Canada. Women Graduates Outnumber Men
About 60% of college degrees in Canada (or 136,200), were awarded to women in 2006, continuing a long-term trend in which female graduates have outnumbered their male counterparts. Women have outnumbered men at every level other than at the doctorate level since 1994.
Universities granted 4,500 doctorate degrees in 2006. Women accounted for 42% of these doctorates, up from 34% a decade earlier.
The number of degrees, diplomas and certificates rose in all fields of study in 2006, except one: mathematics, computer and information sciences (-5.8%).
Source : Statistics Canada, March 11, 2009
