University enrollment up

There will be more first-year undergraduate students at Ontario universities this fall than ever before.

More than 90,000 students have confirmed their university acceptance letters.

That’s almost 2,000 more than the double cohort year of 2003, when students in grades 12 and 13 graduated at the same time.

The higher numbers show a trend of increased demand for post-secondary grads in the workforce.

The council of Ontario universities says two out of three new jobs now require a post-secondary education.