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We present an analysis of the ultraluminous X-ray source (ULX) population in75 Virgo cluster late-type galaxies, including all those with a star formationrate >~ 1 M_{sun}/yr and a representative sample of the less star-forming ones.This study is based on 110 observations obtained over 20 years with the ChandraX-ray Observatory Advanced Camera for Imaging Spectroscopy. As part of a LargeChandra Program, new observations were obtained for 52 of these 75 galaxies.The data are complete to a sensitivity of about 10^{39} erg/s, with a typicaldetection limit of about 3 x 10^{38} erg/s for the majority of the sources. Thecatalogue contains about 80 ULXs (0.3-10 keV luminosity >10^{39} erg/s), andprovides their location, observed flux, de-absorbed luminosity, and (for the 25most luminous ones) simple X-ray spectral properties. We discuss the ULXluminosity function in relation to the mass and star formation rate of thesample galaxies. We show that recent models of low-mass plus high-mass X-raybinary populations (scaling with stellar mass and star formation rate,respectively) are mostly consistent with our observational results. Wetentatively identify the most luminous X-ray source in the sample (a source inIC 3322A with L_{X} ~ 6 x 10^{40} erg/s) as a recent supernova or its youngremnant. The properties of the sample galaxies (morphologies, stellar masses,star formation rates, total X-ray luminosities from their point-sourcepopulation) are also summarised.

A Chandra Virgo cluster survey of spiral galaxies. I. Introduction to the survey and a new ULX sample