Established in 1827, the University of Toronto is Canada’s largest university, recognized as one of the best universities in the world by many international rankings: 24th in the world by the Academic Ranking of World Universities; 25th in the world by QS World University Rankings; and 18th in the world by Times Higher Education. Also, the university’s research performance is strongly reputed worldwide: the Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities ranked the university fourth in the world, and the University Ranking by Academic Performance placed the university second in the world. Furthermore, its startup incubator was ranked as the fourth best university-based incubator in the world by UBI Global.