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University enrolment by registration status
1999/2000r
2002/2003r
2003/2004r
2004/2005
1999/2000 to 2004/2005
% change actual change
Total1 847,500 933,900 993,200 1,014,500 19.7 167,000
Male
363,800 397,200 419,500 429,000 17.9 65,200
Female
483,600 536,600 573,500 585,200 21.0 101,600
Full-time1 592,700 675,500 738,000 757,000 27.7 164,300
Male
262,600 294,200 319,300 327,700 24.8 65,100
Female
330,100 381,300 418,600 429,200 30.0 99,100
Part-time1 254,800 258,400 255,300 257,500 1.1 2,700
Male
101,200 103,000 100,200 101,300 0.1 100
Female
153,500 155,400 154,900 156,100 1.7 2,600
Undergraduate level1 650,400 719,100 770,400 785,800 20.8 135,400
Full-time1 495,100 563,600 617,500 632,000 27.7 136,900
Male
213,600 238,300 258,900 265,600 24.3 52,000
Female
281,500 325,200 358,500 366,300 30.1 84,800
Part-time1 155,300 155,500 152,900 153,800 -1.0 -1,500
Male
60,300 60,800 58,800 59,800 -0.8 -500
Female
94,900 94,700 94,100 94,000 -0.9 -900
Graduate1 116,300 135,000 142,600 148,800 27.9 32,500
Full-time1 80,200 92,600 101,100 105,600 31.7 25,400
Male
41,100 47,300 51,800 53,400 29.9 12,300
Female
39,200 45,300 49,300 52,200 33.2 13,000
Part-time1 36,100 42,400 41,500 43,100 19.4 7,000
Male
16,600 19,300 18,600 19,100 15.1 2,500
Female
19,500 23,100 22,900 24,100 23.6 4,600
r revised
1. Enrolment figures may not add up due to the exclusion of the unknown sex category, the other program level category or because of the rounding to the nearest 100.
University enrolment by field of study and sex
1999/2000r
2003/2004r
2004/2005
1999/2000 to 2004/2005
2003/2004 to 2004/2005
% change
Total1 847,500 993,200 1,014,500 19.7 2.1
Male
363,800 419,500 429,000 17.9 2.3
Female
483,600 573,500 585,200 21.0 2.0
Personal improvement and leisure1 0 100 0 ... -100.0
Male
0 0 0 ... ...
Female
0 0 0 ... ...
Education1 66,300 76,800 72,600 9.5 -5.5
Male
16,800 18,600 17,400 3.6 -6.5
Female
49,400 58,200 55,100 11.5 -5.3
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies1 25,400 34,000 35,500 39.8 4.4
Male
8,700 11,500 12,000 37.9 4.3
Female
16,800 22,400 23,500 39.9 4.9
Humanities1 119,400 147,900 145,100 21.5 -1.9
Male
45,100 54,500 54,900 21.7 0.7
Female
74,300 93,400 90,300 21.5 -3.3
Social and behavioural sciences, and law1 132,500 164,800 178,100 34.4 8.1
Male
47,600 56,900 61,300 28.8 7.7
Female
84,900 107,900 116,900 37.7 8.3
Business, management and public administration1 134,400 160,500 162,900 21.2 1.5
Male
60,300 73,400 75,500 25.2 2.9
Female
74,100 87,200 87,300 17.8 0.1
Physical and life sciences, and technologies1 79,300 91,700 96,400 21.6 5.1
Male
36,700 40,700 42,700 16.3 4.9
Female
42,600 51,000 53,700 26.1 5.3
Mathematics, computer and information sciences1 41,600 44,200 40,900 -1.7 -7.5
Male
29,400 32,300 29,900 1.7 -7.4
Female
12,100 11,900 11,000 -9.1 -7.6
Architecture, engineering and related technologies1 67,400 85,800 86,500 28.3 0.8
Male
52,000 66,500 67,300 29.4 1.2
Female
15,400 19,200 19,100 24.0 -0.5
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation1 16,400 14,600 14,600 -11.0 0.0
Male
8,100 6,600 6,600 -18.5 0.0
Female
8,300 8,000 8,100 -2.4 1.3
Health, parks, recreation and fitness1 74,800 91,900 98,000 31.0 6.6
Male
24,200 26,200 27,900 15.3 6.5
Female
50,700 65,700 70,000 38.1 6.5
Personal, protective and transportation services 400 1,300 1,700 325.0 30.8
Male
300 800 1,000 233.3 25.0
Female
100 500 700 600.0 40.0
Other1 89,700 79,600 82,200 -8.4 3.3
Male
34,700 31,400 32,500 -6.3 3.5
Female
54,900 48,200 49,700 -9.5 3.1
r revised
... not applicable
1. Enrolment figures may not add up due to the exclusion of the unknown sex category and rounding to the nearest 100.
University enrolment by province
1999/2000r
2003/2004r
2004/2005
1999/2000 to 2004/2005
2003/2004 to 2004/2005
% change
Canada1 847,500 993,200 1,014,500 19.7 2.1
Newfoundland and Labrador
16,300 17,600 18,000 10.4 2.3
Prince Edward Island
3,100 3,900 4,000 29.0 2.6
Nova Scotia
37,600 44,800 43,500 15.7 -2.9
New Brunswick
22,400 25,600 24,900 11.2 -2.7
Quebec
237,900 260,100 263,400 10.7 1.3
Ontario
312,300 397,800 413,400 32.4 3.9
Manitoba
30,700 38,000 39,300 28.0 3.4
Saskatchewan
31,500 34,600 32,800 4.1 -5.2
Alberta
81,600 86,100 88,100 8.0 2.3
British Columbia
74,300 85,000 87,000 17.1 2.4
Full-time student
Canada 592,700 738,000 757,000 27.7 2.6
Newfoundland and Labrador
13,500 14,400 14,900 10.4 3.5
Prince Edward Island
2,600 3,300 3,400 30.8 3.0
Nova Scotia
30,000 36,200 35,600 18.7 -1.7
New Brunswick
18,200 21,100 20,400 12.1 -3.3
Quebec
137,700 161,800 164,900 19.8 1.9
Ontario
237,200 316,100 333,200 40.5 5.4
Manitoba
20,900 27,800 29,000 38.8 4.3
Saskatchewan
23,900 26,500 24,800 3.8 -6.4
Alberta
55,500 65,000 65,700 18.4 1.1
British Columbia
53,100 65,800 65,100 22.6 -1.1
Part-time student
Canada 254,800 255,300 257,500 1.1 0.9
Newfoundland and Labrador
2,800 3,100 3,200 14.3 3.2
Prince Edward Island
500 600 600 20.0 0.0
Nova Scotia
7,600 8,500 8,000 5.3 -5.9
New Brunswick
4,100 4,400 4,500 9.8 2.3
Quebec
100,100 98,300 98,500 -1.6 0.2
Ontario
75,100 81,700 80,200 6.8 -1.8
Manitoba
9,800 10,200 10,300 5.1 1.0
Saskatchewan
7,500 8,100 8,000 6.7 -1.2
Alberta
26,000 21,100 22,400 -13.8 6.2
British Columbia
21,200 19,200 21,900 3.3 14.1
r revised
1. Enrolment figures may not add up due to rounding to the nearest 100.
