Distance and online education numbers are skyrocketing across the region.
Contact North says enrollment was up 14% this Fall.
Dryden alone saw a 49% increase with 549 people taking distance education.
Vice President of Recruitment Services Debby Sefton says they have grown 150% over the past 5 years.
Sefton says they are seeing a lot of people from Northern communities use the service.
Sefton says some people are upgrading for a job or trying a new career path.
Contact North serves more then 600 small, rural, remote and Aboriginal communities.