Preparing the future workforce: quick facts

November 23, 2023

Universities are preparing the workforce to tackle Canada’s greatest challenges.

Canada’s universities are educating students to address climate change, solve the housing crisis, improve health care and more. From training doctors and engineers to teachers and data scientists, they’re driving innovation and contributing to Canada’s economic growth and societal advancement.

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Enrolment

Universities welcomed approximately 1.16 million full-time and 421 thousand part-time students to campus in fall 2023:

  • 81.4% Canadian students
  • 17.7% international students

Source: Fall enrolment survey, Universities Canada, 2023.

Canadian universities are preparing the future workforce to…

Education young people and treat diseases

83,100 students in education

Our future teachers, school counsellors and professors.

174,801 students in health and related fields

Our future nurses, doctors and health researchers.

Design housing and cities

146,388 students in architecture, engineering and related technologies

Our future architects, urban planners and engineers.

Start businesses and advance technology

261,780 students in business, management and public administration

Our future leaders, entrepreneurs and public servants.

78,720 students in mathematics, computer and information sciences

Our future software developers, cybersecurity analysts and data scientists.

Produce food and protect nature

24,783 students in agriculture, natural resources and conservation

Our future agricultural researchers, conservation biologists and environmental engineers.

Better understand the world

145,794 students in physical and life sciences and technology

Our future biomedical engineers, data scientists and environmental scientists.

Source: Table 37-10-0018-01, Statistics Canada, 2022.

 

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