Canada’s Best Universities by Library Expenses: Rankings 2024
This measure looks at the universities' commitment to funding their libraries
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 | 4.9 |
| Toronto | 2 | 4.4 |
| McGill | 3 | 4.3 |
| Saskatchewan | 4 | 4.0 |
| Dalhousie | 5 | 3.9 |
| Laval | 6 | 3.8 |
| Queen's | 6 | 3.8 |
| Ottawa | 8 | 3.7 |
| Montréal | 9 | 3.5 |
| Western | 10 | 3.4 |
| Alberta | 11 | 3.2 |
| McMaster | 11 | 3.2 |
| Sherbrooke | 11 | 3.2 |
| Calgary | 14 | 3.1 |
| UBC | 15 | 2.4 |
* Indicates a tie
Comprehensive
| University | Rank | Per cent |
|---|---|---|
| Simon Fraser | 1 | 6.4 |
| New Brunswick | 2 | 5.0 |
| Victoria | 3 | 4.7 |
| Memorial | 4 | 4.4 |
| Concordia | 5 | 4.0 |
| Windsor | 5 | 4.0 |
| Brock | 7 | 3.7 |
| Carleton | 8 | 3.4 |
| Regina | 8 | 3.4 |
| York | 8 | 3.4 |
| Guelph | 11 | 3.2 |
| UQAM | 11 | 3.2 |
| Toronto Metropolitan | 13 | 3.0 |
| Wilfrid Laurier | 14 | 2.8 |
| Waterloo | 15 | 2.7 |
* Indicates a tie
Primarily Undergraduate
| University | Rank | Per cent |
|---|---|---|
| Mount Allison | 1 | 5.3 |
| St. Thomas | 2 | 5.0 |
| Brandon | 3 | 4.9 |
| Bishop's | 4 | 4.7 |
| Mount Saint Vincent | 5 | 4.5 |
| Winnipeg | 6 | 4.1 |
| Acadia | 7 | 4.0 |
| UNBC | 8 | 3.9 |
| Moncton | 9 | 3.8 |
| Saint Mary's | 9 | 3.8 |
| Lethbridge | 11 | 3.7 |
| Nipissing | 12 | 3.5 |
| Trent | 13 | 3.4 |
| Cape Breton | 14 | 3.2 |
| Lakehead | 14 | 3.2 |
| St. Francis Xavier | 16 | 3.1 |
| UPEI | 17 | 2.9 |
| Laurentian | 18 | 2.8 |
| Ontario Tech | 19 | 2.5 |
| Algoma | 20 | 2.1 |
* Indicates a tie