Canada's Best Universities by Library Acquisitions: Rankings 2023
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 | 70.5 |
| McMaster | 2 | 61.9 |
| Western | 3 | 54.5 |
| Sherbrooke | 4 | 53.9 |
| Laval | 5 | 51.7 |
| Saskatchewan | 6 | 51.1 |
| Alberta | 7 | 49.9 |
| Calgary | 8 | 49.7 |
| Ottawa | 9 | 49.2 |
| Queen's | 10 | 48.0 |
| Dalhousie | 11 | 43.0 |
| Toronto | 12 | 39.1 |
| Manitoba | 13 | 37.6 |
| UBC | 14 | 33.1 |
| Montréal | 15 | 31.4 |
Comprehensive
| University | Rank | Per cent |
|---|---|---|
| Simon Fraser | 1 | 58.1 |
| Guelph | 2 | 56.5 |
| Wilfrid Laurier | 3 | 54.3 |
| Memorial | 4 | 50.1 |
| Brock | 5 | 48.4 |
| Victoria | 6 | 47.2 |
| New Brunswick | 7 | 45.4 |
| York | 8 | 45.1 |
| Waterloo | 9 | 44.0 |
| Toronto Metropolitan | 10 | 43.4 |
| Windsor | 11 | 42.6 |
| Carleton | 12 | 40.0 |
| Regina | 13 | 36.2 |
| Concordia | 14 | 36.0 |
| UQAM | 15 | 20.6 |
Primarily Undergraduate
| University | Rank | Per cent |
|---|---|---|
| Ontario Tech | 1 | 49.4 |
| Saint Mary's | 2 | 47.3 |
| Lakehead | 3 | 45.5 |
| St. Thomas | 4 | 45.4 |
| St. Francis Xavier | 5 | 43.9 |
| UNBC | 6 | 42.4 |
| UPEI | 7 | 42.1 |
| Laurentian | 8 | 41.4 |
| Moncton | 9 | 40.9 |
| Lethbridge | 10 | 39.1 |
| Mount Saint Vincent | 10 | 39.1 |
| Acadia | 12 | 38.4 |
| Cape Breton | 13 | 37.6 |
| Mount Allison | 14 | 37.4 |
| Nipissing | 15 | 36.8 |
| Bishop's | 16 | 35.7 |
| Winnipeg | 17 | 34.3 |
| Trent | 18 | 32.9 |
| Brandon | 19 | 9.3 |
* Indicates a tie