In Canada, in the 2021-2022 academic year, nearly four in five students enrolled in a post-secondary program in health care was a female student (79.8 percent). By contrast, nearly four out of five students enrolled in a post-secondary program related to engineering and engineering technology were men (77.1 percent). The second most popular type of program among men was mathematics and computer and information sciences, while that for women was education and teaching.
Distribution of post-secondary enrolment in Canada in 2021-2022, by gender and academic program
The source adds the following information: "Enrolments are based on students enrolled in the postsecondary institutions at the time of the fall snapshot date, that is, a single date chosen by the institution which falls from September 30th to December 1st. Therefore students who are not enrolled during this time period are excluded and enrolment totals do not represent a full academic year. This has a greater impact on colleges as they have a continuous intake of students and shorter programs. It should also be noted, enrolments are based on program counts and not student counts. If a student is enrolled in more than one program as of the snapshot date, then all of their programs are included in the count."
Adapted from Statistics Canada, statcan.gc.ca, 2020 to 2022. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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