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Study Permit Holders by Country

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China, People's Republic of · 2018

Prepared September 24, 2026 10:29 AM

Report parameters

Year 2018
Country of citizenship China, People's Republic of
Analysis Citizenship

Executive summary

Study permit summary

Study permit holders

89,440

2018

Country rank

#2

China, People's Republic of

Historical coverage

4

Years available

Share of published total

24.4%

2018

This report summarizes published study permit-holder data for China, People's Republic of in 2018, including historical context, country rankings, suppression information, and annual trends.

Trend analysis

Annual study permit-holder trend for China, People's Republic of

Annual published study permit-holder totals for China, People's Republic of.

91,115 85,043 78,970 72,897 66,825 2015 2016 2017 2018 89,440 2018 Study permit holders Year

Historical context

Historical performance

Peak year

2018

89,440 permit holders

Historical average

81,569

Complete years

Selected year

89,440

2018

Vs. historical average

+ 9.6%

Above average

Key insights

What the data shows

  1. 1 Compared with historical average China, People's Republic of's 2018 published total is 9.6% above its historical average for complete years.
  2. 2 Country rank China, People's Republic of ranks #2 among countries of citizenship for 2018.
  3. 3 Share of published total China, People's Republic of represents 24.4% of the published study permit-holder total for 2018.

Comparison

Top countries of citizenship

Rank Country of citizenship Study permit holders Share Suppressed records
1 India 109,375 29.8% 0
2 China, People's Republic of 89,440 24.4% 0
3 Korea, Republic of 18,050 4.9% 0
4 France 13,710 3.7% 0
5 Vietnam 12,715 3.5% 0
6 Brazil 10,980 3.0% 0
7 Iran 7,280 2.0% 0
8 Japan 6,985 1.9% 0
9 Nigeria 6,885 1.9% 0
10 United States of America 6,705 1.8% 0

Historical trend

Annual study permit trend for China, People's Republic of

Year Study permit holders YoY change Suppressed records Coverage
2015 68,500 0 Complete year
2016 80,865 +18.1% 0 Complete year
2017 87,470 +8.2% 0 Complete year
2018 89,440 +2.3% 0 Complete year

Dataset information

About this report

Source, selection, coverage, and generation details for this analytical report.

Dataset
Study permit holders by country of citizenship and year
Publisher
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
Year
2018
Country of citizenship
China, People's Republic of
Analysis
Citizenship
Records included
0
Report generated
September 24, 2026, 10:29 a.m.

Methodology

How this report was prepared

This report uses published Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada study permit-holder data by country of citizenship and the year in which study permits became effective.

Historical totals, rankings, shares, annual changes, suppression counts, and analytical findings are derived from the same normalized records used by the interactive Study Permit Explorer.

Important note

Published totals may exclude suppressed values. Suppressed records are reported separately where present and are not included in published study permit-holder totals.

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