Students

Significant increase in the number of international students enrolling in Canadian universities for the 2017/2018 academic year. Many stakeholders believe this increase to the growing perception of Canada as a stable and welcoming study destination in addition to Canada's international policies . In recent months, increasing numbers of international students are choosing to study in Canada. and immigrate after graduation.

Canada is set to welcome a record number of foreign students in 2014. From January to September 103,999 study permits were issued, an 11% increase from 2013. The majority of students were from the following countries:

A new study says that Calgary, Vancouver, Ottawa, Waterloo, Richmond Hill and St. John’s are the most attractive cities to live in for newcomers.

Starting July 31, fingerprints and a photo will become mandatory for many people applying from Europe, the Middle East and Africa for a Canadian visitor visa, work or study permit, permanent residence or for asylum in Canada. Known as biometrics, the fingerprints and photo will be required for identification purposes. This requirement will be extended to Asia, Asia-Pacific and the Americas on December 31, 2018.

A new mobile application is available to help test takers prepare for the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) standardized exam.

Effective November 14, 2019, the selection conditions of the Programme de l’expérience québécoise (PEQ – Québec experience program) which had prevailed before November 1, 2019 are re-established.

Minimum score drops to 433 for Skilled Workers in Manitoba candidates.

Canada has now invited 75,300 Express Entry candidates to apply for permanent Residence in 2019.

For all international students with study permit applications received/submitted as of January 1, the federal government has now more than doubled the cost-of-living financial requirement that applicants must display during the application process.

Canada's population reached 37,314,442 on January 1, 2019

Although our immigration numbers are rising, we're still losing close to half of them over a 5-year period.

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has updated the conditions for issuing study permit to a student who is required to complete a prerequisite program before he or she begins a second program in a Designated educational institution .

As of August 1, 2014 new regulations came into force concerning the definition of dependent children. The age at which a child will be considered a dependant has been changed from under 22 to under 19. In addition, the exception for full-time students has also been abolished. The following is the new definition of a dependent child:

In addition to the existing Certificat d'Acceptation du Quebec (CAQ), international students planning to study in Quebec will also need an attestation letter to apply for a study permit.

Information on the Canadian education system.

The Ministère is temporarily suspending the intake of permanent ‎immigration applications under the Québec Graduates stream of the ‎Programme de l’expérience québécoise (PEQ - Québec experience ‎program).

A Statistics Canada report reveals that nearly one in four study permit holders in Canada in 2019 were not enrolled in public post-secondary institutions. In 2019, a total of 717,300 students held Canadian post-secondary study permits. Of this number, 24% (172,152 students) did not enrol in post-secondary institutions.

The time that international students spend studying online from outside Canada now counts toward a Post-Graduation Work Permit (PGWP).

The province of Ontario on July 20, 2017 announced that applications for the Employer Job Offer Stream for Foreign Workers and International students are now being accepted.

The Canadian province of Ontario has reopened two popular immigration streams for international post-graduates who studied in the province: