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 2025
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
AGE
20-24
62%
25-29
20%
30-34
7%
35-39
3%
40-44
3%
45-49
1%
50 and older
Did not answer
4%
GENDER IDENTITY
Gender Non-Conforming
1%
Intersex
Man
43%
Trans
<1%
Two-Spirit
Woman
52%
Did not answer
2%
Other
1%
RACIAL / ETHNIC IDENTITY
Black (including African, Afro-Caribbean, and African-Canadian descent)
10%
East Asian (including Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Taiwanese descent)
19%
Indigenous (including First Nations, Métis, Inuk/Inuit descent)
1%
Latino (including Latin American, Hispanic descent)
3%
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)
South Asian (including East Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan, Indo-Caribbean descent) [53 as only choice]
15%
Southeast Asian (including Filipino, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Thai, Indonesian, other Southeast Asian descent) [2 as only choice]
2%
White (European descent) [130 as only choice]
34%
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
<1%
No, not an Indigenous person
97%
Did not answer
1%
DISABILITY
Yes
23%
No
70%
Did not answer
7%
SEXUAL ORIENTATION
Asexual
1%
Bisexual or Pansexual
12%
Gay
3%
Heterosexual
71%
Lesbian
<1%
Queer
3%
Questioning
1%
Other
1%
Did not answer
9%
GREW UP IN LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLD
Yes
27%
No
57%
Did not answer
16%
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
3%
Have a 4-year university degree
77%
Have a Master’s degree
14%
Other [includes Phd]
<1%
Did not answer
2%
FIRST-GENERATION UNIVERSITY STUDENT
Yes
29%
No
60%
Did not answer
2%
FIRST GENERATION LAW STUDENT
Yes
86%
No
11%
Did not answer
3%