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IRCC has announced a cap of 437,000 study permits for 2025, marking a 10% reduction compared to 2024. This cap applies to all study permit approvals, including students required to submit Provincial Attestation Letters (PALs) or Territorial Attestation Letters (TALs) and those exempt from this requirement.

The Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) latest Global Livability Ranking highlights Calgary and Vancouver, Canada, as two of the world's top 10 most livable cities. Calgary jumped to fifth place, tied with Geneva, Switzerland, while Vancouver secured the seventh spot. Toronto, however, fell to 12th place.

Effective March 1, 2023, new measures will make it easier for Iranians already in Canada to extend their temporary stay and move between temporary streams.

In 2022 over 550,000 new study permits were issued for international students from 184 countries. Currently Canada has almost 810,000 New international students.

The Canadian government's new cap on international student permits, aimed at addressing housing shortages and rising living costs, could result in significant financial losses for Ontario universities.

Canada’s Start-Up Visa (SUV) Program saw an unprecedented rise in 2024, with some sources reporting around 5,600 permanent resident admissions, and the total may have been even higher. This marks a massive increase from 1,460 in 2023, highlighting the program’s rapid expansion.

The military is making major change to its recruitment policy.

Canada's international student population is booming. Immigration Minister Marc Miller anticipates hosting around 900,000 international students in 2023, but internal documents suggest it might be even higher. Forecasts predict 1.4 million international student applications by 2027, with a rapid rise in study permit applications from 2019 to 2022.

A new ranking by MovingWaldo has identified the most affordable provinces in Canada that also offer a high quality of life, based on housing costs, rent, and overall living expenses.

Victoria, British Columbia, has been named the most livable city in Canada for newcomers, according to The Globe and Mail. This respected national newspaper evaluates cities annually, focusing on factors like integration, amenities, and housing affordability for recent immigrants.

A look back at last month's Provincial Nominee Program updates and draw results from across the country.

A look back at last month's Provincial Nominee Program updates and draw results from across the country.

Canada’s Provincial Nominee Programs (PNP) issued nearly 5,000 invitations to apply for provincial nomination in March, a number similar to previous months.

Canada’s Provincial Nominee Programs (PNP) issued over 1,400 invitations to apply for provincial nomination in May.

The Provincial Nominee Program (PNP), which began modestly in 1998 with the admission of approximately 200 people to Canada, will now see the intake of over 80,000 new permanent residents every year. At least 3,744 immigration candidates received invitations through a provincial immigration program this past month.

113,700 new immigrants arrived in Canada in the first quarter of 2022.

As of April 1, 2022, Canada’s population was estimated to be nearly 39 million people. This is a population increase of nearly 128,000 people over three months from January 1.

While many developed countries are expected to see some population decrease over the next 50 years, Canada’s population is projected to flourish as a result of immigration.

Immigration continued to drive population increases in Canada’s provinces between April and July of this year — a three month period that saw one of Canada’s largest quarterly population gains ever recorded.
Overall, Canada’s population grew by 181,057 during those three months and was estimated to be at 37,589,262 on July 1, 2019.
Statistics Canada said this number represents the second-highest quarterly increase, in absolute numbers, in 48 years.
International migration (immigrants, temporary residents and returning emigrants) “remained the main driver of Canada’s population growth, accounting for 85 per cent of the quarterly growth,” Statistics Canada reported.
A record 94,281 new immigrants to Canada arrived during the second quarter of 2019.
Prince Edward Island led provinces in growth
Net international migration was positive in all provinces and in the Yukon Territory between April and July.
Statistics Canada called it the “main growth driver, reaching levels rarely, if ever, seen during a second quarter” and attributed the growth mainly to “the high number of new immigrants.”
The province of Prince Edward Island (PEI) posted what Statistics Canada called the “most rapid population growth in Canada” in those three months.
PEI’s nation-leading population increase of 0.8 per cent during the quarter was driven primarily by net international migration, which accounted for 78.4 per cent of total population growth in the province.
Net international migration was also the main contributor to the Yukon Territory’s second-place finish in terms of population growth in that same period. The Yukon’s population grew by 0.6 per cent over the quarter, with net international migration accounting for 62 per cent of the increase.
Factors of population growth in Canada’s provinces and territories, April to July 2019

Net international migration was an even greater contributor to total growth in Quebec (87.1 per cent) and Ontario (85.5 per cent) between April and July.
It also played a leading role in population growth in British Columbia (78.2 per cent) and Alberta (61.1 per cent).
Statistics Canada said net international migration helped offset interprovincial migratory losses in Manitoba and Saskatchewan of -2,802 and -2,719 people, respectively, helping both provinces finish the quarter with positive growth rates.
International migration also helped offset negative natural increases (more deaths than births) in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, allowing both provinces to finish the quarter with population growth rates of 0.5 per cent and 0.4 per cent, respectively.
International migration was also up in Newfoundland and Labrador, though the province finished the quarter with negative population growth due to a high number of deaths compared to births and outmigration to other provinces.

IRCC data show where foreign workers got jobs in Canada under the International Mobility Program last year.
Most of Canada’s foreign workers fall under the International Mobility Program (IMP). In 2021, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) issued more than 315,000 work permits under the IMP alone. The Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) accounted for about 104,000 work permits issued.

Times Higher Education has released its 2026 rankings of Canadian universities, reaffirming the University of Toronto’s position as the country’s best university, a title it has held since 2011. McGill University climbed to second place nationally, surpassing the University of British Columbia (UBC), which now ranks third.

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026 place 34 Canadian universities on the global list, highlighting Canada’s strong performance in research quality, teaching, and international collaboration.