An overview of Atlantic Canada’s universities:
- 16 universities (in 18 communities across Atlantic Canada)
- 74,000 full-time students
- 14,600 part-time students
- 16,261 faculty and staff
- 3.0 -7.0 % of employment in provincial capitals
- up to 35 % of employment in small university towns
- 38,371 total jobs
- Total payroll in excess of $1.1 billion
- 250,000 local alumni
- $2.6 billion in Gross Domestic Product
- $496 million in federal and provincial taxes
- $615 million in R&D
- 57% of R&D in the region
- Economic Impact of International students is $565 million
- $110 million in Construction