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The following are statistics for applicants to Ontario law schools. OUAC began processing applications for the law schools in 1997.

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Applicants and Registrants to Law School
(OLSAS System-level Unique Count)

Year	Applicants – 1st and Upper Year	Applicants – 1st Year	Registrants – 1st Year
1997	3,594	3,319	1,091
1998	3,391	3,195	1,093
1999	3,414	3,238	1,088
2000	3,415	3,245	1,103
2001	3,390	3,190	1,190
2002	3,670	3,457	1,176
2003	3,900	3,682	1,160
2004	4,100	3,863	1,231
2005	4,125	3,905	1,265
2006	4,341	4,075	1,266
2007	4,469	4,160	1,234
2008	4,424	4,071	1,287
2009	4,408	4,091	1,350
2010	4,953	4,609	1,405
2011	5,125	4,717	1,376
2012	5,063	4,686	1,388
2013	5,127	4,758	1,502
2014	4,573	4,287	1,526
2015	4,369	4,153	1,538
2016	4,502	4,274	1,549
2017	4,506	4,324	1,520
2018	4,740	4,561	1,550
2019	4,598	4,440	1,565
2020	4,833	4,665	1,694

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Individual University Data

	Lakehead		Osgoode		Ottawa		Queen’s
Year	Applicants – 1st Year	Registrants – 1st Year	Applicants – 1st Year	Registrants – 1st Year	Applicants – 1st Year	Registrants – 1st Year	Applicants – 1st Year	Registrants – 1st Year
1997	n/a	n/a	2,261	301	1,902	165	1,810	161
1998	n/a	n/a	2,109	272	1,815	179	1,842	164
1999	n/a	n/a	2,146	279	1,835	196	1,804	156
2000	n/a	n/a	2,068	287	1,901	179	1,848	165
2001	n/a	n/a	2,099	292	1,864	244	1,908	163
2002	n/a	n/a	2,264	295	2,042	220	2,174	170
2003	n/a	n/a	2,399	288	2,330	196	2,252	161
2004	n/a	n/a	2,420	312	2,536	257	2,351	165
2005	n/a	n/a	2,427	298	2,635	283	2,418	163
2006	n/a	n/a	2,403	301	2,786	302	2,347	154
2007	n/a	n/a	2,544	288	2,903	271	2,494	163
2008	n/a	n/a	2,638	329	2,967	294	2,529	154
2009	n/a	n/a	2,749	289	2,745	342	2,290	155
2010	n/a	n/a	3,086	310	3,098	381	2,632	168
2011	n/a	n/a	3,107	290	3,242	376	2,797	158
2012	n/a	n/a	3,136	299	3,245	377	2,690	162
2013	1,135	60	3,106	306	3,199	386	2,786	164
2014	916	60	2,725	290	2,753	366	2,498	198
2015	937	60	2,491	313	2,683	382	2,351	197
2016	952	59	2,578	276	2,728	384	2,451	203
2017	544	78	2,768	301	2,760	354	2,476	194
2018	572	67	2,971	285	2,967	369	2,747	200
2019	611	66	2,770	300	2,868	366	2,709	208
2020	539	65	2,752	303	2,843	326	2,628	199

	Toronto Met		Toronto		Western		Windsor
Year	Applicants – 1st Year	Registrants – 1st Year	Applicants – 1st Year	Registrants – 1st Year	Applicants – 1st Year	Registrants – 1st Year	Applicants – 1st Year	Registrants – 1st Year
1997	n/a	n/a	1,674	174	2,040	139	1,605	151
1998	n/a	n/a	1,734	168	1,858	159	1,490	151
1999	n/a	n/a	1,609	162	1,891	153	1,419	142
2000	n/a	n/a	1,631	166	1,940	159	1,346	147
2001	n/a	n/a	1,662	169	1,947	155	1,414	167
2002	n/a	n/a	1,776	161	2,123	146	1,585	184
2003	n/a	n/a	1,736	163	2,235	152	1,707	200
2004	n/a	n/a	1,861	173	2,346	144	1,858	180
2005	n/a	n/a	1,828	170	2,256	158	1,849	193
2006	n/a	n/a	1,786	178	2,380	153	1,910	178
2007	n/a	n/a	1,855	156	2,469	152	2,065	204
2008	n/a	n/a	2,027	175	2,428	141	2,005	194
2009	n/a	n/a	1,917	188	2,230	159	1,892	217
2010	n/a	n/a	2,205	183	2,475	157	2,055	206
2011	n/a	n/a	2,092	183	2,679	143	2,178	226
2012	n/a	n/a	1,892	179	2,641	157	2,252	214
2013	n/a	n/a	1,765	193	2,713	155	2,290	238
2014	n/a	n/a	1,978	213	2,364	158	1,965	241
2015	n/a	n/a	2,009	188	2,117	153	1,786	245
2016	n/a	n/a	2,129	203	2,157	163	1,766	261
2017	n/a	n/a	2,185	204	2,164	156	1,851	233
2018	n/a	n/a	2,357	217	2,216	164	2,023	248
2019	n/a	n/a	2,192	212	2,083	160	2,019	253
2020	1,953	170	2,210	209	2,174	170	1,988	252

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