List of Canadian universities by endowment
This list of Canadian universities by endowment groups the universities in Canada according to their endowments. As of the end of the 2018/2019 fiscal year, the total value of endowments at Canadian universities was around $18 billion. Some universities do not have endowments while the largest endowment for a single university is over $2.5 billion.
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.
Institution | Endowment (2016/17) per student |
Endowment (2018/19) billions CAD |
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 | $1.610[1] | $1.566[2] | $1.654[3] | $1.386[3] | $1.400[4] | 40,971[5] |
Queen's University at Kingston | $37,740 | $1.152[6] | $1.085[7] | $1.067[8] | $0.930[8] | $0.918[9] | 28,272[10] |
University of Alberta | $34,940 | $1.432[11] | $1.379[12] | $1.304[13] | $1.149[13] | $1.118[14] | 37,321[15] |
University of British Columbia | $24,412 | $1.720[16] | $1.538[17] | $1.536[18] | $1.451[18] | $1.308[19] | 62,919[20] |
University of Toronto[Notes 1] | $26,812 | $2.593[21] | $2.504[22] | $2.380[23] | $2.097[23] | $2.142[24] | 88,766[25] |
- 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.
Institution | Endowment (2016/17) per student |
Endowment (2018/19) millions CAD |
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) |
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Carleton University | $8,979 | $265.410[26] | $269.386[27] | $261.744[28] | |||
Dalhousie University | $29,524 | $649.7[29] | $616.7[30] | $582.9[31] | $530.7[32] | $537.8[33] | 19,743[34] |
McMaster University | $24,191[35] | $757.7[36] | $727.4[37] | $704.7[35] | $655.5[38] | $609.0[38] | 29,130[35] |
Simon Fraser University | $9,579 | $360.153[39] | $336.711[40] | $321.938[41] | $302.870[41] | $285.869[42] | 33,607[43] |
Université de Montréal | $5,108 | $365.140[44] | $342.543[45] | $339.730[46] | $248.006[46] | $243.490[47] | 66,506[48][Notes 1] |
University of Calgary | $28,039 | $991.060[49] | $952.665[50] | $888.099[51] | $777.337[52] | $790.568 [53] | 31,673[54] |
University of Ottawa | $6,444 | $293.997[55] | $279.6[56] | $270.0[57] | $255.0[58] | 41,900[59] | |
University of Guelph | $12,284 | $382.7[60] | $360.8[61] | $352.4[62] | $328.1[62] | $341.9[62] | 28,687[63] |
University of Manitoba | $15,875 | $507.001[64] | $473.403[65] | $468.296[66] | $ | $ | 29,498[67] |
University of Victoria | $14,593 | $342.896[68] | $343.144[69] | $316.621[70] | $306.472[70] | $295.532[70] | 21,696[71] |
University of Waterloo | $10,717 | $390.773[72] | $375.130[73] | $367.895[74] | $333.379[74] | 335.731[75] | 34,325[76] |
University of Western Ontario | $17,712 | $803.8[77] | $746.466[78] | $679.0[79] | $580.6[79] | $585.8[79] | 38,335[80][Notes 1] |
Victoria University, Toronto | $153,664 | $506.779[81] | $477.195[82] | $473.9[83] | $447.1[83] | $454.0[84] | 3,084[85] |
University of Saskatchewan | $401.2[86] | $378.1[87] | $ | $ | $ | ||
York University | $8,705 | $496.040[88] | $451.531[89] | $456.300[90] | $397.760[90] | $438.484[91] | 52,418[92] |
- 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.
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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