This list of Canadian universities by endowment groups the universities in Canada according to their endowments. As of the end of the 2023/2024 fiscal year, the total value of endowments at Canadian universities was over $23 billion.
Some universities do not have endowments while the largest endowment for a single university - the University of Toronto - is over $3 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 (2023/24) billions CAD | Endowment (2022/23) billions CAD | Endowment (2021/22) billions CAD | Endowment (2020/21) billions CAD | Endowment (2019/20) billions CAD |
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University of Toronto [Notes 1] | $3.616 [2] | $3.267 [3] | $3.167 [4] | $3.150 [5] | $2.510 [6] |
University of British Columbia | $2.336 [7] | $2.123 [8] | $2.104 [9] | $2.008 [10] | $1.799 [11] |
McGill University | $1.977 [12] | $1.822 [13] | $1.739 [14] | $1.808 [15] | $1.524 [16] |
University of Alberta | $1.815 [17] | $1.728 [18] | $1.639 [19] | $1.456 [20] | $1.284 [21] |
Queen's University at Kingston | $1.597 [22] | $1.448 [23] | $1.407 [24] | $1.38 [25] | $1.141 [26] |
University of Calgary | $1.316 [27] | $1.176 [28] | $1.162 [29] | $1.120 [30] | $0.916 [31] |
University of Western Ontario | $1.296 [32] | $1.141 [33] | $1.046 [34] | $0.990 [35] | $0.805 [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 (2023/24) millions CAD | Endowment (2022/23) millions CAD | Endowment (2021/22) millions CAD | Endowment (2020/21) millions CAD | Endowment (2019/20) millions CAD |
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Carleton University | $370.157 [37] | $361.423 [38] | $343.266 [39] | $353.014 [40] | $298.612 [41] |
Dalhousie University | $707.191 [42] | $681.497 [43] | $597.593 [44] | $563.147 [45] | $609.8 [46] |
McMaster University | $815.1 [47] | $750.5 [48] | $704.994 [49] | $756.216 [50] | $731.9 [51] |
Simon Fraser University | $520.4 [52] | $485.471 [53] | $470.610 [54] | $392.917 [55] | $380.756 [56] |
Université de Montréal | $469.157 [57] | $428.951 [58] | $403.054 [59] | $390.317 [60] | $328.635 [61] |
University of Ottawa | $350.738 [62] | $333.880 [63] | $321.301 [64] | $338.769 [65] | $295.437 [66] |
University of Guelph | $486.113 [67] | $445.165 [68] | $411.6 [69] | $418.1 [70] | $351.7 [71] |
University of Manitoba | $675.969 [72] | $619.983 [73] | $600.213 [74] | $550.845 [75] | $471.1 [76] |
University of Victoria | $455.457 [77] | $436.144 [78] | $418.237 [79] | $392.775 [80] | $375.802 [81] |
University of Waterloo | $524.827 [82] | $492.010 [83] | $464.677 [84] | $441.922 [85] | $402.806 [86] |
Victoria University, Toronto | $572.304 [87] | $555.701 [88] | $544.261 [89] | $523.996 [90] | $488.758 [91] |
University of Saskatchewan | $509.173 [92] | $475.371 [93] | $462.817 [94] | $459.4 [95] | $407.5 [96] |
York University | $607.792 [97] | $566.712 [98] | $533.567 [99] | $579.189 [100] | $479.418 [101] |
University of New Brunswick | $259.864 [102] | $238.328 [103] | $215.945 [104] | $196.158 [105] | $178.530 [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 (2023/24) millions CAD | Endowment (2022/23) millions CAD | Endowment (2021/22) millions CAD | Endowment (2020/21) millions CAD | Endowment (2019/20) millions CAD |
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Brock University | $130.145 [107] | $122.332 [108] | $119.025 [109] | $123.810 [110] | $103.896 [111] |
Laurentian University | $49.614 [112] | $47.510 [113] | $60.961 [114] | $61.482 [115] | $52.845 [116] |
Laval University | $224.497 [117] | $199.944 [118] | $34.679 [119] | $37.407 [120] | $34.761 [121] |
University of Lethbridge | $104.301 [122] | $94.892 [123] | $94.499 [124] | $81.121 [125] | $66.761 [126] |
Memorial University of Newfoundland | $177.960 [127] | $158.794 [128] | $156.119 [129] | $145.9 [130] | $118.569 [131] |
Nipissing University | $12.859 [132] | $12.702 [133] | $12.326 [134] | $12.133 [135] | $12.031 [136] |
Toronto Metropolitan University | $162.661 [137] | $155.492 [138] | $148.873 [139] | $140.867 [140] | $136.285 [141] |
Trent University | $102.312 [142] | $95.119 [143] | $86.909 [144] | $86.900 [145] | $72.477 [146] |
University of Regina | $64.115 [147] | $126.4 [148] | $138.3 [149] | $121.1 [150] | $116.4 [151] |
University of Windsor | $151.903 [152] | $139.776 [153] | $140.486 [154] | $142.414 [155] | $117.209 [156] |
University of Prince Edward Island | $66.049 [157] | $60.134 [158] | $54.133 [159] | $50.115 [160] | $45.883 [161] |
Lakehead University | $58.650 [162] | $68.626 [163] | $64.417 [164] | $63.404 [165] | $58.965 [166] |
Wilfrid Laurier University | $120.539 [167] | $113.943 [168] | $107.752 [169] | $105.664 [170] | $95.385 [171] |
Redeemer University College | $6.608 [172] | $6.201 [173] | $6.220 [174] | $4.853 [175] | $4.664 [176] |
Trinity Western University | $41.641 [177] | $36.953 [178] | $33.578 [179] | $28.793 [180] | $23.204 [181] |
University of King's College | $37.601 [182] | $35.348 [183] | $35.613 [184] | $32.423 [185] | $27.377 [186] |
Saint Mary's University | $54.511 [187] | $53.266 [188] | $58.300 [189] | $53.737 [190] | $41.4 [191] |
Acadia University | $133.599 [192] | $120.130 [193] | $117.538 [194] | $109.467 [195] | $86.531 [196] |
Mount Saint Vincent University | $39.410 [197] | $36.537 [198] | $36.221 [199] | $35.983 [200] | $29.464 [201] |
Saint Francis Xavier University | $207.184 [202] | $182.539 [203] | $185.261 [204] | $169.1 [205] | $131.7 [206] |
Mount Allison University | $235.698 [207] | $220.585 [208] | $215.1 [209] | $218.039 [210] | $215.1 [211] |
Mount Royal University | $76.339 [212] | $78.043 [213] | $76.966 [214] | $61.558 [215] | $66.175 [216] |
Concordia University | $158.623 [217] | $142.530 [218] | $139.068 [219] | $144.992 [220] | $116.571 [221] |
University of Northern British Columbia | $73.119 [222] | $71.871 [223] | $69.464 [224] | $67.655 [225] | |
Algoma University | $3.909 [226] | $3.878 [227] | $3.660 [228] | $3.806 [229] | |
Ontario College of Art and Design University | $21.872 [230] | $19.572 [231] | $19.896 [232] |