[1] The school is one of the fastest-growing universities in Canada; its enrollment doubled from 2002 to 2007, and it has 12,000 full-time undergraduate students as of 2008.
[2] Wilfrid Laurier University also has two satellite campuses in Brantford and Kitchener, both in Ontario.
[3][4] People associated with Wilfrid Laurier University include faculty, alumni, staff, honorary degree recipients, chancellors, and presidents.
The university has had nine chancellors, including the incumbent Michael Lee-Chin.
Wilfrid Laurier University has had seven presidents, including the incumbent Deborah MacLatchy, who has served in this position since 1 July 2017.