Table D.1.4
College enrolment,1 by sex, registration status and program type, Canada, provinces and territories, 2001/2002 and 2006/2007

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  Both sexes2 Male Female
2001/2002 2006/2007 2001/2002 2006/2007 2001/2002 2006/2007
number
Full-time
Total full-time enrolment, all programs3
Canada 447,876 460,962 201,735 206,244 245,805 253,713
Newfoundland and Labrador 5,157 5,394 2,781 2,994 2,376 2,397
Prince Edward Island 1,542 1,374 819 573 720 489
Nova Scotia 6,612 7,038 3,447 3,741 3,105 3,273
New Brunswick 6,537 5,940 3,705 3,258 2,778 2,640
Quebec 172,791p 170,196p 73,785p 71,481p 99,003p 98,715p
Ontario 144,849 159,981 70,407 77,157 74,355 82,317
Manitoba 5,505 5,136 2,466 2,403 3,039 2,733
Saskatchewan 3,867 5,856 1,620 2,337 2,247 3,471
Alberta 36,009 41,652 15,285 17,805 20,667 23,793
British Columbia 64,059 57,720 27,084 24,324 36,903 33,387
Yukon 273 69 108 36 168 36
Northwest Territories 255 363 69 81 186 282
Nunavut 411 237 156 57 255 183
College certificate or diploma and other programs at the college level4
Canada 431,223 428,805 195,384 193,257 235,563 234,633
Newfoundland and Labrador 5,028 5,067 2,724 2,730 2,304 2,334
Prince Edward Island 1,527 1,374 816 573 708 489
Nova Scotia 6,573 7,032 3,423 3,738 3,093 3,270
New Brunswick 5,313 5,040 3,054 2,709 2,241 2,304
Quebec 172,785p 170,112p 73,782p 71,436p 99,003p 98,679p
Ontario 144,492 147,558 70,308 71,982 74,094 75,126
Manitoba 5,505 5,100 2,466 2,394 3,039 2,706
Saskatchewan 3,867 5,286 1,620 2,172 2,247 3,069
Alberta 34,617 35,970 14,703 15,387 19,857 20,544
British Columbia 50,577 45,600 22,158 19,971 28,365 25,617
Yukon 273 69 108 36 168 36
Northwest Territories 255 363 69 81 186 282
Nunavut 411 237 156 57 255 183
Undergraduate5
Canada 13,026 22,014 4,692 8,199 8,322 13,764
Ontario 141 4,704 12 1,644 129 3,018
Manitoba 0 33 0 9 0 24
Alberta 1,392 5,685 582 2,421 810 3,249
British Columbia 11,490 11,595 4,098 4,122 7,383 7,473
Graduate6
British Columbia 159 243 72 126 87 117
Part-time
Total part-time enrolment, all programs3
Canada 112,818 148,089 43,074 52,980 67,935 84,102
Newfoundland and Labrador 1,173 3,579 411 2,097 765 1,470
Prince Edward Island 12 183 6 75 6 108
Nova Scotia 3,741 1,512 1,740 510 1,752 906
New Brunswick 147 1,032 69 423 75 600
Quebec 26,385p 17,868p 10,137p 7,455p 16,248p 10,413p
Ontario 12,318 55,515 5,868 18,564 6,450 26,286
Manitoba 2,757 3,915 1,023 1,281 1,734 2,619
Saskatchewan 270 1,485 126 360 141 1,104
Alberta 13,434 18,855 5,049 6,351 8,382 12,471
British Columbia 51,963 43,788 18,423 15,771 31,989 27,867
Yukon 333 129 114 57 219 75
Northwest Territories 147 168 39 27 108 144
Nunavut 132 57 63 15 66 45
College certificate or diploma and other programs at the college level4
Canada 78,660 80,901 31,080 30,915 47,226 49,740
Newfoundland and Labrador 531 465 228 231 300 231
Prince Edward Island 12 33 6 9 6 24
Nova Scotia 864 732 414 276 429 432
New Brunswick 126 273 54 87 66 183
Quebec 19,338p 14,931p 7,143p 6,090p 12,195p 8,838p
Ontario 11,310 12,732 5,583 6,246 5,724 6,372
Manitoba 2,757 3,060 1,023 1,041 1,734 2,007
Saskatchewan 270 783 126 219 141 546
Alberta 13,104 16,917 4,941 5,556 8,157 11,334
British Columbia 29,739 30,624 11,340 11,064 18,078 19,509
Yukon 333 129 114 57 219 75
Northwest Territories 147 168 39 27 108 144
Nunavut 132 57 63 15 66 45
Undergraduate5
Canada 3,363 5,211 1,167 1,995 2,187 3,138
Ontario 3 543 0 138 3 333
Manitoba 0 93 0 18 0 75
Alberta 333 1,938 111 795 225 1,137
British Columbia 3,027 2,637 1,056 1,044 1,959 1,593
Graduate6
British Columbia 9 99 3 45 9 57
0 true zero or a value rounded to zero
p preliminary
1. "College" refers to community colleges, CEGEPs (collège d'enseignement général et professionnel or college of general and vocational education in Quebec), technical institutes, hospital and regional schools of nursing, radiography, medical technology and health records as well as establishments providing technological training in specialized fields. The counts represent the number of students who were enrolled in an educational activity on October 31st and thus present a snapshot of enrolments on that day.
2. Includes enrolments for which sex was not reported. Figures may not match the totals obtained when the enrolments for males and females are added together.
3. Includes the category "Other program levels," which is not presented in this table. "Other program levels" includes "program levels not applicable" or "non-programs" (taking non-credit courses or taking courses without seeking a credential). The totals exclude students enrolled in programs related to pre-employment, apprenticeship, basic training or skills upgrading, second language training, job readiness or orientation programs.
4. Includes college postsecondary programs; college post-diploma programs; collaborative degree programs; university transfer programs from a college or CEGEP (includes associate degrees); and college preliminary year courses.
5. Includes those programs leading to a bachelor's degree, an applied degree, a university preliminary year or pre-bachelor, or to an undergraduate-level certificate or diploma.
6. Includes programs leading to a master's degree or other university-graduate level certificates or diplomas.
Notes: To ensure the confidentiality of responses, all counts are randomly rounded to a multiple of 3. Since the total and subtotals are independently rounded, the total values may not match the sum of the individual values.
From year to year, more institutions are reporting data using the Postsecondary Student Information System (PSIS) format, replacing the previous Community College Student Information System (CCSIS) format. The institutions that report data using the PSIS format are asked to include students enrolled in non-programs, including non-credit activities, as well as undergraduate- and graduate-level enrolments. In general, this has resulted in institutions reporting a larger number of student enrolments. Starting in 2000/2001, enrolments from private non-subsidized institutions that were part of the PSIS survey were no longer included.
These figures on college enrolment should not be compared with those published before PSIS was introduced in 2000.
From 2000/2001 to 2006/2007, data for some institutions in Ontario and British Columbia are not included in the released data.
All PSIS data are subject to revision.
For a brief description of this indicator, including the methodology, please see the Handbook for the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program.
Source: Statistics Canada, Postsecondary Student Information System, CANSIM Table 477-0015 (version published March 30, 2010).
Updated December 13, 2010.