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.
InstitutionEndowment
per student
Endowment
billions CAD
Endowment
billions CAD
Endowment
billions CAD
Endowment
billions CAD
Endowment
billions CAD
Number of Students
McGill University$41,323$1.610$1.566$1.654$1.386$1.40040,971
Queen's University at Kingston$37,740$1.152$1.085$1.067$0.930$0.91828,272
University of Alberta$34,940$1.432$1.379$1.304$1.149$1.11837,321
University of British Columbia$24,412$1.720$1.538$1.536$1.451$1.30862,919
University of Toronto$26,812$2.593$2.504$2.380$2.097$2.14288,766

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.
InstitutionEndowment
per student
Endowment
millions CAD
Endowment
millions CAD
Endowment
millions CAD
Endowment
millions CAD
Endowment
millions CAD
Number of Students
Carleton University$8,979$265.410$269.386$261.744
Dalhousie University$29,524$649.7$616.7$582.9$530.7$537.819,743
McMaster University$24,191$757.7$727.4$704.7$655.5$609.029,130
Simon Fraser University$9,579$360.153$336.711$321.938$302.870$285.86933,607
Université de Montréal$5,108$365.140$342.543$339.730$248.006$243.49066,506
University of Calgary$28,039$991.060$952.665$888.099$777.337$790.56831,673
University of Ottawa$6,444$293.997$279.6$270.0$255.041,900
University of Guelph$12,284$382.7$360.8$352.4$328.1$341.928,687
University of Manitoba$15,875$507.001$473.403$468.296$$29,498
University of Victoria$14,593$342.896$343.144$316.621$306.472$295.53221,696
University of Waterloo$10,717$390.773$375.130$367.895$333.379335.73134,325
University of Western Ontario$17,712$803.8$746.466$679.0$580.6$585.838,335
Victoria University, Toronto$153,664$506.779$477.195$473.9$447.1$454.03,084
University of Saskatchewan$401.2$378.1$$$
York University$8,705$496.040$451.531$456.300$397.760$438.48452,418

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.
InstitutionEndowment
millions CAD
Endowment
millions CAD
Endowment
millions CAD
Endowment
millions CAD
Endowment
millions CAD
Brock University$107.026$96.671$93.697$83.098$81.698
Laurentian University$51.809$48.800$$$
Laval University$36.619$36.504$$$
University of Lethbridge$72.953$68.348$$$
Memorial University of Newfoundland$$103.612$92.933$$
Nipissing University$11.905$11.642$$$
Ryerson University$135.619$131.998$$$
Trent University$72.614$64.614$$$
University of New Brunswick$178.530$168.990$$$
University of Regina$51.914$47.020$45.255$$
University of Windsor$118.734$112.667$$$
University of Prince Edward Island$40.571$35.745$32.116$$
Lakehead University$58.858$57.391$$$
Wilfrid Laurier University$96.067$91.857$$$
Redeemer University$4.363$5.278$$$
Trinity Western University$22.357$20.876$$$
University of King's College$30.123$29.079$$$
Saint Mary's University$41.2$39.3$$$
Acadia University$90.656$85.677$$$
Mount Saint Vincent University$42.318$40.816$38.901$$
Saint Francis Xavier University$146.6$138.8$130.2$108.7$95.7
Mount Allison University$186.086$177.690$$$
Mount Royal University$64.848$60.731$$$
University of Lethbridge$11.800$7.760$$$
Concordia University$89.129$81.804$$$