Canada: women in post-secondary programs in engineering or mathematics 2021

In Canada, while some post-secondary programs are relatively gender-balanced, such as business and administration, and trades services natural resources and conservation, others are much less so. Indeed, while the proportion of women enrolled in post-secondary programs in engineering or mathematics and computer science has increased over the past decade, it remains far lower than that of men. In the 2020-2021 academic year, only 22.4 percent of women were enrolled in engineering and engineering technology and only 28.4 percent in mathematics and computer and information sciences.

Proportion of women in post-secondary enrolment in engineering and engineering technology and in mathematics, computer and information sciences in Canada from 2010 to 2021

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Release date

November 2022

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Region

Canada

Survey time period

2010 to 2021

Age group

18 years and older

Supplementary notes

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."

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