 The library now has one of the largest Chinese academic collections in Canada.With over 200,000 volumes in 2018, the collection of Japanese materials at the Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library is the largest in size in Canada, and one of the largest in North America.Areas of strength are in the humanities and social sciences, with a particular focus on history and literature of all periods, but also including comprehensive holdings in the areas of philosophy and religion, politics & government, anthropology, sociology, women's studies and film studies.