Data on the evolution of university financing in Ontario, Canada, are provided. Statistical tables cover: Ontario universities' share of provincial budgetary expenditures, 1972-1984; interprovincial comparisons of operating grants to universities for full-time equivalent students, 1974-1984; provincial operating grants for universities per $1,000 of provincial personal income; percentage increases in net total operating grants by province, 1974-1985; estimated tax capacity, tax revenue, and tax effort, 1984-1985; estimated gross general provincial government revenue per capita and as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product and provincial personal income, 1983-1984; capital expenditures, liquid reserves, and borrowings in Ontario, 1972-1984; Canadian unemployment and participation rates by educational attainment; cost of salaries and wages and benefits to the Ontario government and universities; a comparison of benefit costs; an index of expenditure on library acquisitions; and total equipment purchases by fund. Appendices include: a 1984-1985 summary of the Report of the Committee on Enrolment Statistics and Projections; and an update of the Ontario University Non-Salary Price Index. (SW)