This list of Canadian universities by endowment groups the universities in Canada according to their endowments. As of the end of the 2024/2025 fiscal year, the total value of endowments at Canadian universities was almost $26 billion.
Some universities do not have endowments while the largest endowment for a single university - the University of Toronto - is just under $4 billion.
Mount Allison University has the largest endowment per student of non-federated Canadian universities and the second largest endowment per student of all Canadian universities after Victoria University federated with the University of Toronto, reaching over $107k per student as of December 31, 2021. Mount Allison has significantly larger endowments than the average Canadian and Atlantic Canadian primarily undergraduate university. [1]
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 (2024/25) billions CAD | Endowment (2023/24) billions CAD | Endowment (2022/23) billions CAD | Endowment (2021/22) billions CAD | Endowment (2020/21) billions CAD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Toronto [Notes 1] | $3.933 [2] | $3.616 [3] | $3.267 [4] | $3.167 [5] | $3.150 [6] |
| University of British Columbia | $2.641 [7] | $2.336 [8] | $2.123 [9] | $2.104 [10] | $2.008 [11] |
| McGill University | $2.136 [12] | $1.977 [13] | $1.822 [14] | $1.739 [15] | $1.808 [16] |
| University of Alberta | $1.912 [17] | $1.815 [18] | $1.728 [19] | $1.639 [20] | $1.456 [21] |
| Queen's University at Kingston | $1.717 [22] | $1.597 [23] | $1.448 [24] | $1.407 [25] | $1.38 [26] |
| University of Calgary | $1.540 [27] | $1.316 [28] | $1.176 [29] | $1.162 [30] | $1.120 [31] |
| University of Western Ontario | $1.426 [32] | $1.296 [33] | $1.141 [34] | $1.046 [35] | $0.990 [36] |
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 (2024/25) millions CAD | Endowment (2023/24) millions CAD | Endowment (2022/23) millions CAD | Endowment (2021/22) millions CAD | Endowment (2020/21) millions CAD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carleton University | $401.181 [37] | $370.157 [38] | $361.423 [39] | $343.266 [40] | $353.014 [41] |
| Dalhousie University | $753.271 [42] | $707.191 [43] | $681.497 [44] | $597.593 [45] | $563.147 [46] |
| McMaster University | $882.314 [47] | $815.1 [48] | $750.5 [49] | $704.994 [50] | $756.216 [51] |
| Simon Fraser University | $557.498 [52] | $520.4 [53] | $485.471 [54] | $470.610 [55] | $392.917 [56] |
| Université de Montréal | $530.672 [57] | $469.157 [58] | $428.951 [59] | $403.054 [60] | $390.317 [61] |
| University of Ottawa | $361.952 [62] | $350.738 [63] | $333.880 [64] | $321.301 [65] | $338.769 [66] |
| University of Guelph | $536.816 [67] | $486.113 [68] | $445.165 [69] | $411.6 [70] | $418.1 [71] |
| University of Manitoba | $739.335 [72] | $675.969 [73] | $619.983 [74] | $600.213 [75] | $550.845 [76] |
| University of Victoria | $470.829 [77] | $455.457 [78] | $436.144 [79] | $418.237 [80] | $392.775 [81] |
| University of Waterloo | $565.462 [82] | $524.827 [83] | $492.010 [84] | $464.677 [85] | $441.922 [86] |
| Victoria University, Toronto | $592.945 [87] | $572.304 [88] | $555.701 [89] | $544.261 [90] | $523.996 [91] |
| University of Saskatchewan | $535.573 [92] | $509.173 [93] | $475.371 [94] | $462.817 [95] | $459.4 [96] |
| York University | $661.612 [97] | $607.792 [98] | $566.712 [99] | $533.567 [100] | $579.189 [101] |
| University of New Brunswick | $276.505 [102] | $259.864 [103] | $238.328 [104] | $215.945 [105] | $196.158 [106] |
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.
| Institution | Endowment (2024/25) millions CAD | Endowment (2023/24) millions CAD | Endowment (2022/23) millions CAD | Endowment (2021/22) millions CAD | Endowment (2020/21) millions CAD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brock University | $132.011 [107] | $130.145 [108] | $122.332 [109] | $119.025 [110] | $123.810 [111] |
| Laurentian University | $52.527 [112] | $49.614 [113] | $47.510 [114] | $60.961 [115] | $61.482 [116] |
| Laval University | $237.424 [117] | $224.497 [118] | $199.944 [119] | $34.679 [120] | $37.407 [121] |
| University of Lethbridge | $109.910 [122] | $104.301 [123] | $94.892 [124] | $94.499 [125] | $81.121 [126] |
| Memorial University of Newfoundland | $197.468 [127] | $177.960 [128] | $158.794 [129] | $156.119 [130] | $145.9 [131] |
| Nipissing University | $14.968 [132] | $12.859 [133] | $12.702 [134] | $12.326 [135] | $12.133 [136] |
| Toronto Metropolitan University | $169.473 [137] | $162.661 [138] | $155.492 [139] | $148.873 [140] | $140.867 [141] |
| Trent University | $108.712 [142] | $102.312 [143] | $95.119 [144] | $86.909 [145] | $86.900 [146] |
| University of Regina | $71.299 [147] | $64.115 [148] | $126.4 [149] | $138.3 [150] | $121.1 [151] |
| University of Windsor | $165.228 [152] | $151.903 [153] | $139.776 [154] | $140.486 [155] | $142.414 [156] |
| University of Prince Edward Island | $69.065 [157] | $66.049 [158] | $60.134 [159] | $54.133 [160] | $50.115 [161] |
| Lakehead University | $62.393 [162] | $58.650 [163] | $68.626 [164] | $64.417 [165] | $63.404 [166] |
| Wilfrid Laurier University | $129.213 [167] | $120.539 [168] | $113.943 [169] | $107.752 [170] | $105.664 [171] |
| Redeemer University College | $7.206 [172] | $6.608 [173] | $6.201 [174] | $6.220 [175] | $4.853 [176] |
| Trinity Western University | $47.712 [177] | $41.641 [178] | $36.953 [179] | $33.578 [180] | $28.793 [181] |
| University of King's College | $43.971 [182] | $37.601 [183] | $35.348 [184] | $35.613 [185] | $32.423 [186] |
| Saint Mary's University | $61.110 [187] | $54.511 [188] | $53.266 [189] | $58.300 [190] | $53.737 [191] |
| Acadia University | $146.296 [192] | $133.599 [193] | $120.130 [194] | $117.538 [195] | $109.467 [196] |
| Mount Saint Vincent University | $44.674 [197] | $39.410 [198] | $36.537 [199] | $36.221 [200] | $35.983 [201] |
| Saint Francis Xavier University | $227.766 [202] | $207.184 [203] | $182.539 [204] | $185.261 [205] | $169.1 [206] |
| Mount Allison University | $244.737 [207] | $235.698 [208] | $220.585 [209] | $215.1 [210] | $218.039 [211] |
| Mount Royal University | $91.700 [212] | $76.339 [213] | $78.043 [214] | $76.966 [215] | $61.558 [216] |
| Concordia University | $172.167 [217] | $158.623 [218] | $142.530 [219] | $139.068 [220] | $144.992 [221] |
| University of Northern British Columbia | $75.591 [222] | $73.119 [223] | $71.871 [224] | $69.464 [225] | |
| Algoma University | $4.091 [226] | $3.909 [227] | $3.878 [228] | $3.660 [229] | |
| Ontario College of Art and Design University | $23.618 [230] | $21.872 [231] | $19.572 [232] | $19.896 [233] |