More than one million people have a valid Canadian study permit
Canada’s international student population has breached the one million mark, according to the Globe and Mail, which cites information from Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). IRCC data noted there were 1,028,850 international students in Canada at the end of December 2023, as well as the following numbers: 526,015 international students in Ontario, 202,565 in British Columbia, and 117,925 in Quebec. These are also the provinces with the highest number of Designated Learning Institutions (DLIs), which Immigration Minister Marc Miller previously asked the provincial governments to speak with to “rein in” their numbers. In 2022, there were 807,260 international students in Canada, with the minister expressing last fall the expectation of having over 900,000 by the end of 2023.
