Canada to limit foreign students

Canada is to cap the intake of foreign students for two years to ease pressure on housing and healthcare. Canada hosted over 800,000 foreign students at all levels of study in 2022


ST. GEORGE CAMPUS, TORONTO
    

NUMBER OF CANADIAN STUDY PERMIT HOLDERS (’000s)
Year permits became effective, with monthly data breakdown
     0	100	200	300	400	500	600
2025			364,000 Two-year cap
2024			364,000
2023					579,075 
2022					548,785
2021				445,715
2020 COVID-19	255,580 
2019				400,595
2018			354,275 
2017			314,985
2016		264,285
2015		219,035


WHERE STUDENTS COME FROM (%, 2022)
India 		Philippines
40 	12 	4 		44
  	China 			Other


Sources: BBC, Government of Canada, CBIE 
Picture: University of Toronto 
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