Toronto

Toronto

QS Staff Writer

Updated July 15, 2025 Updated July 15

QS Best Student Cities ranking

Although rival Canadian city Montréal remains the country’s highest-ranked city in the QS Best Student Cities, Toronto remains an extremely strong contender.

In fact, it has one of the highest scores of any city for desirability (one of the six areas assessed), only beaten by Sydney and Tokyo. This reflects both its all-round high quality of life and its status as an in-demand destination amongst students worldwide.

All the attractions that make Canada an appealing place to study are on offer here in its largest city – a diverse community, vibrant cultural scene and nightlife, stunning natural surrounds, and of course world-leading universities.

The highest-ranked of these is the University of Toronto, which also lays claim to being the highest-ranked university in Canada.

In the student survey which fed into this year’s results, the word most often used to sum up the appeal of Toronto is “diversity” – in reference both to the huge range of activities the city has to offer, and the diverse and inclusive quality of its community.

Toronto ranks highly in the student view indicator (based on the results of the student view), with one respondent describing it as, “a very inclusive, multicultural and diverse city,” while another praised “the amount to see/explore when you have time, and the diverse quality of people that you meet.”

Is Toronto the student city for you? Have your say.

Internationally ranked universities in Toronto

University of TorontoYork UniversityRyerson University

 To find out how each of the above categories is calculated, view the methodology.

This article was originally published in November 2014 . It was last updated in July 2025

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