Finance:List of Canadian universities by endowment

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This list of Canadian universities by endowment groups the universities in Canada according to their endowments. All Canadian universities listed are public universities who receive additional financial support from their provincial government.

Endowments over C$1 billion

The following are the Canadian universities with financial endowments over $1 billion, expressed in Canadian dollars at fair value. All sources are official audited financial statements published in the respective fiscal years. As a collegiate university, the University of Toronto reports its financial and endowment information exclusive of its colleges, which hold additional endowments of their own.

Canadian universities by endowment
Institution Endowment (2016/17)
per student
Endowment (2017/18)
billions CAD
Endowment (2016/17)
billions CAD
Endowment (2015/16)
billions CAD
Endowment (2014/15)
billions CAD
Number of Students (2016/17)
McGill University $41,323 $1.566[1] $1.654[2] $1.386[2] $1.400[3] 40,971[4]
Queen's University $37,740 $1.085[5] $1.067[6] $0.930[6] $0.918[7] 28,272[8]
University of Alberta $34,940 $1.379[9] $1.304[10] $1.149[10] $1.118[11] 37,321[12]
University of British Columbia $24,412 $1.538[13] $1.536[14] $1.451[14] $1.308[15] 62,919[16]
University of Toronto[Notes 1] $26,812 $2.540[17] $2.380[18] $2.097[18] $2.142[19] 88,766[20]
  1. Endowments for the University of Toronto's constituent colleges not included in figures.

Endowments C$250 million to C$1 billion

The following are the Canadian universities with the financial endowments between $250 million and $1 billion, expressed in Canadian dollars at fair value. All sources are official audited financial statements published in the respective fiscal years.

Canadian universities by endowment
Institution Endowment (2016/17)
per student
Endowment (2017/18)

millions CAD

Endowment (2016/17)
millions CAD
Endowment (2015/16)
millions CAD
Endowment (2014/15)
millions CAD
Number of Students
(2016/17)
Carleton University $8,979 $269.386[21] $261.744[22]
Dalhousie University $29,524 $616.7[23] $582.9[24] $530.7[25] $537.8[26] 19,743[27]
McMaster University $24,191[28] $727.4[29] $704.7[28] $655.5[30] $609.0[30] 29,130[28]
Simon Fraser University $9,579 $336.711[31] $321.938[32] $302.870[32] $285.869[33] 33,607[34]
Université de Montréal $5,108 $342.543[35] $339.730[36] $248.006[36] $243.490[37] 66,506[38][Notes 1]
University of Calgary $28,039 $952.665[39] $888.099[40] $777.337[41] $790.568 [42] 31,673[43]
University of Ottawa $6,444 $279.6[44] $270.0[45] $255.0[46] 41,900[47]
University of Guelph $12,284 $360.8[48] $352.4[49] $328.1[49] $341.9[49] 28,687[50]
University of Manitoba $15,875 $473.403[51] $468.296[52] $ $ 29,498[53]
University of Victoria $14,593 $343.144[54] $316.621[55] $306.472[55] $295.532[55] 21,696[56]
University of Waterloo $10,717 $375.130[57] $367.895[58] $333.379[58] 335.731[59] 34,325[60]
University of Western Ontario $17,712 $746.466[61] $679.0[62] $580.6[62] $585.8[62] 38,335[63][Notes 1]
Victoria University, Toronto $153,664 $477.195[64] $473.9[65] $447.1[65] $454.0[66] 3,084[67]
York University $8,705 $451.531[68] $456.300[69] $397.760[69] $438.484[70] 52,418[71]
  1. 1.0 1.1 Figure includes students enrolled in affiliated schools and constituent colleges.

Endowments less than C$250 million

The following are the Canadian universities with financial endowments less than $250 million, expressed in Canadian dollars at fair value. All sources are official audited financial statements published in the respective fiscal years.

Canadian universities by endowment
Institution Endowment (2013/14)
per student
Endowment (2013/14)
millions CAD
Endowment (2012/13)
millions CAD
Endowment (2011/12)
millions CAD
Endowment (2010/11)
millions CAD
Number of Students
(2013)
Brock University $ $74.5[72] $63.8[73] $54.6[74] $50.0[75]
Laurentian University $ $37.9[76] $36.8[77] $35.3[78] $34.2[79]
Laval University $2,550 $109.6 $ $ $ 42,981
University of Lethbridge $6,336 $52.0[80] $45.6[80] $ $ 8,212[80]
Memorial University of Newfoundland $ $ $69.1[81] $72.9[82] $66.5[83]
Nipissing University $ $ $11.4[84] $11.1[85] $10.6[86]
Ryerson University $ $106.3[87] $ $97.3 [88] $94.7 [88]
Trent University $6,075 $48.6 $43.7[89] $39.9[90] $35.9[91]
University of New Brunswick $20,501 $218.1[92] $189.0[93] $175.1[94] $171.8[95] 10,638[96]
University of Regina $ $70.4[97] $ $ $
University of Saskatchewan $ $ $247.9[98] $ $
University of Windsor $5,283 $102.1[99] $70.9[100] $65.3[101] $65.3[102]

See also

  • List of colleges and universities in the United States by endowment
  • Lists of institutions of higher education by endowment
  • List of South African universities by endowment
  • U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities
  • List of universities in Canada

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