Ontario Student Transitions to Postsecondary Education Within Seven Years

Ontario Ministry data tracks students from Grade 9 entry into publicly funded secondary schools to their postsecondary destinations within seven years. The dataset integrates records from the Ontario School Information System, college and university enrolment reports, apprenticeship agreements, and student assistance programs from 2010 to 2022. To protect privacy, numbers are suppressed when fewer than 10 students are represented and all values are rounded to the nearest 5.

Use Cases

• Analyze provincial trends in university enrollment based on integrated Ministry of Education and Colleges data
• Study regional disparities in apprenticeship uptake following secondary school
• Evaluate the effectiveness of student assistance programs for non-traditional postsecondary pathways
• Model longitudinal student cohort outcomes from Grade 9 over a seven-year period

Strengths

• Data integrates multiple authoritative sources: OnSIS, CSER, USER, EOIS-APPR, and OSAP
• Covers a longitudinal timeframe from Grade 9 cohorts 2010-2011 to postsecondary outcomes up to 2021-2022
• Includes transitions to non-traditional destinations like private career colleges and out-of-province institutions via OSAP data

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Numbers are suppressed for groups smaller than 10 and rounded to the nearest 5, limiting granular analysis
• Data excludes private schools, adult continuing education, and non-credential college programs

Provenance

Source

Government of Ontario ministries: Education, Colleges and Universities, and Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development

Collection Method

Aggregated from administrative systems: OnSIS, CSER, USER, EOIS-APPR, OSAP

Time Range

Grade 9 cohorts 2010-2011 to 2015-2016; postsecondary outcomes tracked through academic years 2012-2013 to 2021-2022

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 15:41:53.852616; freshness should be verified

Geography

Ontario, Canada, at provincial and regional levels