Canadian campuses become more Asian.
According to the final data for 2020 by IRCC, India and China supplied more than half of all international students to Canada – 54.2%. Every third international student arrived from India.
Every fifth student came from China. South Korea became the third biggest country of origin for international students. In the top-15 nations sending most of the students, nine are Asian countries.
The only European country in the top-15 is France and most of them come to Quebec.
The list of top-15 countries includes:
India - 81,235 (31.6%)
China - 58,200 (22.6%)
South Korea - 10,980 (4.3%)
Vietnam - 9,405 (3.7%)
France - 8,005 (3.1%)
Iran - 7,010 (2.7%)
Brazil - 6,060 (2.4%)
Nigeria - 5,895 (2.3%)
Philippines - 4,370 (1.7%)
United States of America - 4,315 (1.7%)
Mexico - 3,675 (1.4%)
Japan - 3,510 (1.4%)
Bangladesh - 3,180 (1.2%)
Colombia - 3,035 (1.2%)
Hong Kong - 2,620 (1.0%)
In total, Canada issued 257,360 study permits in 2020. In January 2021, IRCC already issued 27,690 study permits.
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