Each year about 290 new students join the Osgoode community. We survey each incoming class to monitor our success in attracting top talent across all dimensions of diversity. Here are this year’s results:
Class of 2026
Age
Gender Identity
Racial / Ethnic Identity
Indigenous
Country of Birth
Parent(s) Country of Birth
Disability
Sexual Orientation
Grew Up in Low Income Household
Highest Level of Education Pre Law
First Generation University Student
First Generation Law Student
Religion or Spiritual Tradition
AGE
20-24
68%
25-29
18%
30-34
6%
35-39
3%
40-44
1%
45-49
50 and older
Did not answer
3%
GENDER IDENTITY
Gender Non-Conforming
2%
Intersex
Man
36%
Trans
1%
Two-Spirit
Woman
60%
Did not answer
2%
Other
RACIAL / ETHNIC IDENTITY
Black (including African, Afro-Caribbean, and African-Canadian descent)
9%
East Asian (including Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Taiwanese descent)
15%
Indigenous (including First Nations, Métis, Inuk/Inuit descent)
2%
Latino (including Latin American, Hispanic descent)
1%
Middle Eastern, West Asian, North African, or Arab (including Afghan, Egyptian, Iranian, Lebanese, Turkish, Kurdish descent)
11%
Pacific Islander (including Micronesian, Melanesian, and Polynesian descent)
South Asian (including East Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan, Indo-Caribbean descent)
20%
Southeast Asian (including Filipino, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Thai, Indonesian, other Southeast Asian descent)
1%
White (European descent)
36%
Mixed (with at least one parent in one of the previous categories)
2%
Another racial or ethnic identity
1%
Did not answer
2%
INDIGENOUS
First Nations, Status Indian, Non-Status Indian
2%
Inuk (Inuit)
Métis
No, not an Indigenous person
96%
Did not answer
2%
DISABILITY
Yes
18%
No
72%
Did not answer
10%
SEXUAL ORIENTATION
Asexual
3%
Bisexual or Pansexual
9%
Gay
1%
Heterosexual
74%
Lesbian
1%
Queer
3%
Questioning
1%
Other
1%
Did not answer
8%
GREW UP IN LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLD
Yes
25%
No
64%
Did not answer
11%
HIGHEST LEVEL OF EDUCATION PRE LAW
Completed fewer than 2 years university
2%
Completed 2 years university with no degree
1%
Completed 3 years university with no degree
2%
Completed 3 years university with a degree
5%
Have a 4-year university degree
74%
Have a Master’s degree
14%
Other [includes Phd]
1%
Did not answer
2%
FIRST-GENERATION UNIVERSITY STUDENT
Yes
23%
No
73%
Did not answer
2%
FIRST GENERATION LAW STUDENT
Yes
86%
No
12%
Did not answer
2%
Religion or Spiritual Tradition
Baha’i
1%
Buddhist
2%
Christian
28%
Hindu
7%
Indigenous Spiritual Traditions
0%
Jewish
6%
Muslim
11%
Sikh
3%
No religion or spiritual tradition
32%
Another religion or spiritual affiliation
3%
Did not answer
8%