TABLE 8

Fall undergraduate enrollment of Canadian women in accredited engineering programs as a proportion of the total, by discipline 1985 - 1990.
(Source: Canadian Engineering Human Resources Board)

%
DISCIPLINE

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

Agriculture

10.1

11.3

13.0

15.2

12.9

17.8

Chemical

23.9

25.3

24.8

35.7

27.4

28.9

Civil

12.6

13.6

14.4

15.8

17.5

19.0

Computer

6.3

8.2

9.1

6.7

6.5

6.9

Electrical

7.0

7.3

7.6

8.5

8.7

8.8

Engineering
Physics/Science

9.9

10.9

10.1

9.0

9.3

10.3

Geological

14.1

17.1

14.1

18.1

21.5

21.5

Industrial

17.8

18.2

20.5

20.1

20.5

18.0

Materials

31.4

17.6

15.5

9.6

10.8

16.0

Mechanical

7.4

7.6

8.0

8.4

9.3

9.4

Metallurgical

11.9

14.1

12.9

17.8

17.8

13.8

Mining/Mineral

11.6

10.5

9.4

10.3

11.4

13.0

Surveying

3.9

5.2

6.1

7.4

11.8

12.3

Other Engineering/
General

10.9

11.2

11.4

12.4

12.6

14.7

TOTAL

10.8

11.4

11.6

12.3

13.0

14.0