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................................................................................................................................1  \n2 College activity ........................................................................................................................2  \n3 Numbers of Ontario college applicants, students and graduates ...............................................3  \n3.1 Applicants ............................................................................................................................................... 3  \n3.2 Students .................................................................................................................................................. 5  \nPost-secondary-funded enrolment ....................................................................................................... 5  \nNursing students .................................................................................................................................... 7  \nInternational students ............................................................................................................................ 8  \nSecond Career students ......................................................................................................................... 9  \n3.3 Graduates ............................................................................................................................................. 11  \n4 Domestic learner demographics and characteristics ............................................................... 12  \n4.1 Level of education ................................................................................................................................ 14  \n4.2 Indigenous identity .............................................................................................................................. 15  \n5 Apprentices ...........................................................................................................................16  \n6 Continuing education students...............................................................................................19  \n7 Graduates ..............................................................................................................................21  \n8 Perceptions............................................................................................................................23  \n8.1 Graduates ............................................................................................................................................. 23  \n9 Key performance indicators ...................................................................................................25  \n10 Notes on data sources............................................................................................................26  \n1 HIGHLIGHTS  \n• The global pandemic presented many challenges for colleges, college students and for graduates entering the labour market.  \n• These challenges likely resulted in some students altering their learning goals and entry to college. As well, graduates entered a job market where many employers had shut down or were only offering minimal services. The impact on students and graduates is reflected in some of the data in this report.  \n• Each year, there are approximately 500,000 students and clients in Ontario’s public colleges. More than 260,000 are full-time post-secondary students.  \n• There were over 192,000 distinct applicants for the 2021-22 academic year.  \n• Fifty-two per cent of new fall 2021 entrants to Ontario post-secondary institutions enrolled in a college.  \n• In 2020-21, total funded, full-time equivalent (FTE) post-secondary enrolment in the colleges was 199,043 (including full-time, part-time and tuition-short programs) .  \n• More than 100,000 international students were studying at Ontario's colleges in fall 2021.  \n• Colleges delivered 82 per ce","cbCaif3Q4crQWLkm","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaif3Q4crQWLkm","pdf",522181,28,"English","# Highlights\n# College activity\n# Numbers of Ontario college applicants, students and graduates\n## Applicants\n## Students\n## Graduates\n# Domestic learner demographics and characteristics\n## Level of education\n## Indigenous identity\n# Apprentices\n# Continuing education students\n# Graduates\n# Perceptions\n## Graduates\n# Key performance indicators\n# Notes on data sources","[{\"question\":\"What major challenges did Ontario colleges and their learners face during the global pandemic?\",\"answer\":\"The report notes many challenges for colleges, students, and graduates entering the labour market. 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