Canada Breaks a Record by Inviting Over 550,000 International Students in 2022

According to recent IRCC data, Canada received a record 551,405 foreign students in 2022, coming from 184 different countries. There will also be an all-time high of 807,750 international students with valid study visas as of December 31st, 2022.

In recent years, there has been a significant increase in the number of research permits issued. Accordingly, 107,145 more study permits went into force in 2022 than they did in 2021. As a result, there are also significantly more students in Canada. There were 637,860 foreign students studying in Canada in 2019. Due to pandemic pressures, this number fell in 2020. By the end of 2022, Canada will have approximately 170,000 more overseas students than it did in 2019 thanks to a relative return to normalcy last year.