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From Stats Can:

Just over 1,112,300 students were enrolled in Canadian universities during the academic year 2008/2009, up 3.7% from the previous year.

Enrolments increased in half of the provinces, including Ontario (+0.5%).

Total undergraduate enrolment increased 1.2% to 822,501. Women accounted for 58.0% of enrolment at the undergraduate level.

In 2008/2009, 102,654 students were enrolled in a master's program, up 1.2% from the previous year. Women accounted for 55.7% of enrolment at the master's level.

At the doctorate level, enrolment rose 4.1% to 42,801 in 2008/2009. Men outnumbered women in doctorate programs, but by a slimmer margin than in previous years. Women accounted for 46.8% of doctorate students, up from 46.3% in 2007/2008.

In 2008/2009, three fields of study accounted for one-half of total enrolment. These fields were social and behavioral sciences, and law; business, management and public administration; and the humanities. They have been the top three broad fields of study since 1992/1993.

The largest field of study, social and behavioral sciences, and law, represented 17.2% of total enrolment, or 191,016 students.

Enrolment increased in almost every field. The largest change occurred in the personal improvement and leisure field, and the second largest in personal, protective and transportation services.

Enrolment in mathematics, computer and information sciences increased 1.5% to 33,219, reversing a multi-year downward trend. This field accounted for 3.0% of total enrolment in 2008/2009, the lowest proportion since 1992/1993.

Not surprising! Enrolments been going up every year and it's nice to see more and more people getting educated and making a life for themselves. I also love how it's usually more women too. :]

Just wanted to know, are the numbers for all of Canada or just Ontario?

As best I can tell all the numbers are for Canada, with the exception of the 0.5% increase for Ontario. That was from the Provincial Changes section, the rest were from sections looking at all of Canada.

Also from the article:
This increase was due mainly to the attribution of university status to five colleges in British Columbia. If there had been no changes in the number of universities surveyed between 2007/2008 and 2008/2009, the growth in enrollments would have been 0.7%.

Originally Posted by Marlowe

As best I can tell all the numbers are for Canada, with the exception of the 0.5% increase for Ontario.

Oh yeah, I didn't see the link. I just went to the site.

Good for me the sciences are not particularly popular.

I wish unis would decrease tuition, with all the extra people.