photograph courtesy of toronto metropolitan university
Canada’s Best Universities in 2026 by Library Acquisitions
This measure looks at the universities’ commitment to updating their library acquisitions
These figures show the proportion of a university’s library budget that is allocated to updating its collection, including electronic access.
MEDICAL DOCTORAL
| University | Rank | Per cent |
|---|---|---|
| McGill | 1 | 65.2 |
| McMaster | 2 | 54.0 |
| Saskatchewan | 3 | 51.1 |
| Alberta | 4 | 50.5 |
| Sherbrooke | 5 | 49.3 |
| Western | 6 | 48.9 |
| Ottawa | 7 | 48.2 |
| Laval | 8 | 47.8 |
| Queen's | 9 | 45.6 |
| Calgary | 10 | 44.8 |
| Toronto | 11 | 41.0 |
| Dalhousie | 12 | 38.5 |
| UBC | 13 | 29.0 |
| Montreal | 14 | 28.3 |
| Manitoba | 15 | 27.9 |
COMPREHENSIVE
| University | Rank | Per cent |
|---|---|---|
| Simon Fraser | 1 | 53.9 |
| Guelph | 2 | 53.4 |
| Brock | 3 | 48.3 |
| Victoria | 4 | 46.4 |
| Memorial | 5 | 45.0 |
| New Brunswick | 6 | 44.2 |
| York | 7 | 43.4 |
| Waterloo | 8 | 41.4 |
| Windsor | 9 | 39.9 |
| Concordia | 10 | 38.5 |
| Toronto Metropolitan | 11 | 37.8 |
| Wilfrid Laurier | 12 | 36.1 |
| Carleton | 13 | 35.0 |
| Regina | 14 | 34.0 |
| UQAM | 15 | 18.9 |
PRIMARILY UNDERGRADUATE
| University | Rank | Per cent |
|---|---|---|
| Laurentian | 1 | 51.1 |
| Ontario Tech | 2 | 46.1 |
| St. Francis Xavier | 3 | 44.9 |
| St. Thomas | 4 | 44.2 |
| UPEI | 5 | 43.9 |
| Lakehead | 6 | 42.9 |
| UNBC | 7 | 42.6 |
| Lethbridge | 8 | 40.1 |
| Saint Mary's | 9 | 39.6 |
| Algoma | 10 | 38.2 |
| Winnipeg | 11 | 36.7 |
| Mount Saint Vincent | 12 | 36.4 |
| Nipissing | 12 | 36.4 |
| Bishop's | 14 | 34.1 |
| Acadia | 15 | 33.0 |
| Mount Allison | 15 | 33.0 |
| Trent | 17 | 32.2 |
| Moncton | 18 | 26.4 |
| Cape Breton | 19 | 25.8 |
| Brandon | 20 | 24.3 |
* Indicates a tie
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