TABLE 1 – DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY HISTORICAL ENROLMENT FIGURES * FOR 1925-6 TO 1959-60

Faculty By Gender
Academic year Arts & Science King’s Law Medicine Dentistry Graduate Studies Health Professions Total Part-time only Male Female Total
1925-26 508 48 43 113 20 730
1926-27 512 48 40 119 29 748
1927-28 557 67 36 133 30 823
1928-29 603 60 42 127 37 869
1929-30 638 68 42 147 30 925
1930-31 632 82 58 171 27 970
1931-32 680 73 64 176 22 1015
1932-33 618 66 70 164 21 939
1933-34 563 70 77 183 33 926
1934-35 493 65 74 175 39 846
1935-36 518 53 78 186 53 888
1936-37 478 61 74 207 52 872
1937-38 463 50 75 211 47 846
1938-39 374 191 91 215 37 908 27 712 196 908
1939-40 369 205 73 221 36 904 53 694 210 904
1940-41 314 195 50 220 31 810 44 610 200 810
1941-42 260 145 40 206 25 676 25 524 152 676
1942-43 321 131 29 209 25 715 16 575 140 715
1943-44 283 153 23 173 22 654 25 489 165 654
1944-45 294 185 33 170 29 711 39 513 198 711
1945-46 625 224 106 171 27 1153 64 918 235 1153
1946-47 1022 244 173 232 38 1709 72 1446 263 1709
1947-48 1117 256 212 251 37 1873 62 1596 277 1873
1948-49 1006 254 200 269 41 1770 52 1492 278 1770
1949-50 1041 124 184 279 48 1676 52 1365 311 1676
1950-51 893 102 167 283 48 60 1553 43 1235 318 1553
1951-52 812 94 156 272 49 59 1442 35 1147 295 1442
1952-53 818 83 130 274 50 58 1413 42 1074 339 1413
1953-54 812 75 147 266 50 59 1409 24 1074 335 1409
1954-55 815 92 164 266 48 56 1441 43 1098 343 1441
1955-56 825 105 163 266 47 59 1465 51 1126 339 1465
1956-57 874 104 182 274 47 60 1541 not avail. 1177 364 1541
1957-58 894 112 153 279 53 64 53 1608 85 1217 391 1608
1958-59 962 106 131 272 55 115 59 1700 100 1285 415 1700
1959-60 1058 136 115 267 60 123 70 1829 137 1331 498 1829

Note: Medicine includes Post-graduate Medicine; Dentistry includes Dental Hygiene; Part-time enrolments are included in the enrolments by faculty; Part-time figures and breakdowns by gender are not available prior to 1938-9.
* These tables have been prepared by Lynn MacDonald, of Dalhousie’s Office of the Registrar.

TABLE 2 – DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY HISTORICAL ENROLMENT FIGURES 1960-1 TO 1969-70

Faculty By Gender
Academic year Arts and Science King’s Law Medicine Dentistry Graduate Studies Health Professions Total Male Female Total
1960-1 FT 1119 182 103 320 53 71 84 1932
PT 143
Total 2075 1511 564 2075
1961-2 FT 1240 186 106 312 68 88 121 2121
PT 137
Total 2258 1632 626 2258
1962-3 FT 1375 219 110 339 85 124 129 2381
PT 213
Total 2594 1868 726 2594
1963-4 FT 1566 184 124 340 100 166 219 2699
PT 182
Total 2881 2008 873 2881
1964-5 FT 1781 251 154 395 106 235 287 3209
PT 186
Total 3395 2303 1092 3395
1965-6 FT 1885 276 175 398 117 317 317 3485
PT 216
Total 3701 2430 1271 3701

TABLE 3 – DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY (INCLUDING KING’S) REGISTERED STUDENTS FROM 1970 TO 1980 (AT 1 DECEMBER) BY FACULTY

Academic year Arts & Science Law Medicine Dentistry Health Professions Graduate Studies Admin. Studies King’s Grand Total
1970-1 FT 2984 346 635 133 673 774 269 5814
PT 452 1 0 59 263 14 789
Total 3436 347 635 133 732 1037 283 6603
1971-2 FT 3456 374 633 138 725 777 247 6350
PT 554 1 0 0 101 253 11 920
Total 4010 375 633 138 826 1030 258 7270
1972-3 FT 3409 397 676 141 730 715 236 6304
PT 638 5 0 0 149 227 12 1031
Total 4047 402 676 141 879 942 248 7335
1973-4 FT 3363 433 701 141 780 759 247 6424
PT 770 3 1 1 62 272 11 1120
Total 4133 436 702 142 842 1031 258 7544
1974-5 FT 3885 435 722 140 785 818 258 7043
PT 967 7 1 0 98 320 11 1404
Total 4852 442 723 140 883 1138 269 8447
1975-6 FT 3522 432 726 145 815 885 556 320 7401
PT 812 5 1 0 80 305 61 8 1272
Total 4334 437 727 145 895 1190 617 328 8673
1976-7 FT 3488 430 705 146 828 962 637 339 7535
PT 839 3 1 0 92 333 100 7 1375
Total 4327 433 706 146 920 1295 737 346 8910
1977-8 FT 3347 435 713 143 878 988 711 343 7558
PT 776 5 0 0 70 374 163 11 1399
Total 4123 440 713 143 948 1362 874 354 8957
1978-9 FT 3207 432 707 141 871 961 694 349 7362
PT 732 6 2 0 84 450 298 15 1587
Total 3939 438 709 141 955 1411 992 364 8949
1979-80 FT 3061 418 706 142 898 947 791 370 7333
PT 662 3 1 0 72 494 283 16 1531
Total 3723 421 707 142 970 1441 1074 386 8864
1980-1 FT 3047 425 729 138 927 921 885 371 7443
PT 689 3 0 0 73 483 312 15 1575
Total 3736 428 729 138 1000 1404 1197 386 9018

TABLE 4 – DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY HISTORICAL ENROLMENT FIGURES BY GENDER FOR 1970-1 TO 1980-1 (AT 1 DECEMBER)

Dalhousie King’s Total
Academic year Male Female Male Female Male Female Grand Total
1970-1 4048 2272 144 139 4192 2411 6603
1971-2 4424 2588 141 117 4565 2705 7270
1972-3 3942 (full time only) 2126 (full time only) N/A N/A N/A N/A 7335
1973-4* 4474 2812 138 120 4612 2932 7544
1974-5 4888 3290 134 135 5022 3425 8447
1975-6 N/A N/A N/A N/A 5116 3557 8673
1976-7 N/A N/A N/A N/A 5216 3694 8910
1977-8 4930 3673 179 175 5109 3848 8957
1978-9 4723 3862 171 193 4894 4055 8949
1979-80 4591 3887 192 194 4783 4081 8864
1980-1 4548 4084 202 184 4750 4268 9018

* 1973-4 figures for Dalhousie are estimated using percentages from figures at year end, by gender.

TABLE 5 – DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY REGISTERED FULL-TIME STUDENTS FROM 1970 TO 1980 (AT 1 DECEMBER) BY PERMANENT RESIDENCE

Permanent Residence* 1970-1 1971-2 1972-3 1973-4 1974-5 1975-6 1976-7 1977-8 1978-9 1979-80 1980-1
Nova Scotia 3853 4346 4256 4656 5168 5048 4939 4671 4712 4860
New Brunswick 470 534 572 578 834 912 954 973 991 941
Prince Edward Island 157 163 182 190 241 258 259 256 249 260
Newfoundland 176 162 132 116 103 101 106 114 127 142
Quebec 125 140 122 111 115 121 164 137 124 121
Ontario 263 289 314 292 397 408 403 392 331 348
Other Canada 97 119 137 138 93 199 205 194 196 228
USA 104 113 121 110 151 117 106 97 97 97
Abroad 300 237 232 173 274 371 422 528 506 445
Not reported 60 25 0 0 0 0 1
Total 5545 6103 6068 6424 N/A 7401 7535 7558 7362 7333 7443

*Distributions by permanent residence for 1970 to 1972 do not include King’s.
**Includes all countries except United States and Canada.

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