Highlights on Indigenous new entrants to postsecondary education

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• All data displayed are for the entry cohort of 2021/2022. Additional entry cohorts can be found in the source data table.
• The data and methods are subject to revision. Percentages are calculated using rounded counts. Totals may not add up to the sum of all categories due to rounding. See the technical reference guide "Persistence and graduation indicators of postsecondary students, 2011/2012 to 2021/2022" for further information.
• Estimates in this table are produced by integrating data from the Postsecondary Student Information System dataset (PSIS) with data from the 2016 Census and the 2021 Census. Non-linkage weights have been derived and applied to these estimates in order to be representative of the entire PSIS population.
• These estimates include only students who identified as First Nations, Métis, Inuit, Canadian citizens and permanent residents. The concept of status of student in Canada is defined at the end of the winter term, during the first year of enrolment.
• An entry cohort is based on the new entrants to a program leading to a specific educational qualification who were enrolled full time during the fall term of that Postsecondary Student Information System (PSIS) reporting year.
• The educational qualifications pursued and obtained by the new entrants are grouped according to the definitions in the Classification of programs and credentials.
• Indigenous identity refers to whether the person identified with the Indigenous peoples of Canada. This includes those who identify as First Nations (North American Indian), Métis and/or Inuk (Inuit), and/or those who report being Registered or Treaty Indians (that is, registered under the Indian Act of Canada), and/or those who have membership in a First Nation or Indian band. Aboriginal peoples of Canada (referred to here as Indigenous peoples) are defined in the Constitution Act, 1982, Section 35 (2) as including the Indian, Inuit and Métis peoples of Canada.
• The category “Indigenous identity” includes persons who identify as First Nations (North American Indian), Métis and/or Inuk (Inuit) and/or those who report being Registered or Treaty Indians (that is, registered under the Indian Act of Canada), and/or those who report having membership in a First Nation or Indian band.
• The field of study is derived using the Cannabis STEM and BHASE groupings variant of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2016, which classifies fields of study into STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and computer sciences) and BHASE (business, humanities, health, arts, social science and education) categories. BHASE also includes fields in legal studies, trades, services, natural resources and conservation.