Table. Doctorates in Canada, in selected disciplines, by gender, 1998
| Field of study | Women | Men | n |
| Anthropology | 52% | 48% | 44 |
| Biology | 35% | 65% | 293 |
| Business | 35% | 65% | 72 |
| Chemistry | 28% | 72% | 234 |
| Classics | 50% | 50% | 8 |
| Computer Science | 16% | 84% | 74 |
| Economics | 18% | 82% | 57 |
| Education | 61% | 39% | 367 |
| English | 59% | 41% | 105 |
| Environmental Studies | 41% | 59% | 37 |
| Fine Arts | 40% | 60% | 5 |
| French | 42% | 58% | 38 |
| Geography | 31% | 69% | 52 |
| Geology, Oceanography & related sciences | 23% | 77% | 94 |
| History | 32% | 68% | 81 |
| Linguistics and other Languages & Literatures | 56% | 44% | 101 |
| Mathematics | 23% | 77% | 121 |
| Media Studies | 50% | 50% | 20 |
| Music | 30% | 70% | 23 |
| Nursing | 83% | 17% | 12 |
| Performing Arts, Other | 71% | 29% | 7 |
| Philosophy | 29% | 71% | 65 |
| Physics | 13% | 87% | 171 |
| Political Science | 38% | 62% | 76 |
| Psychology | 68% | 32% | 261 |
| Religious Studies | 35% | 65% | 31 |
| Social Work | 71% | 29% | 14 |
| Sociology | 53% | 47% | 76 |
| ALL FIELDS | 36% | 64% | 3976 |