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 | $428.951 [57] | $403.054 [58] | $390.317 [59] | $328.635 [60] | |
University of Ottawa | $350.738 [61] | $333.880 [62] | $321.301 [63] | $338.769 [64] | $295.437 [65] |
University of Guelph | $486.113 [66] | $445.165 [67] | $411.6 [68] | $418.1 [69] | $351.7 [70] |
University of Manitoba | $675.969 [71] | $619.983 [72] | $600.213 [73] | $550.845 [74] | $471.1 [75] |
University of Victoria | $455.457 [76] | $436.144 [77] | $418.237 [78] | $392.775 [79] | $375.802 [80] |
University of Waterloo | $524.827 [81] | $492.010 [82] | $464.677 [83] | $441.922 [84] | $402.806 [85] |
Victoria University, Toronto | $572.304 [86] | $555.701 [87] | $544.261 [88] | $523.996 [89] | $488.758 [90] |
University of Saskatchewan | $509.173 [91] | $475.371 [92] | $462.817 [93] | $459.4 [94] | $407.5 [95] |
York University | $607.792 [96] | $566.712 [97] | $533.567 [98] | $579.189 [99] | $479.418 [100] |
University of New Brunswick | $259.864 [101] | $238.328 [102] | $215.945 [103] | $196.158 [104] | $178.530 [105] |
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 [106] | $122.332 [107] | $119.025 [108] | $123.810 [109] | $103.896 [110] |
Laurentian University | $49.614 [111] | $47.510 [112] | $60.961 [113] | $61.482 [114] | $52.845 [115] |
Laval University | $224.497 [116] | $199.944 [117] | $34.679 [118] | $37.407 [119] | $34.761 [120] |
University of Lethbridge | $104.301 [121] | $94.892 [122] | $94.499 [123] | $81.121 [124] | $66.761 [125] |
Memorial University of Newfoundland | $177.960 [126] | $158.794 [127] | $156.119 [128] | $145.9 [129] | $118.569 [130] |
Nipissing University | $12.859 [131] | $12.702 [132] | $12.326 [133] | $12.133 [134] | $12.031 [135] |
Toronto Metropolitan University | $162.661 [136] | $155.492 [137] | $148.873 [138] | $140.867 [139] | $136.285 [140] |
Trent University | $102.312 [141] | $95.119 [142] | $86.909 [143] | $86.900 [144] | $72.477 [145] |
University of Regina | $64.115 [146] | $126.4 [147] | $138.3 [148] | $121.1 [149] | $116.4 [150] |
University of Windsor | $151.903 [151] | $139.776 [152] | $140.486 [153] | $142.414 [154] | $117.209 [155] |
University of Prince Edward Island | $66.049 [156] | $60.134 [157] | $54.133 [158] | $50.115 [159] | $45.883 [160] |
Lakehead University | $58.650 [161] | $68.626 [162] | $64.417 [163] | $63.404 [164] | $58.965 [165] |
Wilfrid Laurier University | $120.539 [166] | $113.943 [167] | $107.752 [168] | $105.664 [169] | $95.385 [170] |
Redeemer University College | $6.608 [171] | $6.201 [172] | $6.220 [173] | $4.853 [174] | $4.664 [175] |
Trinity Western University | $41.641 [176] | $36.953 [177] | $33.578 [178] | $28.793 [179] | $23.204 [180] |
University of King's College | $37.601 [181] | $35.348 [182] | $35.613 [183] | $32.423 [184] | $27.377 [185] |
Saint Mary's University | $54.511 [186] | $53.266 [187] | $58.300 [188] | $53.737 [189] | $41.4 [190] |
Acadia University | $133.599 [191] | $120.130 [192] | $117.538 [193] | $109.467 [194] | $86.531 [195] |
Mount Saint Vincent University | $39.410 [196] | $36.537 [197] | $36.221 [198] | $35.983 [199] | $29.464 [200] |
Saint Francis Xavier University | $207.184 [201] | $182.539 [202] | $185.261 [203] | $169.1 [204] | $131.7 [205] |
Mount Allison University | $235.698 [206] | $220.585 [207] | $215.1 [208] | $218.039 [209] | $215.1 [210] |
Mount Royal University | $76.339 [211] | $78.043 [212] | $76.966 [213] | $61.558 [214] | $66.175 [215] |
Concordia University | $158.623 [216] | $142.530 [217] | $139.068 [218] | $144.992 [219] | $116.571 [220] |
University of Northern British Columbia | $73.119 [221] | $71.871 [222] | $69.464 [223] | $67.655 [224] | |
Algoma University | $3.909 [225] | $3.878 [226] | $3.660 [227] | $3.806 [228] |
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