2022+3.4%

2023+2.0%

2024+3.8%

2025+1.4%

2026+2.7%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	6,602		7,225
2021	7,479	+13.3%	8,127	+12.5%
2022	7,737	+3.4%	8,473	+4.3%
2023	7,889	+2.0%	8,815	+4.0%
2024	8,185	+3.8%	9,265	+5.1%
2025	8,303	+1.4%	9,589	+3.5%
2026	8,528	+2.7%	10,063	+4.9%

Top 10 institutes in Canada

By number of listed scientists

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1University of Toronto693
2The University of British Columbia620
3University of Alberta378
4Université McGill340
5University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine250
6University of Calgary234
7University of Waterloo226
8Western University218
9McMaster University208
10University of Ottawa168

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Rank in Canada	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	6	BY Bengio, Yoshua	Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2
2	12	HG Hinton, Geoffrey E.	University of Toronto	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4
3	18	MD Moher, David	Ottawa Hospital Research Institute	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2
4	35	AP Austin, Peter C.	Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 2
5	37	BA Becke, Axel D.	Dalhousie University	Chemical Physics	Rank 4
6	75	DI Dincer, I.	Ontario Tech University	Energy	Rank 2
7	92	WD Wishart, David S.	University of Alberta	Developmental Biology	Rank 3
8	101	HA Hayes, Andrew F.	Haskayne School of Business	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 1
9	112	GG Gordon, Guyatt H.	McMaster University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 6
10	131	DD Drucker, Daniel J.	Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 2
11	208	YS Yusuf, Salim N.	Population Health Research Institute, Ontario	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 9
12	282	RJ Russell, James A.	The University of British Columbia	Social Psychology	Rank 13
13	375	SP Sadorsky, Perry A.	Schulich School of Business	Energy	Rank 12
14	394	GB Glick, Bernard R.	University of Waterloo	Microbiology	Rank 3
15	402	RK Rockwood, Kenneth J.	Dalhousie University, Faculty of Medicine	Geriatrics	Rank 1
16	418	SF Shahidi, Fereidoon	Memorial University of Newfoundland	Food Science	Rank 4
17	457	LP Legendre, Pierre	University of Montreal	Ecology	Rank 11
18	468	Eysenbach, Gunther	JMIR Publications	Medical Informatics	Rank 1
19	476	MD Miller, Danny	HEC Montréal	Business & Management	Rank 17
20	490	RC Rochman, Chelsea M.	University of Toronto	Environmental Sciences	Rank 7
21	515	FL Fahrig, Lenore	Carleton University	Ecology	Rank 13
22	534	DA Diamond, Adele	University of British Columbia, Faculty of Medicine	Developmental & Child Psychology	Rank 7
23	537	PW Pedrycz, Witold	University of Alberta	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 37
24	550	RJ Rehm, Jurgen T.	University of Toronto	Substance Abuse	Rank 2
25	608	HM Howlett, Michael P.	Simon Fraser University	Political Science & Public Administration	Rank 6
26	625	MP MacIntyre, Peter Daniel	Cape Breton University	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 6
27	669	UM Ungar, Michael T.	Dalhousie University	Developmental & Child Psychology	Rank 10
28	675	OT Oke, Timothy R.	The University of British Columbia	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 7
29	678	WZ Wang, Zhou	University of Waterloo	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 48
30	680	KG Kaplan, Gilaad G.	Cumming School of Medicine	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 13
31	755	PD Pauly, Daniel	The University of British Columbia	Fisheries	Rank 1
32	759	MA Mullard, Asher	Science journalist	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 5
33	765	BJ Berry, John W.	Queen’s University	Social Psychology	Rank 35
34	774	HR Hancock, Robert E.W.	The University of British Columbia	Microbiology	Rank 8
35	782	BR Bader, Richard Frederick William	McMaster University, Faculty of Science	Chemical Physics	Rank 13
36	842	DJ Després, Jean Piérre	Université Laval	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 11
37	852	BE Bialystok, Ellen	Faculty of Health	Experimental Psychology	Rank 15
38	883	BF Berkes, Fikret	University of Manitoba	Ecology	Rank 22
39	889	BP Bansal, Pratima (Tima)	Western University	Business & Management	Rank 33
40	907	WG Wright, Gerard D.	McMaster University	Microbiology	Rank 11
41	930	TR Touyz, Rhian M.	L'Institut de Recherche du Centre Universitaire de Santé McGill	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 27
42	940	MJ Morse, Janice M.Rn Ph D(Nurs)	University of Alberta	Nursing	Rank 2
43	954	MR Mcintyre, Roger S.	University of Toronto	Psychiatry	Rank 24
44	963	BM Brauer, Michael	The University of British Columbia	Toxicology	Rank 5
45	980	RM Rosen, Marc A.	Ontario Tech University	Energy	Rank 25
46	990	LG Laporte, Gilbert	HEC Montréal	Operations Research	Rank 6
47	1,009	BM Biesinger, Mark C.	Western University	Applied Physics	Rank 22
48	1,103	SD Streiner, David L.	University of Toronto	Psychiatry	Rank 30
49	1,117	YY Yao, Yiyu Y.	University of Regina	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 76
50	1,126	BB Byrne, Barbara M.	Université d'Ottawa, Faculté des Sciences Sociales	Social Sciences Methods	Rank 10
51	1,127	TC Timothy Coombs, W.	Centre for Crisis and Risk Communications	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 3
52	1,211	TA Tricco, Andrea C.	Unity Health Toronto	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 35
53	1,236	BR Belk, Russell V.	Schulich School of Business	Marketing	Rank 13
54	1,249	SR Suddaby, Roy	Peter B. Gustavson School of Business	Business & Management	Rank 48
55	1,279	LA Langley, Ann	HEC Montréal	Business & Management	Rank 52
56	1,294	HW Hamilton, William L.	Quebec AI Institute	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 86
57	1,301	AA Aghakouchak, Amir	United Nations University Institute for Water	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 14
58	1,329	VR Vallerand, Robert J.	Université du Québec à Montréal	Social Psychology	Rank 52
59	1,359	BO Boiral, Olivier	Université Laval	Business & Management	Rank 55
60	1,389	KE Klonsky, Elisha David	The University of British Columbia	Clinical Psychology	Rank 9
61	1,407	NG Norman, Geoffrey R.	McMaster University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 40
62	1,420	PS Phillips, Stuart Martin	McMaster University, Faculty of Science	Sport Sciences	Rank 2
63	1,445	MC Morin, Charles M.	Université Laval	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 81
64	1,470	TM Tremblay, Mark S.	Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa	Public Health	Rank 16
65	1,519	HB Hinz, Boris	University of Toronto	Developmental Biology	Rank 40
66	1,526	PJ Peck, Jamie A.	The University of British Columbia	Geography	Rank 9
67	1,527	GR Gifford, Robert D.	University of Victoria	Social Psychology	Rank 56
68	1,598	DJ Dahn, Jeff R.	Dalhousie University	Energy	Rank 35
69	1,800	GD Garrison, D. Randy	University of Calgary	Education	Rank 32
70	1,802	NS Neethirajan, Suresh Raja	Dalhousie University	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 7
71	1,839	LJ Liu, Juewen	University of Waterloo	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 8
72	1,861	RC Raffel, Colin	Vector Institute	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 113
73	1,883	SH Srivastava, Hari Mohan	University of Victoria	General Mathematics	Rank 5
74	1,887	NS Nattel, Stanley	Université de Montréal, Faculté de Médecine	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 56
75	1,935	ZG Zou, Guangyong	Western University	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 27
76	1,943	CS Cooke, Steven J.	Carleton University	Fisheries	Rank 4
77	1,946	PD Paulhus, Delroy L.	The University of British Columbia	Social Psychology	Rank 75
78	2,017	Aluko, Rotimi Emmanuel	University of Manitoba	Food Science	Rank 16
79	2,124	CJ Chaput, Jean Philippe	Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa	Public Health	Rank 24
80	2,149	JI Janssen, Ian A.N.	Queen’s University	Public Health	Rank 26
81	2,154	MJ Marshall, John C.	University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine	Emergency & Critical Care Medicine	Rank 7
82	2,233	IM Isman, Murray B.	The University of British Columbia	Entomology	Rank 5
83	2,327	GM Gänzle, Michael G.	University of Alberta	Microbiology	Rank 33
84	2,330	NN Nunn, Nathan	The University of British Columbia	Economics	Rank 58
85	2,333	GJ Grimshaw, Jeremy M.	Ottawa Hospital Research Institute	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 52
86	2,348	TM Tonelli, Marcello A.	Cumming School of Medicine	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 14
87	2,381	CZ Chen, Zhongwei	Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 77
88	2,437	WD Winter, David A.	University of Waterloo	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 6
89	2,448	PR Postuma, Ronald B.	Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur-de-Montréal	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 123
90	2,493	BS Bachu, Stefan	InnoTech Alberta	Energy	Rank 64
91	2,503	CM Cadotte, Marc W.	University of Toronto	Ecology	Rank 75
92	2,528	SA Saks, Alan M.	University of Toronto	Business & Management	Rank 83
93	2,584	KL Kirmayer, Laurence J.	School of Medicine	Psychiatry	Rank 55
94	2,594	LA Levin, Adeera I.	The University of British Columbia	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 17
95	2,601	SD Scott, Daniel J.	University of Waterloo	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 16
96	2,603	EA Emadi, Ali N.	McMaster University, Faculty of Engineering	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 5
97	2,610	BJ Bovy, Jo	University of Toronto	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 16
98	2,624	NH Nesbitt, H. Wayne	Western University	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 20
99	2,651	CJ Chen, Jing M.	University of Toronto	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 21
100	2,665	GD Gladman, Dafna D.	University Health Network	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 15
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Germany10,938 scientists

Australia8,971 scientists

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India6,953 scientists

France5,914 scientists

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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Canada are in the 2026 Stanford Top 2% list?

8,528 scientists affiliated with Canada are on the 2026 single-year list, and 10,063 are on the career-long list.

Which institute in Canada has the most Top 2% scientists?

On the 2026 single-year list, University of Toronto has the most listed scientists from Canada, with 693. It is followed by The University of British Columbia with 620.

How has the number of Top 2% scientists in Canada changed since 2020?

On the single-year list, Canada went from 6,602 scientists in 2020 to 8,528 in 2026, a change of +29.2%.

What is the difference between the single-year and career-long lists?

The single-year list ranks scientists on the citations their work received in one year. The career-long list ranks them on citations across their whole career. Both lists are published every year, and a scientist can be on one, both or neither.

What is the official source of this data?

The rankings come from the science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators published by Ioannidis et al. in the Elsevier Data Repository, updated every year. TOPSCINET, an independent platform, organises that data by country, year, institute and field, so you can compare and explore it.