Montréal
Home to several of Canada's highest ranking institutions, including McGill University (currently ranked 21st in the world and 2nd in Canada), Montréal has been dubbed Canada’s cultural capital, and one of the world's most livable cities. In the QS Best Student Cities 2015, Montréal proves itself to be one of the world’s best cities for students, moving up from 9th to 8th place, behind Tokyo.
As a French-speaking city in a largely English-speaking nation that has experienced mass immigration from all over the world in the past decades, Montréal has a distinctly hybrid culture. The city boasts a world-renowned indie music scene and is the site of several major international festivals, including the Montréal International Jazz Festival and the world's largest comedy festival, Just for Laughs.
With a relatively large and diverse student population, Montréal gets its strongest score in the “student mix” category of the Best Student Cities index. Its weakest point is affordability – but in fact it beats most of the other top 10 student cities on this indicator, barring Asia’s leading cities Hong Kongand Tokyo.
QS ranked universities
McGill University ; Université de Montréal ; Concordia University
More about Montréal
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Number of universities ranked by QS
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3
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Top ranked institution
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McGill University (21st in the world)
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Population
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3,820,000
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Students (% of total population)
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2.5% (based on ranked institutions)
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International students
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27.0% (of students at ranked institutions)
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Average tuition fees
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US$14,300
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Global Liveability Ranking
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Mercer Cost of Living rank
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Cost of a Big Mac
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US$5.25
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Cost of an iPad
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US$534.17
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Numbeo safety rank
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148th (out of 372)
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Numbeo pollution rank
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204th (out of 299)
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Transparency International score
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9th (out of 177)
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Canada’s largest city combines all the best the country has to offer – a diverse community, vibrant cultural scene and nightlife, stunning natural surrounds, and of course world-leading universities. Toronto
Rival Canadian city Montréal retains a slight lead, ranking one place higher than Toronto in the QS Best Student Cities 2015. But Toronto continues to lay claim to having the country’s highest ranked university. In the QS World University Rankings® 2014/15, the University of Toronto is placed 20th in the world, while Montréal’s McGill University follows one place behind.
As well as being closely matched in the higher education space, the two cities are also close competitors for the title of Canada’s “cultural capital”. Toronto boasts booming art, fashion, creative and foodie scenes, and an impressive concentration of creative types. It also gets the highest overall score in the QS Best Student Cities’ “desirability” category, and ranks fourth out of 140 cities in The Economist’s Global Liveability Report.
QS ranked universities
University of Toronto ; York University ; Ryerson University
More about Toronto
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Number of universities ranked by QS
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3
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Top ranked institution
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University of Toronto (20th in the world)
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Population
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5,580,000
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Students (% of total population)
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2.5% (based on ranked institutions)
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International students
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16.0% (of students at ranked institutions)
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Average tuition fees
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US$21,700
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Global Liveability Ranking
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4th (out of 140)
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Mercer Cost of Living rank
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101st (out of 214)
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Cost of a Big Mac
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US$5.25
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Cost of an iPad
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US$534.17
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Numbeo safety rank
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72nd (out of 372)
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Numbeo pollution rank
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210th (out of 299)
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Transparency International score
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9th (out of 177)
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