There were approximately 1,090,000 full-time and 266,000 part-time students at Canadian universities in 2019.

Between March 2009 and March 2019, 1,794,500 new jobs were created for university graduates, twice as much as those created for graduates of all other types of post-secondary education combined.

According to Statistics Canada data, there are 10,100 elementary, 3,400 secondary, and 2,000 mixed elementary and secondary schools.

Enrolment in co-op programs at universities has skyrocketed by 25% in recent years, from 53,000 students in 2006 to 65,000 students in 2013.

These statistics shows the average tuition fees for full-time Canadian graduate students in Canada for the academic year 2019/20, by field of study. In 2018/19, Canadian graduate students in engineering paid 6,994 Canadian dollars for tuition.

In 2006, 16.1% of taxes went into education (75.7 billion dollars), 40.4 billion went towards elementary and secondary schools, 30.6 billion dollars was for post-secondary schools, and 4.6 billion dollars went to other types of education.

The vast majority of students (92.1%) attended public schools, and their number in 2016/2017 increased by 1.0% from the previous school year.

Over two-thirds of Canada’s universities are working to include Indigenous representation within their governance of leadership structures.

Two-thirds of universities are incorporating Indigenous knowledge, methods, and protocols into research and teaching policies, programs and practices.

More than half of today’s undergraduates benefit from experiential learning - such as co-ops, internships and service-learning - as part of their university education.

Four out of five employers surveyed say co-op and internship students are a source of new talent and potential future employees.

Social science and humanities graduates share the income premium for university graduates. For example, full-time workers with degrees in history earn, on average, above $65,000 annually. 

More than 80% of employers that hire graduates with international and intercultural experience say these recruits enhance their company’s competitiveness. 

Two of three hiring managers say Canada is at risk of being left behind dynamic global economies like China, India, and Brazil unless young Canadians learn ti think more globally.

The majority of universities offer their students international experiences such as academic coursework, field schools, volunteer work, research abroad and foreign work experience.

Canada’s universities conduct $1 billion in research for business and help build their competitive advantage.

Forty percent of faculty at Canadian universities have at least one international degree.

In 2017, there were 494,525 international students in Canada at all levels of study. This is a 34% increase between 2014 and 2017.

Canada has one of the most diverse international student population with 186 nations represented in 2017.

With 84% of international students enrolled in Ontario, British Columbia, and Quebec these three provinces have consistently hosted the largest number of inbound students.

In 2017, 75% of international students in Canada were pursuing post-secondary studies of which 57% were studying in a university program, 41% were studying in a college program and 2% in CEGEP.

Throughout 2017 Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal together hosted 55% of all international students who were studying in Canada.

In 2004-05, Canada’s elementary and secondary school systems employed close to 310,000 educators, most of whom had four or five years of post-secondary study.

The secondary school graduation rate in 2003 was 74%, with 78% of girls and 70% of boys graduating.

Statistics Canada has reported that public expenditure on postsecondary education in 2005-06 was $30.6 billion.

Tuition costs at universities averaged $4,524 in 2007-08, with international student fees for an undergraduate program averaging about $14,000 annually.

In 2005, Canadian universities awarded an estimated 175,700 bachelor’s degrees, 33,000 master’s degrees, and 4,200 doctoral degrees.

In 2004-05, Canadian universities performed $8.9 billion worth of research and development, close to 35% of the national total. 

There are more than 10,000 undergraduate and graduate degree programs offered in Canadian universities, as well as professional degree programs and certificates.

In 2005, Canadian universities employed close to 40,000 full-time faculty members.

In 2006-07, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada supported the education of 120,000 First Nations K-12 students living on reserves across Canada.

Every year, the Canada Student Loans Program and related provincial and territorial programs provide loans, grants, and interest forgiveness to over 350,000 postsecondary students.

The Canada  Millennium Scholarship Foundation awards $350 million in bursaries and scholarships each year to about 100,000 students throughout Canada.

Statistics Canada (2016) reports that 43% of our population is under 35 years of age, with 32% of those under 35 being in the age range of 15-24 - that is, 4.6 million. Of these, nearly half are in the provinces of British Columbia and Ontario alone.

70% of mental health problems have their onset during childhood or adolescence.

34% of Ontario high-school students indicate a moderate-to-serious level of psychological distress. 14% indicate a serious level of psychological distress.

Among Ontarians aged 25 to 34, 1 of every 8 deaths is related to opioid use.

Wait times for counselling and therapy can be long, especially for children and youth. In Ontario, wait times of six months to one year are common.

In 2013-2014, 5% of ED visits and 18% of inpatient hospitalizations for children and youth age 5 to 24 in Canada were for a mental disorder.

According to the Conference Board of Canada, a predicted 25 billion dollars is spent on outbound travel by Canadians, and youth make up a large portion of that figure.

Of Canadians aged 15 or older who report having a mental health care need in the past year, one-third state that their needs were not fully met.

In 2018, around 2.12 million students were enrolled in post-secondary institutions in Canada.

In 2017, 68 percent of Canadians aged 25 to 64 attained some form of post-secondary education.

In 2016/2017, 379,344 students graduated from high schools in Canada,

Every year, approximately 40,000 high school students drop out of school in Canada.

Just under half of the students in public schools across Canada (2,409,702) were learning a second official language in 2016/2017.

The total number of 12-19 year olds in Canada at risk for developing depression is a staggering 3.2 million.

As of 2016 there are 96 universities in Canada, offering education in English and French. 

The 2016 Canadian National College Health Assessment found that 26.3% of post-secondary students reported having been diagnosed or treated by a professional for one or more mental health conditions in the last 12 months.

In terms of high school education, in 2016, 86.3% of Canadians aged 25 to 64 had completed a high school diploma or equivalency certificate.

In 2016, 22.4% of the Canadian population aged 25 to 64 had a college diploma as the highest educational qualification.

There are over 7 million youth across the country, aged 15 to 29. In July 2018, 15-29 year-olds represented 19.2% of the country's population.

In 2016, 10.9% of Aboriginal people overall aged 25 to 64 had a bachelor's degree or higher, up from 7.7% in 2006.

In 2016, 27% of youth aged 15 to 30 were identified as members of a visible minority group, compared with 13% in 1996.