 It was established to fill the need to train engineers and technicians for Canada's growing postwar economy.It grew substantially over the next decade, adding a faculty of arts in 1960, and the College of Optometry of Ontario (now the School of Optometry and Vision Science), which moved from Toronto in 1967.The university is a co-educational institution, with approximately 30,600 undergraduate and 5,300 postgraduate students enrolled there in 2016.