{"version":"1","article":{"id":"canada-postsecondary-enrolments-graduates-2024-25","slug":"canada-postsecondary-enrolments-graduates-2024-25","language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/canada-postsecondary-enrolments-graduates-2024-25","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/canada-postsecondary-enrolments-graduates-2024-25?lang=en","title":"Canadian enrolments level off as international graduates rise","summary":"Public college and university program enrolments rose 0.1% in 2024/2025 as international enrolments fell 6.9%; graduate counts increased 9.2% in calendar 2024.","category":"economy","region":"world","topics":[],"published_at":"2026-10-04T13:00:06+03:00","modified_at":"2026-10-04T13:00:06+03:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","event_period":"2025-12","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","sources":[{"name":"Statistics Canada","url":"https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/261001/dq261001a-eng.htm","publishedAt":"2026-10-01","checkedAt":"2026-10-04"},{"name":"Statistics Canada table 37-10-0086-01, postsecondary enrolments","url":"https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3710008601","publishedAt":"2026-10-01","checkedAt":"2026-10-04"},{"name":"Statistics Canada table 37-10-0090-01, postsecondary graduates","url":"https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3710009001","publishedAt":"2026-10-01","checkedAt":"2026-10-04"},{"name":"Statistics Canada Postsecondary Student Information System methodology and accuracy","url":"https://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p2SV.pl?Function=getSurvey&SDDS=5017","publishedAt":"2026-10-01","checkedAt":"2026-10-04"}],"translations":[{"language":"tr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/tr/news/canada-postsecondary-enrolments-graduates-2024-25","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/canada-postsecondary-enrolments-graduates-2024-25?lang=tr"},{"language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/canada-postsecondary-enrolments-graduates-2024-25","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/canada-postsecondary-enrolments-graduates-2024-25?lang=en"},{"language":"ar","url":"https://haberpaper.com/ar/news/canada-postsecondary-enrolments-graduates-2024-25","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/canada-postsecondary-enrolments-graduates-2024-25?lang=ar"},{"language":"fr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/fr/news/canada-postsecondary-enrolments-graduates-2024-25","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/canada-postsecondary-enrolments-graduates-2024-25?lang=fr"},{"language":"es","url":"https://haberpaper.com/es/news/canada-postsecondary-enrolments-graduates-2024-25","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/canada-postsecondary-enrolments-graduates-2024-25?lang=es"}],"data_types":["table"],"data":{"version":1,"blocks":[{"id":"postsecondary-enrolments","type":"table","title":{"tr":"Kanada’da kurum türü ve öğrenci durumuna göre program kayıtları","en":"Canadian program enrolments by institution and student status","ar":"التسجيل في البرامج في كندا بحسب المؤسسة وحالة الطالب","fr":"Inscriptions aux programmes au Canada selon l’établissement et le statut étudiant","es":"Matrículas en programas de Canadá por institución y situación estudiantil"},"description":{"tr":"2023/2024 ve 2024/2025 sonbahar anlık görüntülerinden kaynak tablodaki yuvarlanmış sayılar.","en":"Rounded table counts from fall snapshots in 2023/2024 and 2024/2025.","ar":"أعداد الجدول المقربة من لقطات الخريف في 2023/2024 و2024/2025.","fr":"Comptes arrondis des instantanés d’automne 2023/2024 et 2024/2025.","es":"Recuentos redondeados de las instantáneas de otoño de 2023/2024 y 2024/2025."},"methodology":{"tr":"Kaynak: Statistics Canada 37-10-0086-01. Kayıtlar tek bir sonbahar tarihindeki program sayısıdır, benzersiz öğrenci sayısı değildir. Tablodaki hücreler rastgele baz-3 yuvarlanır; bu nedenle kaynak bültendeki yıllık değişim toplamlarıyla tam eşleşmeyebilir.","en":"Source: Statistics Canada table 37-10-0086-01. Enrolments count programs on one fall snapshot date, not unique students. Table cells are randomly rounded to base three and may not exactly reconcile with the bulletin’s year-over-year change totals.","ar":"المصدر: جدول Statistics Canada رقم 37-10-0086-01. التسجيلات تعد البرامج في يوم واحد من الخريف، لا الطلاب الفريدين. تُقرب خلايا الجدول عشوائياً إلى الأساس ثلاثة، وقد لا تتطابق تماماً مع إجماليات التغير السنوي في النشرة.","fr":"Source : tableau 37-10-0086-01 de Statistique Canada. Les inscriptions comptent des programmes à une date d’automne, et non des étudiants uniques. Les cellules sont arrondies aléatoirement à la base trois et peuvent différer des variations annuelles du bulletin.","es":"Fuente: tabla 37-10-0086-01 de Statistics Canada. Las matrículas cuentan programas en una fecha otoñal, no estudiantes únicos. Las celdas se redondean aleatoriamente a base tres y pueden no coincidir exactamente con las variaciones anuales del comunicado."},"sourceUrls":["https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3710008601","https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/261001/dq261001a-eng.htm","https://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p2SV.pl?Function=getSurvey&SDDS=5017"],"updatedAt":"2026-10-04T03:48:00+03:00","columns":[{"key":"period","label":{"tr":"Akademik yıl","en":"Academic year","ar":"العام الأكاديمي","fr":"Année scolaire","es":"Año académico"},"type":"text","language":"en"},{"key":"institution","label":{"tr":"Kurum türü","en":"Institution type","ar":"نوع المؤسسة","fr":"Type d’établissement","es":"Tipo de institución"},"type":"text","language":"en"},{"key":"status","label":{"tr":"Öğrenci durumu","en":"Student status","ar":"حالة الطالب","fr":"Statut étudiant","es":"Situación del estudiante"},"type":"text","language":"en"},{"key":"value","label":{"tr":"Program kaydı","en":"Program enrolments","ar":"التسجيلات في البرامج","fr":"Inscriptions aux programmes","es":"Matrículas en programas"},"type":"number","unit":"count"}],"rows":[{"period":"2023/2024","institution":"All institution types","status":"All reported statuses","value":2342598},{"period":"2023/2024","institution":"All institution types","status":"Canadian students","value":1763880},{"period":"2023/2024","institution":"All institution types","status":"International students","value":572967},{"period":"2024/2025","institution":"All institution types","status":"All reported statuses","value":2345775},{"period":"2024/2025","institution":"All institution types","status":"Canadian students","value":1801503},{"period":"2024/2025","institution":"All institution types","status":"International students","value":533382},{"period":"2024/2025","institution":"College","status":"Canadian students","value":628524},{"period":"2024/2025","institution":"College","status":"International students","value":266508},{"period":"2024/2025","institution":"University","status":"Canadian students","value":1172976},{"period":"2024/2025","institution":"University","status":"International students","value":266874}]},{"id":"graduates-2024","type":"table","title":{"tr":"2024’te Kanada kamu yükseköğretim mezunları","en":"Graduates of Canadian public postsecondary institutions in 2024","ar":"خريجو مؤسسات التعليم ما بعد الثانوي العامة في كندا عام 2024","fr":"Diplômés des établissements postsecondaires publics du Canada en 2024","es":"Graduados de instituciones postsecundarias públicas de Canadá en 2024"},"description":{"tr":"Takvim yılı 2024 için kaynak tablodaki yuvarlanmış mezun sayıları.","en":"Rounded graduate counts for calendar 2024 from the source table.","ar":"أعداد الخريجين المقربة لعام 2024 التقويمي من جدول المصدر.","fr":"Comptes arrondis de diplômés pour l’année civile 2024.","es":"Recuentos redondeados de graduados para el año natural 2024."},"methodology":{"tr":"Kaynak: Statistics Canada 37-10-0090-01. Mezunlar takvim yılına göre sayılır; kayıt anlık görüntüsüyle aynı kohort değildir. Hücreler kaynakta rastgele baz-3 yuvarlanır; bülten değişimleri yuvarlanmış değerlerden hesaplar.","en":"Source: Statistics Canada table 37-10-0090-01. Graduates are counted by calendar year and are not the same cohort as the enrolment snapshot. Source cells are randomly rounded to base three; bulletin changes are calculated from rounded values.","ar":"المصدر: جدول Statistics Canada رقم 37-10-0090-01. يُعد الخريجون حسب السنة التقويمية، ولا يمثلون المجموعة نفسها في لقطة التسجيل. تُقرب الخلايا عشوائياً إلى الأساس ثلاثة؛ وتحسب النشرة التغيرات من قيم مقربة.","fr":"Source : tableau 37-10-0090-01 de Statistique Canada. Les diplômés sont comptés par année civile et ne forment pas la même cohorte que l’instantané des inscriptions. Les cellules sont arrondies aléatoirement à la base trois ; les variations du bulletin utilisent des valeurs arrondies.","es":"Fuente: tabla 37-10-0090-01 de Statistics Canada. Los graduados se cuentan por año natural y no son la misma cohorte que la instantánea de matrículas. Las celdas se redondean aleatoriamente a base tres; las variaciones del comunicado usan valores redondeados."},"sourceUrls":["https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3710009001","https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/261001/dq261001a-eng.htm","https://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p2SV.pl?Function=getSurvey&SDDS=5017"],"updatedAt":"2026-10-04T03:48:00+03:00","columns":[{"key":"institution","label":{"tr":"Kurum türü","en":"Institution type","ar":"نوع المؤسسة","fr":"Type d’établissement","es":"Tipo de institución"},"type":"text","language":"en"},{"key":"status","label":{"tr":"Öğrenci durumu","en":"Student status","ar":"حالة الطالب","fr":"Statut étudiant","es":"Situación del estudiante"},"type":"text","language":"en"},{"key":"value","label":{"tr":"Mezun sayısı","en":"Graduate count","ar":"عدد الخريجين","fr":"Nombre de diplômés","es":"Número de graduados"},"type":"number","unit":"count"}],"rows":[{"institution":"All institution types","status":"All reported statuses","value":724071},{"institution":"All institution types","status":"Canadian students","value":455004},{"institution":"All institution types","status":"International students","value":264345},{"institution":"College","status":"Canadian students","value":177429},{"institution":"College","status":"International students","value":185961},{"institution":"University","status":"Canadian students","value":277575},{"institution":"University","status":"International students","value":78384}]}]},"data_compilations":[{"id":"postsecondary-enrolments","creator":{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://haberpaper.com/#organization","name":"Haber Paper","url":"https://haberpaper.com/"},"license":{"@type":"CreativeWork","@id":"https://haberpaper.com/en/data-terms/v1#license","name":"Haber Paper Original Data Compilation License 1.0","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/data-terms/v1"},"rights_scope":"Haber Paper original data arrangement, labels and methodology notes only; underlying source rights and permissions remain separate.","source_license_url":null},{"id":"graduates-2024","creator":{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://haberpaper.com/#organization","name":"Haber Paper","url":"https://haberpaper.com/"},"license":{"@type":"CreativeWork","@id":"https://haberpaper.com/en/data-terms/v1#license","name":"Haber Paper Original Data Compilation License 1.0","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/data-terms/v1"},"rights_scope":"Haber Paper original data arrangement, labels and methodology notes only; underlying source rights and permissions remain separate.","source_license_url":null}],"data_downloads":[{"id":"postsecondary-enrolments","formats":{"json":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/canada-postsecondary-enrolments-graduates-2024-25/data/postsecondary-enrolments?lang=en&format=json","csv":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/canada-postsecondary-enrolments-graduates-2024-25/data/postsecondary-enrolments?lang=en&format=csv"}},{"id":"graduates-2024","formats":{"json":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/canada-postsecondary-enrolments-graduates-2024-25/data/graduates-2024?lang=en&format=json","csv":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/canada-postsecondary-enrolments-graduates-2024-25/data/graduates-2024?lang=en&format=csv"}}],"content":{"paragraphs":["Statistics Canada’s annual release on 1 October 2026 shows enrolments at Canadian public colleges and universities were nearly flat in the 2024/2025 academic year, while graduate counts rose substantially over a different period. The agency reported 2.3 million total enrolments, up 0.1%, or 3,174, from the previous year. International student enrolments fell 6.9%, a decline of 39,582; enrolments among Canadian students increased 2.1%, or 37,626. These movements occurred at the same time. The release does not provide a causal estimate that assigns the decline to one policy or factor.","Statistics Canada describes 2024/2025 as the first academic year reflecting year-over-year effects of federal policy changes announced in January 2024, including a temporary cap on new international study permits. That statement places the data in policy context; it does not, by itself, establish how much of the enrolment decline the cap caused. The agency also says international enrolments had been an important contributor to overall growth during the previous decade. Enrolments from China, however, had already been falling since 2020/2021, before the 2024 policy announcements. That earlier trend and differences among institutions and fields caution against a single-cause reading.","The decline was larger at colleges than at universities: international college enrolments fell by 22,323, or 7.7%, while university enrolments declined by 17,259, or 6.1%. At the same time, Canadian student enrolments rose by 16,647, or 2.7%, at colleges and by 20,976, or 1.8%, at universities. Ontario had the largest provincial declines in international enrolments: 28,875, or 13.6%, at colleges and 7,455, or 6.7%, at universities. British Columbia had the second-largest university decline, 5,346 or 10.6%; Manitoba had the second-largest college decline, 732 or 13.4%.","By country of citizenship, enrolments from India declined by 26,550, or 11.9%; those from China fell by 4,368, or 6.6%; and those from the Philippines fell by 3,654, or 18.6%. Together, students from these three countries accounted for 83.4% of the total decrease in international enrolments. Health care was a notable field-level exception: international enrolments increased by 1,524, or 6.9%, at colleges and by 309, or 3.0%, at universities. Business and administration recorded the largest falls, down 16,089 or 12.7% at colleges and 5,283 or 8.2% at universities. Canadian enrolments grew in several fields, including university engineering and mathematics, computer and information programs, and college health care and trades.","Graduate data cover calendar 2024, not the 2024/2025 enrolment snapshot. The number of graduates receiving a certificate, diploma or degree from a Canadian public postsecondary institution rose to 724,071, up 61,197 or 9.2% from 2023. The largest single contribution came from international college graduates, whose number increased by 44,328, or 31.3%. Canadian graduate counts also rose for the first time since 2021 at both colleges, by 6,534 or 3.8%, and universities, by 651 or 0.2%. The release’s two measures should not be treated as outcomes for the same cohort: one counts graduates over a calendar year, while the other is a fall-date enrolment snapshot.","By education level, 289,530 people graduated from short-cycle tertiary programs in 2024, compared with 229,176 from bachelor’s or equivalent programs. Short-cycle graduates outnumbered bachelor’s graduates for a second consecutive year. International graduates made up 55.5% of short-cycle graduates in 2024, compared with 7.5% in 2009. Statistics Canada says this pattern is consistent with earlier findings that some one-year programs can offer international students a faster route to eligibility for a post-graduation work permit than longer degrees. The figures alone do not establish why students chose a program or how policy changes affected graduate totals.","The measurement notes are essential. Enrolment counts use each institution’s single fall snapshot date, chosen between 30 September and 1 December, and count programs rather than unique students. A person registered in more than one program on that date can therefore appear more than once. Apprenticeship students are excluded. The snapshot can affect colleges more because they have continuous intake and shorter programs. Graduates, by contrast, are counted by calendar year. Statistics Canada says figures are rounded, table cells are randomly rounded to base three, some institution data are preliminary or estimated, and annual revisions can incorporate new submissions and classification or concept changes. Totals may not match component sums. The PSIS response rate was 96.8% in 2024/2025."],"key_points":[],"sections":[]},"text":"Public college and university program enrolments rose 0.1% in 2024/2025 as international enrolments fell 6.9%; graduate counts increased 9.2% in calendar 2024.\n\nStatistics Canada’s annual release on 1 October 2026 shows enrolments at Canadian public colleges and universities were nearly flat in the 2024/2025 academic year, while graduate counts rose substantially over a different period. The agency reported 2.3 million total enrolments, up 0.1%, or 3,174, from the previous year. International student enrolments fell 6.9%, a decline of 39,582; enrolments among Canadian students increased 2.1%, or 37,626. These movements occurred at the same time. The release does not provide a causal estimate that assigns the decline to one policy or factor.\n\nStatistics Canada describes 2024/2025 as the first academic year reflecting year-over-year effects of federal policy changes announced in January 2024, including a temporary cap on new international study permits. That statement places the data in policy context; it does not, by itself, establish how much of the enrolment decline the cap caused. The agency also says international enrolments had been an important contributor to overall growth during the previous decade. Enrolments from China, however, had already been falling since 2020/2021, before the 2024 policy announcements. That earlier trend and differences among institutions and fields caution against a single-cause reading.\n\nThe decline was larger at colleges than at universities: international college enrolments fell by 22,323, or 7.7%, while university enrolments declined by 17,259, or 6.1%. At the same time, Canadian student enrolments rose by 16,647, or 2.7%, at colleges and by 20,976, or 1.8%, at universities. Ontario had the largest provincial declines in international enrolments: 28,875, or 13.6%, at colleges and 7,455, or 6.7%, at universities. British Columbia had the second-largest university decline, 5,346 or 10.6%; Manitoba had the second-largest college decline, 732 or 13.4%.\n\nBy country of citizenship, enrolments from India declined by 26,550, or 11.9%; those from China fell by 4,368, or 6.6%; and those from the Philippines fell by 3,654, or 18.6%. Together, students from these three countries accounted for 83.4% of the total decrease in international enrolments. Health care was a notable field-level exception: international enrolments increased by 1,524, or 6.9%, at colleges and by 309, or 3.0%, at universities. Business and administration recorded the largest falls, down 16,089 or 12.7% at colleges and 5,283 or 8.2% at universities. Canadian enrolments grew in several fields, including university engineering and mathematics, computer and information programs, and college health care and trades.\n\nGraduate data cover calendar 2024, not the 2024/2025 enrolment snapshot. The number of graduates receiving a certificate, diploma or degree from a Canadian public postsecondary institution rose to 724,071, up 61,197 or 9.2% from 2023. The largest single contribution came from international college graduates, whose number increased by 44,328, or 31.3%. Canadian graduate counts also rose for the first time since 2021 at both colleges, by 6,534 or 3.8%, and universities, by 651 or 0.2%. The release’s two measures should not be treated as outcomes for the same cohort: one counts graduates over a calendar year, while the other is a fall-date enrolment snapshot.\n\nBy education level, 289,530 people graduated from short-cycle tertiary programs in 2024, compared with 229,176 from bachelor’s or equivalent programs. Short-cycle graduates outnumbered bachelor’s graduates for a second consecutive year. International graduates made up 55.5% of short-cycle graduates in 2024, compared with 7.5% in 2009. Statistics Canada says this pattern is consistent with earlier findings that some one-year programs can offer international students a faster route to eligibility for a post-graduation work permit than longer degrees. The figures alone do not establish why students chose a program or how policy changes affected graduate totals.\n\nThe measurement notes are essential. Enrolment counts use each institution’s single fall snapshot date, chosen between 30 September and 1 December, and count programs rather than unique students. A person registered in more than one program on that date can therefore appear more than once. Apprenticeship students are excluded. The snapshot can affect colleges more because they have continuous intake and shorter programs. Graduates, by contrast, are counted by calendar year. Statistics Canada says figures are rounded, table cells are randomly rounded to base three, some institution data are preliminary or estimated, and annual revisions can incorporate new submissions and classification or concept changes. Totals may not match component sums. The PSIS response rate was 96.8% in 2024/2025.","corrections":[],"editorial_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"economy","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/economy-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic trading harbour with a cargo ship, containers and a bridge.","language":"en"},"section_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"economy","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/economy-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic trading harbour with a cargo ship, containers and a bridge.","language":"en"}}}