Economic Impact of International Education in Canada – 2016 Update

Appendix 4 - Data Tables

Table 22 - Estimated Number of Long-Term International Students by Level of Study, by Province/Territory, 2014

	Secondary and less	Trade	College	University - Bachelor's Deg.	University - Master's Deg.	University - Doctorate	Other University	Other Post Secondary	Quebec programs	Residents and interns (Medical)	Other studies	All Levels of Studies
Newfoundland and Labrador	121	0	28	880	750	217	225	12	0	0	29	2,261
Prince Edward Island	160	14	28	523	71	19	108	52	0	1	110	1,086
Nova Scotia	866	25	81	5,394	1,650	212	833	182	0	8	310	9,560
New Brunswick	291	21	189	2,229	535	119	239	366	1	2	62	4,053
Quebec	2,535	387	1,379	17,926	10,509	3,442	5,311	4,117	407	26	1,545	47,604
Ontario	19,276	1,063	37,279	27,214	14,660	3,246	9,468	22,132	32	123	6,825	141,366
Manitoba	704	75	867	2,766	748	292	1,075	1,129	2	4	127	7,794
Saskatchewan	758	17	301	1,510	1,204	384	474	173	1	6	76	4,904
Alberta	2,940	192	1,569	2,915	2,766	1,335	2,559	1,569	2	10	759	16,623
British Columbia	18,901	1,099	11,392	28,541	9,949	2,150	8,279	10,145	21	43	4,820	95,387
Yukon	5	0	9	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	2	29
Northwest Territories	8	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	35
Nunavut	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
Canada	46,566	2,892	53,150	89,898	42,841	11,417	28,570	39,889	466	223	14,667	330,706

Table 23 - Number of Short-Term International Students and Student Weeks, by Province/Territory, 2014

	Number of Students	Number of Student Weeks
Newfoundland and Labrador	0	0
Prince Edward Island	270	1,417
Nova Scotia	2,332	29,294
New Brunswick	101	1,157
Quebec	7,765	68,510
Ontario	46,223	462,314
Manitoba	591	7,227
Saskatchewan	1,504	20,398
Alberta	6,604	83,102
British Columbia	42,059	407,483
Yukon	0	0
Northwest Territories	0	0
Nunavut	0	0
Canada	107,451	1,080,903

Source: Languages Canada with adjustments by RKA

Table 24 - Number of Long-Term International Students in Canada, by Top Ten Source Countries, 2014

	Number of Students	Percentage of Total
China, People’s Republic of	110,918	33%
India	38,891	12%
Korea, Republic of	19,358	6%
France	19,035	6%
Saudi Arabia	13,677	4%
United States of America	12,450	4%
Brazil	8,920	3%
Nigeria	8,620	3%
Japan	6,900	2%
Mexico	5,138	2%
Total of Top Ten Countries	243,907	72%
Canada	336,497	100%

Source: IRCC

Table 25 - Number of Short-Term International Students in Canada, by Top Ten Source Countries, 2014

	Number of Students	Percentage of Total
Brazil	20,128	19%
Japan	20,081	19%
China	17,675	16%
Korea	15,568	14%
Saudi Arabia	10,496	10%
Mexico	7,623	7%
Taiwan	2,376	2%
Venezuela	2,154	2%
Switzerland	1,931	2%
Spain	1,576	1%
Total of Top Ten Countries	99,608	93%
Canada	107,451	100%

Source: Languages Canada

Table 26 - Comparison of Weighted Average Undergraduate Tuition Fees for Canadian and International Full-Time Students, 2014/15

	Canadian Students	International Students
Newfoundland and Labrador	$2,660	$8,942
Prince Edward Island	$5,849	$21,628
Nova Scotia	$6,483	$14,136
New Brunswick	$6,298	$13,212
Quebec	$2,740	$18,348
Ontario	$7,562	$25,392
Manitoba	$3,857	$12,995
Saskatchewan	$6,693	$17,371
Alberta	$5,738	$19,826
British Columbia	$5,201	$18,950
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
Canada	$5,998	$20,593

Source: Statistics Canada. Table 477-0077

Table 27 - Comparison of Weighted Average Graduate Tuition Fees for Canadian and International Full-Time Students, 2014/15

	Canadian Students	International Students
Newfoundland and Labrador	$2,474	$2,822
Prince Edward Island	$4,845	$11,041
Nova Scotia	$8,182	$16,482
New Brunswick	$5,759	$10,368
Quebec	$2,820	$14,051
Ontario	$8,759	$18,816
Manitoba	$4,468	$8,877
Saskatchewan	$3,758	$5,212
Alberta	$5,715	$9,748
British Columbia	$7,648	$11,869
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
Canada	$6,295	$13,909

Source: Statistics Canada. Table 477-0077

Table 28 - Estimated Long-Term International Student Expenditure by Type of Expenditure, in K-12 System, by Province/Territory, 2014

	Tuition and fees	Accommodation and food	Transportation	Discretionary
Newfoundland and Labrador	$1,691,580	$1,014,646	$0	$60,500
Prince Edward Island	$2,236,800	$1,341,680	$0	$80,000
Nova Scotia	$12,106,680	$7,261,843	$0	$433,000
New Brunswick	$4,068,180	$2,440,181	$0	$145,500
Quebec	$35,439,300	$21,257,243	$0	$1,267,500
Ontario	$269,478,480	$161,638,898	$0	$9,638,000
Manitoba	$9,841,920	$5,903,392	$0	$352,000
Saskatchewan	$10,596,840	$6,356,209	$0	$379,000
Alberta	$41,101,200	$24,653,370	$0	$1,470,000
British Columbia	$264,235,980	$158,494,336	$0	$9,450,500
Yukon	$60,000	$37,500	$0	$2,500
Northwest Territories	$96,000	$60,000	$0	$4,000
Nunavut	$12,000	$7,500	$0	$500
Canada	$650,964,960	$390,466,796	$0	$23,283,000

Source: various data sources detailed in Appendix 1 with adjustments by RKA

Table 29 - Estimated Long-Term International Student Expenditure by Type of Expenditure, in Trades/College/Quebec Programs, by Province/Territory, 2014

	Tuition and fees and books/material	Accommodation and food	Transportation	Discretionary
Newfoundland and Labrador	$212,946	$304,561	$13,562	$66,585
Prince Edward Island	$728,134	$592,724	$21,751	$102,785
Nova Scotia	$1,186,704	$1,463,145	$48,636	$242,660
New Brunswick	$2,327,916	$3,002,038	$53,525	$512,027
Quebec	$31,653,164	$23,419,240	$1,016,884	$5,142,155
Ontario	$704,502,799	$519,360,872	$34,344,539	$85,114,762
Manitoba	$9,978,729	$11,427,238	$773,713	$2,202,308
Saskatchewan	$4,132,362	$3,920,147	$147,195	$718,496
Alberta	$28,038,421	$21,036,082	$1,775,079	$4,196,917
British Columbia	$177,816,276	$150,353,800	$9,909,016	$28,242,276
Yukon	$43,507	$79,200	$5,421	$11,000
Northwest Territories	$123,381	$234,000	$16,016	$32,500
Nunavut	$8,601	$18,000	$1,232	$2,500
Canada	$960,752,940	$735,211,046	$48,126,569	$126,586,971

Source: various data sources detailed in Appendix 1 with adjustments by RKA

Table 30 - Estimated Long-Term International Student Expenditure by Type of Expenditure, in University/Other University/Medical Residency & Internship Programs, by Province/Territory, 2014

	Tuition and fees and books/material	Accommodation and food	Transportation	Discretionary
Newfoundland and Labrador	$14,485,839	$22,769,791	$1,017,127	$4,952,493
Prince Edward Island	$15,174,578	$10,073,587	$370,273	$1,745,831
Nova Scotia	$124,621,720	$114,364,341	$3,716,243	$19,096,657
New Brunswick	$39,711,063	$42,150,133	$793,311	$7,055,759
Quebec	$654,521,828	$415,734,007	$17,416,251	$88,902,290
Ontario	$1,286,055,865	$779,458,933	$48,966,952	$129,649,490
Manitoba	$63,888,056	$59,808,286	$4,001,393	$11,630,810
Saskatchewan	$45,425,247	$45,809,109	$1,652,880	$8,603,877
Alberta	$164,072,117	$115,570,387	$9,652,116	$23,269,657
British Columbia	$759,867,763	$564,349,103	$38,777,646	$102,458,191
Yukon	$0	$0	$0	$0
Northwest Territories	$0	$0	$0	$0
Nunavut	$0	$0	$0	$0
Canada	$3,167,824,076	$2,170,087,677	$126,364,193	$397,365,055

Source: various data sources detailed in Appendix 1 with adjustments by RKA

Table 31 - Estimated Long-Term International Student Expenditure by Type of Expenditure, in Other Post-Secondary Programs, by Province/Territory, 2014

	Tuition and fees and books/material	Accommodation and food	Transportation	Discretionary
Newfoundland and Labrador	$91,088	$129,934	$5,812	$28,197
Prince Edward Island	$889,693	$718,966	$26,584	$124,335
Nova Scotia	$2,097,365	$2,547,991	$83,377	$424,585
New Brunswick	$3,770,754	$4,913,771	$92,964	$821,086
Quebec	$61,124,152	$45,983,275	$1,926,737	$9,830,511
Ontario	$417,790,802	$303,707,832	$19,807,724	$49,970,792
Manitoba	$12,111,385	$13,699,666	$924,315	$2,646,256
Saskatchewan	$2,316,730	$2,156,958	$79,802	$398,783
Alberta	$25,364,659	$18,788,725	$1,580,224	$3,758,730
British Columbia	$128,544,779	$113,884,575	$8,034,793	$20,212,397
Yukon	$62,289	$118,800	$8,131	$16,500
Northwest Territories	$0	$0	$0	$0
Nunavut	$0	$0	$0	$0
Canada	$654,163,696	$506,650,491	$32,570,464	$88,232,172

Source: various data sources detailed in Appendix 1 with adjustments by RKA

Table 32 - Estimated Long-Term International Student Expenditure by Type of Expenditure, in Other Studies, by Province/Territory, 2014 [37]

	Tuition and fees and books/material	Accommodation and food	Transportation	Discretionary
Newfoundland and Labrador		$324,293	$14,239	$36,250
Prince Edward Island		$1,573,110	$56,430	$137,500
Nova Scotia		$4,581,413	$142,290	$387,500
New Brunswick		$903,263	$15,748	$77,500
Quebec		$17,586,928	$723,060	$1,931,250
Ontario		$101,401,041	$6,108,375	$8,531,250
Manitoba		$1,598,152	$104,013	$158,750
Saskatchewan		$996,930	$35,112	$95,000
Alberta		$9,294,002	$764,313	$948,750
British Columbia		$61,444,155	$3,817,440	$6,025,000
Yukon		$18,000	$1,232	$2,500
Northwest Territories		$9,000	$616	$1,250
Nunavut		$9,000	$616	$1,250
Canada		$199,739,287	$11,783,484	$18,333,750

Source: various data sources detailed in Appendix 1 with adjustments by RKA

Table 33 - Estimated Long-Term International Student Expenditure by Type of Expenditure, All Levels of Study, by Province/Territory, 2014

	Tuition and fees and books/material	Accommodation and food	Transportation	Discretionary	Total Annual Exp
Newfoundland and Labrador	$16,481,453	$24,543,224	$1,050,740	$5,144,026	$47,219,442
Prince Edward Island	$19,029,205	$14,300,067	$475,038	$2,190,452	$35,994,761
Nova Scotia	$140,012,469	$130,218,731	$3,990,546	$20,584,401	$294,806,148
New Brunswick	$49,877,914	$53,409,384	$955,548	$8,611,872	$112,854,718
Quebec	$782,738,445	$523,980,692	$21,082,932	$107,073,706	$1,434,875,775
Ontario	$2,677,827,946	$1,865,567,577	$109,227,590	$282,904,294	$4,935,527,406
Manitoba	$95,820,091	$92,436,734	$5,803,434	$16,990,125	$211,050,384
Saskatchewan	$62,471,179	$59,239,352	$1,914,990	$10,195,156	$133,820,677
Alberta	$258,576,397	$189,342,566	$13,771,732	$33,644,054	$495,334,749
British Columbia	$1,330,464,799	$1,048,525,969	$60,538,896	$166,388,363	$2,605,918,027
Yukon	$165,796	$253,500	$14,784	$32,500	$466,580
Northwest Territories	$219,381	$303,000	$16,632	$37,750	$576,763
Nunavut	$20,601	$34,500	$1,848	$4,250	$61,199
Canada	$5,433,705,673	$4,002,155,297	$218,844,710	$653,800,948	$10,308,506,627

Source: various data sources detailed in Appendix 1 with adjustments by RKA

Table 34 - Estimated Additional Tourism Activities of Visiting Families and Friends associated with Long-Term International Students, by Province/Territory, 2014

	Total spending
Newfoundland and Labrador	$1,017,992
Prince Edward Island	$445,143
Nova Scotia	$4,218,829
New Brunswick	$1,820,254
Quebec	$20,997,910
Ontario	$61,340,861
Manitoba	$3,495,015
Saskatchewan	$2,201,545
Alberta	$7,232,213
British Columbia	$41,284,776
Yukon	$12,314
Northwest Territories	$15,507
Nunavut	$1,368
Canada	$144,083,727

Source: RKA based on ACPET study

Table 35 - Estimated Short-Term International Student Expenditure by Type of Expenditure, by Province/Territory, 2014

	Tuition and fees and books/material	Homestay	Transportation	Utilities	Discretionary	Total Annual Expenditure
Newfoundland and Labrador	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Prince Edward Island	$354,250	$265,688	$56,680	$70,850	$283,400	$1,030,868
Nova Scotia	$10,302,838	$6,244,100	$1,171,776	$1,464,720	$5,858,879	$25,042,312
New Brunswick	$470,282	$231,842	$46,293	$57,867	$231,466	$1,037,750
Quebec	$22,645,313	$16,771,261	$2,740,402	$3,425,503	$13,702,011	$59,284,490
Ontario	$159,165,432	$109,596,135	$18,492,556	$23,115,695	$92,462,781	$402,832,600
Manitoba	$2,536,388	$1,498,650	$289,064	$361,329	$1,445,318	$6,130,749
Saskatchewan	$5,303,367	$3,477,785	$815,903	$1,019,878	$4,079,513	$14,696,447
Alberta	$23,455,661	$16,412,730	$3,324,097	$4,155,121	$16,620,486	$63,968,095
British Columbia	$120,582,445	$86,973,226	$16,299,330	$20,374,163	$81,496,651	$325,725,816
Yukon	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Northwest Territories	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Nunavut	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Canada	$344,815,976	$241,471,417	$43,236,101	$54,045,126	$216,180,505	$899,749,125

Source: Languages Canada with adjustments by RKA

Table 36 - Estimated Additional Tourism Activities of Visiting Families and Friends associated with Short-Term International Students, by Province/Territory, 2014

	Total spending
Newfoundland and Labrador	$0
Prince Edward Island	$49,258
Nova Scotia	$425,523
New Brunswick	$18,502
Quebec	$1,416,705
Ontario	$8,432,741
Manitoba	$107,860
Saskatchewan	$274,384
Alberta	$1,204,878
British Columbia	$7,673,051
Yukon	$0
Northwest Territories	$0
Nunavut	$0
Canada	$19,602,902

Source: RKA based on ACPET study

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[37] For those permit holders in “Other Studies”, the IRCC states that “...data could not be defined based on the available data. Other Studies, amongst other levels, could include the spouses and children of international students should they also hold a study permit themselves”.