photo courtesy of mount allison university, photo by daniel st. louis

Canada’s Best Universities in 2025 by Library Expenses

This measure looks at the universities’ commitment to funding their libraries

October 10, 2024

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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

University	Rank	Per cent
Manitoba	1	5.2
Toronto	2	4.6
McGill	3	4.3
Laval	4	3.9
Saskatchewan	5	3.8
Queen's	6	3.7
Dalhousie	7	3.6
Montréal	8	3.5
Ottawa	9	3.4
Alberta	10	3.3
Western	11	3.2
McMaster	12	3.1
Calgary	13	3.0
Sherbrooke	13	3.0
UBC	15	2.3

* Indicates a tie

COMPREHENSIVE

University	Rank	Per cent
Simon Fraser	1	6.1
New Brunswick	2	4.9
Victoria	3	4.7
Carleton	4	3.9
Windsor	4	3.9
Concordia	6	3.7
Brock	7	3.6
York	8	3.4
Memorial	9	3.3
Regina	9	3.3
Guelph	11	3.2
UQAM	11	3.2
Toronto Metropolitan	13	2.8
Waterloo	14	2.6
Wilfrid Laurier	14	2.6

* Indicates a tie

PRIMARILY UNDERGRADUATE

University	Rank	Per cent
Mount Allison	1	5.2
St. Thomas	2	4.9
Bishop's	3	4.8
Mount Saint Vincent	4	4.7
Brandon	5	4.6
Acadia	6	4.2
Winnipeg	6	4.2
Nipissing	8	3.7
Lakehead	9	3.5
Lethbridge	9	3.5
Moncton	9	3.5
Saint Mary's	9	3.5
Cape Breton	13	3.4
Trent	13	3.4
Laurentian	15	2.8
UPEI	16	2.7
St. Francis Xavier	16	2.7
Ontario Tech	18	2.4
UNBC	19	2.2
Algoma	20	1.4