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University enrolment by registration status
  1999/2000 2003/2004 2004/2005r 2005/20061  1999/2000 to 2005/2006
          % change actual change
Total2 847,500 993,200 1,017,600 1,047,700 23.6 200,200
Male 363,800 419,500 430,400 442,400 21.6 78,600
Female 483,600 573,500 586,900 604,900 25.1 121,300
Full time2 592,700 738,000 759,800 781,300 31.8 188,600
Male 262,600 319,300 329,200 338,700 29.0 76,100
Female 330,100 418,600 430,600 442,500 34.1 112,400
Part time2 254,800 255,300 257,800 266,400 4.6 11,600
Male 101,200 100,200 101,300 103,700 2.5 2,500
Female 153,500 154,900 156,400 162,500 5.9 9,000
Undergraduate level2 650,400 770,400 787,100 803,500 23.5 153,100
Full time2 495,100 617,500 633,200 647,900 30.9 152,800
Male 213,600 258,900 266,200 273,000 27.8 59,400
Female 281,500 358,500 367,000 374,900 33.2 93,400
Part time2 155,300 152,900 154,000 155,600 0.2 300
Male 60,300 58,800 59,700 60,200 -0.2 -100
Female 94,900 94,100 94,200 95,300 0.4 400
Graduate2 116,300 142,600 150,400 153,600 32.1 37,300
Full time2 80,200 101,100 107,300 111,200 38.7 31,000
Male 41,100 51,800 54,300 55,800 35.8 14,700
Female 39,200 49,300 52,900 55,300 41.1 16,100
Part time2 36,100 41,500 43,100 42,400 17.5 6,300
Male 16,600 18,600 19,000 18,100 9.0 1,500
Female 19,500 22,900 24,100 24,200 24.1 4,700
rrevised
1.Enrolment figures do not include the University of Regina .
2.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 fields of study and sex
  1999/2000 2004/2005r 2005/20061 1999/2000 to 2005/2006 2004/2005 to 2005/2006
        % change
Total2 847,500 1,017,600 1,047,700 23.6 3.0
Male 363,800 430,400 442,400 21.6 2.8
Female 483,600 586,900 604,900 25.1 3.1
Personal improvement and leisure education2 0 0 400 ... ...
Male 0 0 200 ... ...
Female 0 0 200 ... ...
Education2 66,300 72,100 73,500 10.9 1.9
Male 16,800 17,400 17,600 4.8 1.1
Female 49,400 54,700 55,800 13.0 2.0
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies2 25,400 36,900 37,200 46.5 0.8
Male 8,700 12,500 12,600 44.8 0.8
Female 16,800 24,300 24,700 47.0 1.6
Humanities2 119,400 151,400 161,100 34.9 6.4
Male 45,100 57,700 61,600 36.6 6.8
Female 74,300 93,700 99,500 33.9 6.2
Social and behavioural sciences, and law2 132,400 176,400 182,800 38.1 3.6
Male 47,500 61,100 63,700 34.1 4.3
Female 84,900 115,300 119,000 40.2 3.2
Business, management and public administration2 134,400 165,100 169,300 26.0 2.5
Male 60,300 76,400 79,400 31.7 3.9
Female 74,100 88,600 89,800 21.2 1.4
Physical and life sciences, and technologies2 79,400 96,400 98,400 23.9 2.1
Male 36,700 42,600 44,100 20.2 3.5
Female 42,700 53,800 54,200 26.9 0.7
Mathematics, computer and information sciences2 41,600 40,600 36,600 -12.0 -9.9
Male 29,400 29,700 26,700 -9.2 -10.1
Female 12,100 10,900 9,900 -18.2 -9.2
Architecture, engineering and related technologies2 67,400 86,500 85,600 27.0 -1.0
Male 52,000 67,400 67,600 30.0 0.3
Female 15,400 19,100 18,000 16.9 -5.8
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation2 16,400 14,800 15,200 -7.3 2.7
Male 8,100 6,600 6,700 -17.3 1.5
Female 8,300 8,100 8,500 2.4 4.9
Health, parks, recreation and fitness2 74,800 98,400 104,200 39.3 5.9
Male 24,200 27,900 29,400 21.5 5.4
Female 50,700 70,400 74,700 47.3 6.1
Personal, protective and transportation services2 400 1,800 1,800 350.0 0.0
Male 300 1,100 1,000 233.3 -9.1
Female 100 800 700 600.0 -12.5
Other2 89,700 77,200 81,700 -8.9 5.8
Male 34,700 30,100 31,700 -8.6 5.3
Female 54,900 47,100 49,800 -9.3 5.7
r revised
... not applicable
1.Enrolment figures do not include the University of Regina .
2.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
  1999/2000 2004/2005r 2005/2006 1999/2000 to 2005/2006 2004/2005 to 2005/2006
        % change
Canada1 847,500 1,017,600 1,047,700 23.6 3.0
Newfoundland and Labrador 16,300 18,000 18,300 12.3 1.7
Prince Edward Island 3,100 4,000 3,800 22.6 -5.0
Nova Scotia 37,600 43,500 43,300 15.2 -0.5
New Brunswick 22,400 24,900 25,000 11.6 0.4
Quebec 237,900 263,400 266,000 11.8 1.0
Ontario 312,300 413,400 431,000 38.0 4.3
Manitoba 30,700 39,300 39,700 29.3 1.0
Saskatchewan 31,500 33,000 20,6002 ...3 ...3
Alberta 81,600 89,300 91,700 12.4 2.7
British Columbia 74,300 88,800 108,200 45.6 21.8
Full-time student          
Canada 592,700 759,800 781,300 31.8 2.8
Newfoundland and Labrador 13,500 14,900 14,800 9.6 -0.7
Prince Edward Island 2,600 3,400 3,300 26.9 -2.9
Nova Scotia 30,000 35,600 35,400 18.0 -0.6
New Brunswick 18,200 20,400 20,600 13.2 1.0
Quebec 137,700 164,900 168,600 22.4 2.2
Ontario 237,200 333,200 348,300 46.8 4.5
Manitoba 20,900 29,000 29,100 39.2 0.3
Saskatchewan 23,900 24,800 15,8002 ...3 ...3
Alberta 55,500 66,700 68,000 22.5 1.9
British Columbia 53,100 67,000 77,700 46.3 16.0
Part-time student          
Canada 254,800 257,800 266,400 4.6 3.3
Newfoundland and Labrador 2,800 3,200 3,400 21.4 6.3
Prince Edward Island 500 600 500 0.0 -16.7
Nova Scotia 7,600 8,000 7,900 3.9 -1.3
New Brunswick 4,100 4,500 4,400 7.3 -2.2
Quebec 100,100 98,500 97,400 -2.7 -1.1
Ontario 75,100 80,200 82,800 10.3 3.2
Manitoba 9,800 10,300 10,700 9.2 3.9
Saskatchewan 7,500 8,200 4,9002 ...3 ...3
Alberta 26,000 22,600 23,700 -8.8 4.9
British Columbia 21,200 21,800 30,500 43.9 39.9
rrevised
1.Enrolment figures may not add up due to rounding to the nearest 100.
2.Enrolment figures do not include the University of Regina .
3.Percentage change is not provided due to the absence of data for the University of Regina in 2005/2006.