Alberta Post-Secondary Student Enrollment by Institution and Sector

Unique student enrollment data for Alberta's publicly funded post-secondary system, broken down by six institutional sectors and individual institutions per academic year. The dataset is produced by the Government of Alberta and was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze enrollment trends over academic years for specific institutions like the University of Alberta or SAIT.
• Compare student counts across the six defined sectors, such as Comprehensive Academic and Research Institutions versus Polytechnical Institutions.
• Track changes in unique student enrollment within the Specialized Arts and Culture Institutions sector over time.

Strengths

• Data is broken down by six legislatively defined institutional sectors.
• Provides institution-level granularity for detailed analysis.
• Updated regularly, with a recent update in April 2026.

Limitations

• The total number of rows and specific enrollment figures are unknown.
• Aggregating values across rows may lead to double-counting of students enrolled in multiple programs.
• Geographic coverage is limited to the province of Alberta.

Provenance

Source

Government of Alberta

Collection Method

Official statistic from publicly funded post-secondary institutions.

Time Range

Coverage by academic year; specific range is unknown.

Freshness

Updated in April 2026.

Geography

Province of Alberta, Canada.