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Canada’s Best Universities in 2025 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 | 67.9 |
| McMaster | 2 | 61.9 |
| Alberta | 3 | 52.4 |
| Saskatchewan | 4 | 51.3 |
| Ottawa | 5 | 50.8 |
| Sherbrooke | 6 | 50.4 |
| Laval | 7 | 50.3 |
| Western | 8 | 49.7 |
| Queen's | 9 | 48.9 |
| Calgary | 10 | 42.6 |
| Toronto | 11 | 42.5 |
| Dalhousie | 12 | 39.5 |
| UBC | 13 | 31.0 |
| Montréal | 14 | 29.8 |
| Manitoba | 15 | 28.8 |
COMPREHENSIVE
| University | Rank | Per cent |
|---|---|---|
| Simon Fraser | 1 | 56.0 |
| Guelph | 2 | 53.0 |
| Wilfrid Laurier | 3 | 50.0 |
| Memorial | 4 | 49.3 |
| Brock | 5 | 48.3 |
| Victoria | 6 | 45.7 |
| Toronto Metropolitan | 7 | 44.7 |
| York | 8 | 43.7 |
| New Brunswick | 9 | 43.4 |
| Waterloo | 10 | 41.0 |
| Carleton | 11 | 40.1 |
| Windsor | 12 | 37.8 |
| Concordia | 13 | 36.1 |
| Regina | 14 | 36.0 |
| UQAM | 15 | 22.4 |
PRIMARILY UNDERGRADUATE
| University | Rank | Per cent |
|---|---|---|
| Laurentian | 1 | 52.2 |
| Ontario Tech | 2 | 44.2 |
| St. Thomas | 3 | 43.4 |
| UPEI | 4 | 43.0 |
| St. Francis Xavier | 5 | 42.7 |
| UNBC | 6 | 42.1 |
| Lakehead | 7 | 41.2 |
| Lethbridge | 7 | 41.2 |
| Saint Mary's | 9 | 41.1 |
| Moncton | 10 | 38.6 |
| Nipissing | 11 | 35.6 |
| Algoma | 12 | 35.2 |
| Winnipeg | 13 | 34.0 |
| Brandon | 14 | 33.7 |
| Mount Allison | 14 | 33.7 |
| Mount Saint Vincent | 16 | 32.7 |
| Trent | 17 | 31.0 |
| Acadia | 18 | 30.9 |
| Bishop's | 19 | 30.3 |
| Cape Breton | 20 | 29.5 |
* Indicates a tie