Canada’s Best Universities by Library Expenses: Rankings 2023

Libraries are important centres of student activity and learning. These figures show the percentage of a university’s budget that is devoted to maintaining library services.

Medical Doctoral

Rank	University	Per cent
1	Manitoba	5.3
2	McGill	4.5
3	Toronto	4.4
4	Laval	4.1
5	Saskatchewan	4
6	Dalhousie	3.9
7	Queen’s	3.8
*8	Alberta	3.7
*8	Western	3.7
*10	Montréal	3.6
*10	Ottawa	3.6
12	Sherbrooke	3.3
*13	Calgary	3.1
*13	McMaster	3.1
15	UBC	2.6

Comprehensive

Rank	University	Per cent
1	Simon Fraser	6.8
2	New Brunswick	5.5
3	Victoria	4.9
*4	Memorial	4.5
*4	Windsor	4.5
6	Concordia	4.2
7	Carleton	3.9
8	Brock	3.8
*9	Guelph	3.6
*9	Regina	3.6
*11	Wilfrid Laurier	3.4
*11	York	3.4
13	UQAM	3.3
14	Toronto Metropolitan	3.2
15	Waterloo	2.7

Primarily Undergraduate

Rank	University	Per cent
1	Mount Allison	5.5
2	Bishop’s	5.2
3	Brandon	5.1
4	St. Thomas	5
5	Mount Saint Vincent	4.5
*6	Acadia	4.3
*6	UNBC	4.3
*6	Winnipeg	4.3
9	Moncton	4
*10	Lethbridge	3.9
*10	Saint Mary’s	3.9
12	Trent	3.6
13	Lakehead	3.3
*14	Cape Breton	3.2
*14	Nipissing	3.2
*14	St. Francis Xavier	3.2
17	UPEI	3.1
18	Laurentian	3
19	Ontario Tech	2.7

* Indicates a tie

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