U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities

This article is about the group of research-intensive Canadian universities. For a type of marijuana, see G-13.

The Group of Thirteen, more commonly referred to as the G13 (or G-13), is a group of leading research-intensive universities in Canada. Formed over 10 years ago as an informal biannual meeting of university executive heads, the grouping is similar to the Australian Group of Eight, although it is not incorporated. The G13's primary activity is in joint research programmes. The chairmanship of the G13 rotates among the executive heads of the thirteen universities.

As of April of 2006, three universities were added to the group, expanding the group from ten universities (formerly the G10) to thirteen. The three universities added were the University of Calgary, Dalhousie University and the University of Ottawa.

The 13 organizations have within them 66% of all Canada Research Chairs nationwide. CRC allocations are proportional to the amount of grant funding from the three federal granting agencies (NSERC, CIHR, and SSHRC); thus, G13 institutions receive about two thirds of all government research funding in Canada.

Members

The members of the G13 are, in alphabetical order:

University	Location	Founded	Homepage
University of Alberta	Edmonton, Alberta	1908	Website
University of British Columbia	Vancouver, British Columbia	1908	Website
University of Calgary	Calgary, Alberta	1966	Website
Dalhousie University	Halifax, Nova Scotia	1818	Website
Université Laval	Quebec City, Quebec	1663	Website
McGill University	Montreal, Quebec	1821	Website
McMaster University	Hamilton, Ontario	1887	Website
Université de Montréal	Montreal, Quebec	1878	Website
University of Ottawa	Ottawa, Ontario	1848	Website
Queen's University	Kingston, Ontario	1841	Website
University of Toronto	Toronto, Ontario	1827	Website
University of Waterloo	Waterloo, Ontario	1957	Website
University of Western Ontario	London, Ontario	1878	Website

G10DE: Data Exchange

The G10 data exchange (G10DE), founded in 1999, is a data exchange consortium made to facilitate comparative analysis and benchmarking for Canada's top universities. Comprising the institutional research directors at each of the G10 institutions, the G10DE would, through the formal and informal exchange of datasets and information, support the Executive Heads in the development and enhancement of the distinctive mission of the institutions. The G10DE was modelled after a similar data exchange consortium of leading American research universities.

With the expansion of the G10 in 2006 to include the University of Calgary, Dalhousie University and the University of Ottawa, they will be participating in future data exchanges in the G13.

Endowments

Total endowment wealth

The G13 schools have some of the highest financial endowments in Canada. Although they are substantially less than the wealthiest US universities, they are approximately on par with the wealthiest universities in Asia and Europe. Most of the G13 schools have endowments of over $100 million. It should be noted that in the University of Toronto, constituent colleges hold endowments as well (not included in these figures).

Rank	Institution	Endowment
1	University of Toronto	$1.82 billion
2	University of British Columbia	$876.8 million
3	McGill University	$832.8 million
4	University of Alberta	$645 million
5	Queen's University	$580.6 million
6	McMaster University	$449.2 million
7	University of Calgary	$355 million
8	Dalhousie University	$321 million
9	University of Western Ontario	$218.8 million
10	University of Waterloo	$157.3 million
11	Université Laval	$105.3 million
12	University of Ottawa	$100.5 million
13	Université de Montréal	$89.5 million

Endowment per student

It should be noted that in the University of Toronto, constituent colleges hold endowments as well. Therefore, in some cases, the combined endowment per student exceeds other Canadian universities. At Trinity College, for example, investments totalling $64.7 million lift the endowment per student to $58,445.

Rank	Institution	Endowment per student
1	University of Toronto	$42,300
2	Queen's University	$34,800
3	McGill University	$26,900
4	Dalhousie University	$20,700
5	University of British Columbia	$18,400
6	University of Alberta	$18,200
7	McMaster University	$14,800
8	University of Calgary	$12,600
9	University of Waterloo	$6,100
10	University of Western Ontario	$5,800
11	Université Laval	$2,800
12	University of Ottawa	$2,600
13	Université de Montreal	$1,600

See also

• List of Canadian universities by endowment
• List of universities in Canada
• Ivy League
• Russell Group (a network of leading British research universities)
• Group of Eight (a group of leading Australian universities)
• Innovative Research Universities Australia (IRU Australia)
• Coimbra Group (a network of leading European universities)
• Universitas 21 (a worldwide network of leading research universities)
• Public Ivy (a list of public universities in the United States on par with the Ivy League)
• 1994 Group (smaller research-led British universities, including Durham, St Andrews, and York)
• SKY (schools)(top 3 universities in Korea)
• Tokyo 6