Each year about 355 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 2029
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
66%
25-29
23%
30-34
3%
35-39
2%
40-44
1%
GENDER IDENTITY
Gender Non-Conforming
1%
Intersex
0%
Man
34%
Trans
0%
Two-Spirit
0%
Woman
62%
Did not answer
3%
Other
0%
RACIAL / ETHNIC IDENTITY
Black (including African, Afro-Caribbean, and African-Canadian descent)
6%
East Asian (including Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Taiwanese descent)
22%
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)
10%
Pacific Islander (including Micronesian, Melanesian, and Polynesian descent)
0%
South Asian (including East Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan, Indo-Caribbean descent)
15%
Southeast Asian (including Filipino, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Thai, Indonesian, other Southeast Asian descent)
1%
White (European descent)
35%
Mixed (with at least one parent in one of the previous categories)
2%
Another racial or ethnic identity
2%
Did not answer
5%
INDIGENOUS
First Nations, Status Indian, Non-Status Indian
1%
Inuk (Inuit)
0%
Métis
1%
No, not an Indigenous person
93%
Did not answer
5%
DISABILITY
Yes
23%
No
64%
Did not answer
13%
SEXUAL ORIENTATION
Asexual
1%
Bisexual or Pansexual
6%
Gay
2%
Heterosexual
68%
Lesbian
3%
Queer
4%
Questioning
1%
Other
0%
Did not answer
15%
GREW UP IN LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLD
Yes
18%
No
69%
Did not answer
14%
HIGHEST LEVEL OF EDUCATION PRE LAW
Completed fewer than 2 years university
2%
Completed 2 years university with no degree
0%
Completed 3 years university with no degree
1%
Completed 3 years university with a degree
4%
Have a 4-year university degree
71%
Have a Master’s degree
17%
Other [includes Phd]
1%
Did not answer
5%
FIRST-GENERATION UNIVERSITY STUDENT
Yes
17%
No
77%
Did not answer
6%
FIRST GENERATION LAW STUDENT
Yes
84%
No
12%
Did not answer
4%
RELIGION OR SPIRITUAL TRADITION
Baha’i
0%
Buddhist
5%
Christian
26%
Hindu
5%
Indigenous Spiritual Traditions
1%
Jewish
5%
Muslim
9%
Sikh
2%
No religion or spiritual tradition
30%
Another religion or spiritual affiliation
3%
Did not answer
14%