Canada’s Best Universities by Library Acquisitions: Rankings 2024
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 | 66.8 |
| McMaster | 2 | 58.0 |
| Laval | 3 | 52.9 |
| Sherbrooke | 4 | 51.9 |
| Saskatchewan | 5 | 51.7 |
| Ottawa | 6 | 50.3 |
| Alberta | 7 | 50.2 |
| Western | 8 | 49.8 |
| Queen's | 9 | 48.2 |
| Calgary | 10 | 44.4 |
| Dalhousie | 11 | 39.8 |
| Toronto | 12 | 39.0 |
| Manitoba | 13 | 36.8 |
| UBC | 14 | 32.4 |
| Montréal | 15 | 28.9 |
Comprehensive
| University | Rank | Per cent |
|---|---|---|
| Simon Fraser | 1 | 56.3 |
| Guelph | 2 | 53.6 |
| Wilfrid Laurier | 3 | 51.2 |
| Memorial | 4 | 48.5 |
| Brock | 5 | 47.4 |
| Victoria | 6 | 47.0 |
| New Brunswick | 7 | 46.1 |
| York | 8 | 45.7 |
| Waterloo | 9 | 42.3 |
| Toronto Metropolitan | 10 | 41.2 |
| Windsor | 11 | 38.7 |
| Regina | 12 | 36.7 |
| Concordia | 13 | 36.3 |
| Carleton | 14 | 34.8 |
| UQAM | 15 | 20.5 |
Primarily Undergraduate
| University | Rank | Per cent |
|---|---|---|
| Laurentian | 1 | 50.8 |
| Ontario Tech | 2 | 46.9 |
| St. Thomas | 3 | 46.1 |
| Lethbridge | 4 | 43.8 |
| St. Francis Xavier | 5 | 43.6 |
| Saint Mary's | 6 | 43.2 |
| Lakehead | 7 | 42.9 |
| UPEI | 8 | 42.3 |
| Algoma | 9 | 38.8 |
| Moncton | 9 | 38.8 |
| UNBC | 11 | 38.5 |
| Brandon | 12 | 35.8 |
| Mount Saint Vincent | 13 | 35.6 |
| Mount Allison | 14 | 35.1 |
| Cape Breton | 15 | 35.0 |
| Bishop's | 16 | 33.8 |
| Nipissing | 17 | 33.4 |
| Winnipeg | 18 | 32.7 |
| Trent | 19 | 31.6 |
| Acadia | 20 | 30.3 |
* Indicates a tie