{"id":19003,"date":"2022-08-25T16:14:08","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T21:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swe.org\/research\/2016\/%month%\/uncategorized\/canada-undergraduate-degrees\/"},"modified":"2023-08-20T10:52:20","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T15:52:20","slug":"canada-undergraduate-degrees","status":"publish","type":"research","link":"https:\/\/swe.org\/research\/2022\/canada-undergraduate-degrees\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Undergraduate Degrees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The proportion of female to male students awarded undergraduate engineering degrees in Canada has been steadily increasing. In 2020, the total number of engineering degrees awarded totaled 18,185, with 22.8% of those degrees awarded to women. The total number of female students matriculating from undergraduate programs in 2020 has increased by approximately 45% compared to 2016.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22913\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22913\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22913\" src=\"https:\/\/swe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Canada_URAward_total_2020.png\" alt=\"Undergraduate degrees awarded by gender 2016-2020\" width=\"800\" height=\"458\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Canada_URAward_total_2020.png 2312w, https:\/\/swe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Canada_URAward_total_2020-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/swe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Canada_URAward_total_2020-1024x586.png 1024w, https:\/\/swe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Canada_URAward_total_2020-150x86.png 150w, https:\/\/swe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Canada_URAward_total_2020-768x439.png 768w, https:\/\/swe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Canada_URAward_total_2020-1536x879.png 1536w, https:\/\/swe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Canada_URAward_total_2020-2048x1172.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22913\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Engineers Canada. (2021). Canadian engineers for tomorrow: Trends in engineering enrolment and degrees awarded 2016-2020.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Women were well-represented in several disciplines, including biosystems engineering, geological engineering, and chemical engineering, where they comprised 50.5%, 44.8%, and 41.2% of the undergraduate degree holders in those disciplines. However, in 2020, female-identifying students represented a smaller proportion of students matriculating with undergraduate degrees in electrical engineering (15.6%), mechanical engineering (15.2%), and mining or mineral engineering (11.7 %).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22914\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22914\" style=\"width: 2940px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22914\" src=\"https:\/\/swe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Canada_UGAward_Disc_2020.png\" alt=\"Percentage of undergraduate degrees awarded to females by discipline 2020\" width=\"2940\" height=\"1323\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Canada_UGAward_Disc_2020.png 2940w, https:\/\/swe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Canada_UGAward_Disc_2020-300x135.png 300w, https:\/\/swe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Canada_UGAward_Disc_2020-1024x461.png 1024w, https:\/\/swe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Canada_UGAward_Disc_2020-150x68.png 150w, https:\/\/swe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Canada_UGAward_Disc_2020-768x346.png 768w, https:\/\/swe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Canada_UGAward_Disc_2020-1536x691.png 1536w, https:\/\/swe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Canada_UGAward_Disc_2020-2048x922.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2940px) 100vw, 2940px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22914\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Engineers Canada. (2021). Canadian engineers for tomorrow: Trends in engineering enrolment and degrees awarded 2016-2020.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Additional Resources<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Engineers Canada. (2021). <em><a href=\"https:\/\/engineerscanada.ca\/reports\/canadian-engineers-for-tomorrow-2020#trends-in-engineering-enrolment-and-degrees-awarded-\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Canadian engineers for tomorrow: Trends in engineering enrolment and degrees awarded 2016-2020<\/a>.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The proportion of female to male students awarded undergraduate engineering degrees in Canada has been steadily increasing. In 2020, the total number of engineering degrees awarded totaled 18,185, with 22.8% of those degrees awarded to women. 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