JD Class Profiles

Since 2015, we have conducted a self-reporting survey of our JD student body, helping shape our outreach programs and student services over time.

The admissions data is collected from the application forms and the personal data is from an optional internal survey. (Percentage may not total 100% due to rounding.)

Note: Certain values have been removed to protect privacy. Data were removed where any cell representing an identifiable characteristic accounted for less than 5% of the total class for that year, or where inclusion of the value could allow for indirect calculation of such a proportion.

JD First Year Class Profile 2021-2025

Admissions Data by Entry Year
20252024202320222021Enrolment
219232214210215Class size
      
20252024202320222021Applications
27712,6072,2812,3752,779Total applications
24792,3412,0612,4572,426General
253238191222319Mature (have 5 or more years of non-academic work experience)
3928293238Indigenous/Aboriginal
      
20252024202320222021Admission Standards
168167167168168LSAT median (midpoint, not minimum) (94th | 94th | 95th | 95th | 93rd | percentile)
3.903.913.903.883.88GPA median (midpoint, not minimum), on best three full-time years of undergraduate study on the OLSAS 4.0 scale
      
20252024202320222021Educational Background
4655464445No. of undergraduate institutions represented
69%68%64%64%65%Ontario Undergraduate Degree
20%20%26%27%28%Canadian Undergraduate Degree (excl. Ontario)
*****US Undergraduate Degree
*****International Undergraduate Degree (excl. US)
13%14%11%17%19%Students with graduate-level education
      
20252024202320222021Undergraduate Programs of Study
11%11%11%12%15%Biology/Sciences
16%18%11%20%21%Commerce/Business/Economics
*****Engineering
6%**6%8%English
6%6%6%6%*History
*****Mathematics/Computer Science
*7%8%6%5%Philosophy
21%17%22%14%19%Political Science
6%7%6%6%5%Psychology
14%16%15%16%13%Sociology/Anthropology/Criminology
12%11%15%7%9%Other/Interdisciplinary Studies

 

Person Profiles (Self-Declared) By Entry Year
2025202420232022 2021First in family to attend a post-secondary institution (college/university)
6%7%**11%Yes
93%92%** 88%No
<1%1%1%<2%1%Prefer not to answer/No response
      
20252024202320222021 First in family to attend law school
85%83%82%86%83%Yes
14%17%17%13%17%No
<1%0%1%1%0%Prefer not to answer/No response
      
20252024202320222021 Identity
20 - 40 21 - 4720 - 5120 - 3820 - 36Age range (on Sept. 1st)
2324232424Average age (on Sept. 1st)
      
59%56%58%54%54%Female
****36%Male
*****Another gender/Non-binary
1%3%2%2%-Prefer not to answer/No response
      
21% 14%13%19% 15%LGBTQ2S+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, transgender, queer, two-spirited)
72% 79%79%74% 79%Other
8%7% 8%8% 6%Prefer not to answer/No response
      
47%51%41%41%37%Self identify as racialized/visible minorities/persons of colour
45%44%54%53%60%Do not self identify as visible minorities/persons of colour
8%6%5%6%3%Prefer not to answer/No response
      
38%39%47%44% 52%White
32%37%34%35%25%Asian
7%10%7%*6%Middle Eastern
*5%**8%Mixed race
8%****Black
5%**5%*Indigenous (e.g. First Nations, Inuit, Métis)
*****Latino/Hispanic
*2%3%4%3%Prefer not to answer/No response
      
20252024202320222021Country of Birth
68%63%66%67% 71%Born in Canada
32%36%33%32% 29%Born outside of Canada
<1%1%<1%1%0%Prefer not to answer/No response
      
20252024202320222021Raised in a single-parent/guardian household
15%11%11%10% 7%Yes
83%88%87%89%91%No
2%1%2%1%<2%Prefer not to answer/No response
      
2025202420232022 2021Hometown
68% 67%68%66% 71%Ontario
19%17%22%25% 19%Rest of Canada
12%16%10%9% 10%International
      
85%88%88%90% 87%Grew up in an Urban area
14%9%9%9%  12%Grew up in a Rural area
1%3%3%1%  1%Prefer not to answer/No response
      
2025202420232022 2021Language Proficiency - speaking fluency
52%41%50%47% 50%English only
36%45%38%40% 42%English and 1 other language
9%12%9%12%7%English and 2 or more other languages
2%2%2%1% 1%Prefer not to answer/no response
17%18%14% 18% 19%Bilingual in English and French
      
2025202420232022 2021Accessibility
61%63%75%74%  73%No disability
23%17%14%18%15%One or more of: Mental Health Condition/ Health Condition/Learning Disability/Physical Disability
15%20%12%9% 10%Prefer not to answer/No response
      
202520242023 2022 2021Marital Status
85% 91%92%91%  92%Single
6%5%6%5%5%Married/Common-Law
4%4%3%3%3%Other/Prefer Not to Answer/No Response
      
2025202420232022 2021Dependents
*****No dependents
*****Provide shared/sole support to one or more dependents
<1% 1%2%0% 2%Prefer not to answer/No response
      
2025202420232022 2021Highest level of education attained by any parent/guardian*
*****Did not complete high school
11%12%10%6% 12%High school diploma or equivalent
11%19%14%13%10%Trades Certificate/Community college/CEGEP/Business or technical institute
31%40%40%43% 34%Bachelor degree (e.g. BA, BSc, BCom, BEng, BScN, BEd, BMus, BKin)
8%8%11%8% 9%Bachelor of Law (e.g. LLB, JD)
24%22%18%22%24%Master degree (e.g. LLM, MA, MSc, MBA, MEng, MEd, MArch)
10%16%14%15%14%Doctorate degree (e.g. PhD, EdD, SJD)/ Professional Degree (Medicine, Dentistry, Veterinary Medicine)
*****Do not know/Prefer not to answer/No Response