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Thanks for the answers. Still looking for advice if anyone has some to give. Also, any opinions on where the Top 5 Canadian stand relative to US rankings?

Anyone with any sort of experience/suggestion on this?

I've received an offer for a Canadian economics PhD program just outside of the top 2 UBC/UofT (a top 5 school). I also have a business PhD offer from another school which has a very high academic placement rate. I like economics more than business, but because I really want to be in academia, I'm a bit scared to take the economics PhD offer since only UBC and UofT consistently place in academia. The school which has offered me the Economics PhD program has placed some people at good academic positions, but there is also an equally large number of placements who go into government or industry. Is going to a Canadian economics PhD outside the top 2 too risky if you want to place in academia? Any opinions, thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.