What is the reputation of Canadian universities like Mcgill, Mount Allison and Western Ontario in the US ?

Question:how advantageous or disadvantageous is a ugrad degree from canada while applying to a university in the us

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McGill is known as the Harvard of the North down here in the states. It's highly regarded and you wouldn't do yourself a disservice by having a degree from there.
McGill has an outstanding reputation. Western Ontario is well-respected by people who know a lot about it, but the name strikes an American as a second rate regional state university. Mount Allison is not well known at all.
I'm from Canada and have two brothers who hold PhD.'s both did their undergraduate work, or parts of it in the US. They are both now employed in the US as professors in their fields. Neither went to the universities you have mentioned but I believe Canadian Universities in general are well thought of.
In general, a degree from a Canadian university will have the same status in the US as a degree from an accredited US university. Among Canadian universities probably only Toronto and McGill would be regarded as prestigious. However, if you are applying to graduate school the people who will be looking at your application will be very knowledgeable and will be able to assess the particular programme from the particular university you come from. That, how well you did, the quality of your application and the letters of reference you can provide will count for a lot more than some abstract "prestige".

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