International Study Permits to Drop by 50 Percent This Year, Report Projects

Published on September 11, 2024

The Canadian government’s approvals of international study permits are projected to drop by nearly half in 2024, according to a new analysis based on figures from Ottawa. “While the federal government’s cap on study permit applications was designed to increase the sector’s sustainability, data from the first half of the year shows the cap may have contributed to chilling demand to the extent that the government’s projections for 2024 will not be met,” reads the report by ApplyBoard, a company that connects international students to colleges and universities across Canada. The report says that in the second quarter of 2024, the number of new study permit applications processed by Ottawa fell by 54 percent when compared with the second quarter of 2023. ApplyBoard predicts there will be a 39 percent decrease in global applications for Canadian study permits in 2024 compared with 2023....

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