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Explore Canadian study permit data

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Study permit holders in Canada · Year-end 2024

A year-end snapshot of study permit holders with a valid permit on December 31, 2024.

Study permit holders 996,375 Valid permits on December 31, 2024 -3.9% from 2023

Top province Ontario 482,100 permit holders

Top citizenship India 392,810 permit holders

Top study level Post Secondary 780,910 permit holders

Year-end figures show valid study permits on December 31 and differ from annual counts of permits becoming effective.

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Study permit holders over time

Valid study permits on December 31 · 2000–2024

2024 996,375

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Study permit holders by province and territory · 2024

Valid study permits on December 31, 2024, using IRCC's published province and territory totals.

An additional 12,290 permit holders had no province or territory stated in the published 2024 data.

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Top countries of citizenship · 2024

Leading countries of citizenship among study permit holders with a valid permit on December 31, 2024.

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Study permit holders by study level · 2024

Valid study permits on December 31, 2024, grouped by the published IRCC study level.

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International Students and Canada's Youth Labour Market

Explore twenty years of study-permit growth, international-student employment, youth unemployment and Canada's changing labour market. The analysis examines how a rapidly expanding pool of potential workers coincided with declining job vacancies and increasingly difficult conditions for young Canadians seeking first, part-time and summer jobs.

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