Canada’s Best Universities by Library Acquisitions: Rankings 2023

These figures show the proportion of a university’s library budget that is allocated to updating its collection, including electronic access.

Medical Doctoral

Rank	University	Per cent
1	McGill	70.5
2	McMaster	61.9
3	Western	54.5
4	Sherbrooke	53.9
5	Laval	51.7
6	Saskatchewan	51.1
7	Alberta	49.9
8	Calgary	49.7
9	Ottawa	49.2
10	Queen’s	48
11	Dalhousie	43
12	Toronto	39.1
13	Manitoba	37.6
14	UBC	33.1
15	Montréal	31.4

Comprehensive

Rank	University	Per cent
1	Simon Fraser	58.1
2	Guelph	56.5
3	Wilfrid Laurier	54.3
4	Memorial	50.1
5	Brock	48.4
6	Victoria	47.2
7	New Brunswick	45.4
8	York	45.1
9	Waterloo	44
10	Toronto Metropolitan	43.4
11	Windsor	42.6
12	Carleton	40
13	Regina	36.2
14	Concordia	36
15	UQAM	20.6

Primarily Undergraduate

Rank	University	Per cent
1	Ontario Tech	49.4
2	Saint Mary’s	47.3
3	Lakehead	45.5
4	St. Thomas	45.4
5	St. Francis Xavier	43.9
6	UNBC	42.4
7	UPEI	42.1
8	Laurentian	41.4
9	Moncton	40.9
*10	Lethbridge	39.1
*10	Mount Saint Vincent	39.1
12	Acadia	38.4
13	Cape Breton	37.6
14	Mount Allison	37.4
15	Nipissing	36.8
16	Bishop’s	35.7
17	Winnipeg	34.3
18	Trent	32.9
19	Brandon	9.3

* Indicates a tie

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