Canada Global(Web News) Documents reveal which colleges and universities have contributed the biggest growth in Canada’s international students, and which are now all subject to the country’s new study permit limits. suffered more than
Data obtained through access to information requests to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) shows the number of study permits granted to foreign students to attend post-secondary institutions across the country each year since 2018.
An analysis of the data shows what is shaping up to be a nationwide explosion in the number of international students that has prompted Ottawa to immediately impose a two-year cap at
30 Canadian colleges and universities. Of those that granted the most international study permits last year, all but one are public.
Just 10 public colleges in Ontario account for nearly 30 percent of all study permits issued across the country over the past three years.
Twelve public colleges in Ontario have at least tripled their annual permit numbers since 2018.
The data calls into question claims by both federal and provincial politicians who blame bad actors for fueling the surge in international students at private colleges.
