Canada · Ontario

University of Waterloo

university · Ontario

Students: 41,901
International: 20.3%
Graduates: 9,891
Women: 46.7%

Enrolment over time

2009 to 2023 — +35.8% over the period.

2009: 30,8582023: 41,901

What students study

Engineering22%

Business, management, marketing and related support services11%

Mathematics and statistics9%

Computer and information sciences and support services9%

Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies7%

Health professions and related programs6%

Physical sciences5%

Biological and biomedical sciences4%

Parks, recreation, leisure, fitness, and kinesiology4%

Social sciences4%

Share of this institution's enrolment across the fields Statistics Canada publishes for it.

What isn't here

Statistics Canada publishes tuition by province and field of study, and graduate earnings by province — neither is broken out per institution, so we can't show you what University of Waterloo costs or what its graduates earn. Check the institution directly for fees, and note that domestic and international rates differ sharply in Canada.

Largest institutions in Ontario

University of Toronto99,525 York University53,457 University of Ottawa-Université d'Ottawa49,173 Toronto Metropolitan University47,838 Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning44,928 Western University44,481

Adapted from Statistics Canada, tables 37-10-0277-01 and 37-10-0278-01, Postsecondary Student Information System. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.“Not published” means Statistics Canada suppressed the cell for confidentiality; it does not mean zero.