NewsCanadian postsecondary enrolments edged up as international numbers fell
Statistics Canada reported a 0.1% increase to 2.3 million program enrolments in 2024/2025, alongside a 6.9% decline in international enrolments.
Event / data period: 2025
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IllustrationProgram enrolments at Canada’s public colleges and universities edged up 0.1% to 2.3 million in the 2024/2025 academic year. Canadian-student enrolments rose 2.1%, while international enrolments fell 6.9%.
International enrolments declined 7.7% at colleges and 6.1% at universities. The counts represent programs rather than unique students and use each institution’s single fall snapshot date between September 30 and December 1.
Data
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Program-based administrative data from public institutions, compiled by Statistics Canada.
- Public college and university program enrolments, 2024/2025
- 2.3 million
- 2025 · Estimate
- Annual change in total public college and university program enrolments, 2024/2025
- 0.1 percent
- 2025 · Estimate
- Change in international program enrolments, 2024/2025
- -6.9 percent
- 2025 · Estimate
Methodology
Program enrolments carry the source label academic year 2024/2025; the schema value “2025” is only a code for that source period and does not mean a calendar-year 2025 total. These are program counts, not unique students. The fall snapshot uses one institution-selected date between September 30 and December 1; some figures are preliminary or estimated.
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