x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

1. Counts represent the number of students who were enrolled in a full-time educational activity on December 1st (November 1st in Ontario) and thus present a snapshot of enrolments on that day.

2. Includes enrolments for which sex was not reported; therefore, these figures may not match the totals obtained when the enrolments for males and females are added together

3. Includes the following categories not listed in this table and delivered by a university: "Trade/vocational and preparatory training certificate or diploma", "Community college certificate or diploma or other community college level" and "Other program levels". "Other program levels" include program levels not applicable or non-programs (taking non-credit courses or taking courses without seeking a credential).

4. Since 2005/2006, enrolments for University of Regina have not been available.

The following institutions, previously colleges, now have the status of universities and are included in the 2008/2009 counts for British Columbia: Capilano University, Vancouver Island University, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Kwantlen Polytechnic University and University of the Fraser Valley. The increase in enrolment for Canada in 2008/2009 was mainly due to the attribution of university status to these five colleges. Part of this increase in university enrolment was in "Trade/vocational and preparatory training certificate or diploma" and "Community college certificate or diploma or other community college level" programs.

Due to a revision of the institutions included in the survey, the following are not included in the 2008/2009 data: in New Brunswick, Bethany Bible College; in Ontario, Institut de pastorale des Dominicains, Tyndale University College and Seminary, Redeemer University College, Royal Military College of Canada; in Alberta, Newman Theological College; in British Columbia, Regent College, Vancouver School of Theology, Trinity Western University, and Seminary of Christ the King.

5. For University of Saskatchewan, the definition of full-time and part-time has changed. The registration status for enrolments in 2008/2009 refers to the September-to-December period. In the previous years, it referred to the September-to-April period. For University of Saskatchewan, residency enrolments in the health-related programs are not included in the 2008/2009 counts.

6. Includes programs leading to a bachelor's degree, a first professional degree, an applied degree, university preliminary year or pre-bachelor, undergraduate-level certificate or diploma, license undergraduate and licentiate or testamur.

7. Includes programs leading to a master's degree, an earned doctorate, post-doctoral program, master's qualifying year, university graduate-level certificate or diploma, PhD qualifying year or probationary, internship (postgraduate medical education known as post-MD) and residency (medical, dental, veterinary).

Notes: To ensure the confidentiality of responses, all counts are randomly rounded to a multiple of 3. Since the total and sub-totals are independently rounded, the total value may not match the sum of the individual values.

Enrolments counts were revised from 2004/2005 to 2007/2008. Also, the enrolments for the Institut de pastorale des Dominicains were removed from the 2006/2007 and 2007/2008 data. The reconciliation of data is not yet completed for University of Saskatchewan for 2008/2009; University of British Columbia, for 2006/2007 to 2008/2009.

All PSIS data are subject to revision.

For a brief description of this indicator, including the methodology, please see the Handbook for the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program.

Source: Statistics Canada, Postsecondary Student Information System, CANSIM Table 477-0013, published July 14 2010.

Updated December 13, 2010.