Economic impact of international education in Canada – 2017 update

Appendix 5 - Data tables for 2015

Table 42: Number of study permit holders on December 31 by study level and intended province or territory of destination, 2015

	Post-Secondary Total	Secondary or Less Total	Other Studies	Not Stated	Total
Newfoundland and Labrador	2,340	225	105	n/a	2,670
Prince Edward Island	920	210	315	0	1,445
Nova Scotia	8,230	1,295	940	n/a	10,465
New Brunswick	3,580	430	200	0	4,215
Quebec	43,455	2,870	3,645	20	49,985
Ontario	113,930	24,190	13,560	60	151,740
Manitoba	8,185	1,060	760	5	10,010
Saskatchewan	4,590	1,005	280	n/a	5,875
Alberta	13,655	4,125	1,820	15	19,615
British Columbia	62,940	20,535	11,610	50	95,135
Northwest Territories	10	10	0	n/a	20
Nunavut	n/a	n/a	0	n/a	n/a
Yukon	25	n/a	5	n/a	35
Not Stated	100	5	10	0	115
Canada	261,955	55,970	33,250	155	351,330

Source: IRCC, January 31, 2017

Table 43: Estimated number of long-term international students by level of study, and province and territory, 2015

	Secondary or Less	Trade	College	University – Bachelor’s Degree	University – Master’s Degree	University – Doctorate	Other Post‑Secondary	Other Studies	All Levels of Study
Newfoundland and Labrador	193	0	100	1,173	693	348	25	105	2,638
Prince Edward Island	189	0	90	711	52	26	40	315	1,424
Nova Scotia	1,177	15	335	6,163	1,320	296	100	940	10,347
New Brunswick	393	15	385	2,515	421	164	80	200	4,173
Quebec	2,569	2,520	2,420	18,967	11,153	6,585	1,810	3,645	49,689
Ontario	21,885	265	42,145	44,798	12,485	5,797	8,440	13,560	149,435
Manitoba	968	265	1,335	4,835	940	569	240	760	9,918
Saskatchewan	866	10	425	2,341	1,088	641	85	280	5,736
Alberta	2,982	70	3,660	5,479	1,874	1,972	600	1,820	18,472
British Columbia	19,327	530	15,395	32,323	6,387	3,600	4,705	11,610	93,927
Yukon	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	5	25
Northwest Territories	4	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	9
Nunavut	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Canada	50,553	3,690	66,315	119,306	36,414	20,000	16,125	33,240	345,793

Source: IRCC, with adjustments by RKA

Table 44: Number of short-term international students and student weeks, by province and territory, 2015

	Number of Students	Number of Student Weeks
Newfoundland and Labrador	0	0
Prince Edward Island	291	1,788
Nova Scotia	2,191	27,581
New Brunswick	663	4,910
Quebec	12,191	104,082
Ontario	46,275	460,295
Manitoba	1,358	13,306
Saskatchewan	1,078	14,620
Alberta	7,591	95,627
British Columbia	40,397	394,971
Yukon	0	0
Northwest Territories	0	0
Nunavut	0	0
Canada	112,036	1,117,180

Source: Languages Canada, with adjustments by RKA

Table 45: Number of long-term international students in Canada, by top 10 source countries, 2015

	Number of Students	Percentage of Total
China	117,675	33%
India	48,530	14%
France	20,075	6%
Korea	19,700	6%
United States of America	12,160	3%
Saudi Arabia	11,650	3%
Nigeria	9,930	3%
Brazil	7,305	2%
Japan	7,090	2%
Vietnam	4,860	1%
Total of top 10 countries	258,975	74%
All countries	351,330	100%

Source: IRCC

Table 46: Number of short-term international students in Canada, by top 10 source countries, 2015

	Number of Students	Percentage of Total
Japan	21,192	19%
Brazil	20,707	18%
China	15,272	14%
Korea	15,167	14%
Mexico	9,013	8%
Saudi Arabia	5,622	5%
Colombia	3,283	3%
Taiwan	3,250	3%
Switzerland	1,795	2%
Germany	1,262	1%
Total of top 10 countries	96,563	86%
All countries	112,036	100%

Source: Languages Canada

Table 47: Comparison of weighted average undergraduate tuition fees for Canadian and international full-time students, 2015–2016 academic year

	Canadian Students	International Students
Newfoundland and Labrador	$2,759	$9,360
Prince Edward Island	$6,130	$22,146
Nova Scotia	$6,834	$14,705
New Brunswick	$6,379	$13,125
Quebec	$2,797	$20,269
Ontario	$7,865	$27,627
Manitoba	$4,013	$14,385
Saskatchewan	$6,978	$18,096
Alberta	$5,739	$20,412
British Columbia	$5,397	$20,485
Yukon	n/a	n/a
Northwest Territories	n/a	n/a
Nunavut	n/a	n/a
Canada	$6,201	$22,346

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 477-0077

Table 48: Comparison of weighted average graduate tuition fees for Canadian and international full-time students, 2015–2016 academic year

	Canadian Students	International Students
Newfoundland and Labrador	$2,475	$2,810
Prince Edward Island	$4,887	$10,586
Nova Scotia	$8,439	$16,601
New Brunswick	$5,737	$10,432
Quebec	$2,850	$14,330
Ontario	$9,175	$19,928
Manitoba	$4,594	$10,032
Saskatchewan	$3,788	$5,513
Alberta	$5,615	$8,993
British Columbia	$8,262	$12,877
Yukon	n/a	n/a
Northwest Territories	n/a	n/a
Nunavut	n/a	n/a
Canada	$6,537	$14,520

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 477-0077

Table 49: Estimated expenditures of long-term international students in the K-12 system, by province and territory, 2015

	Tuition and Fees	Accommodation and Food	Transportation	Discretionary	Total
Newfoundland and Labrador	$2,397,780	$1,796,968	$0	$96,250	$4,290,998
Prince Edward Island	$2,354,663	$1,764,655	$0	$94,519	$4,213,837
Nova Scotia	$14,654,963	$10,982,869	$0	$588,269	$26,226,101
New Brunswick	$4,900,957	$3,672,924	$0	$196,731	$8,770,612
Quebec	$31,997,548	$23,979,922	$0	$1,284,423	$57,261,893
Ontario	$345,151,368	$204,296,082	$0	$10,942,596	$560,390,046
Manitoba	$13,568,566	$9,036,901	$0	$484,038	$23,089,506
Saskatchewan	$12,137,317	$8,083,664	$0	$432,981	$20,653,962
Alberta	$41,794,634	$27,835,954	$0	$1,490,962	$71,121,549
British Columbia	$304,807,937	$180,416,689	$0	$9,663,558	$494,888,184
Yukon	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Northwest Territories	$41,250	$35,962	$0	$2,115	$79,327
Nunavut	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Canada	$773,806,982	$471,902,590	$0	$25,276,442	$1,270,986,015

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

Table 50: Estimated expenditures of long-term international students in trade/college programs, by province and territory, 2015

	Tuition and Fees	Accommodation and Food	Transportation	Discretionary	Total
Newfoundland and Labrador	$809,481	$1,123,821	$49,591	$243,590	$2,226,482
Prince Edward Island	$1,526,868	$1,263,398	$46,632	$210,938	$3,047,834
Nova Scotia	$4,107,203	$5,075,961	$162,257	$809,232	$10,154,652
New Brunswick	$4,476,660	$5,885,502	$102,616	$988,000	$11,452,778
Quebec	$78,323,995	$56,231,648	$2,335,039	$11,621,592	$148,512,274
Ontario	$844,096,146	$599,631,072	$38,336,520	$94,327,068	$1,576,390,806
Manitoba	$18,046,325	$17,274,466	$1,323,504	$3,647,619	$40,291,914
Saskatchewan	$5,828,959	$5,590,294	$202,980	$976,278	$12,598,511
Alberta	$59,616,752	$48,316,923	$3,793,671	$8,669,336	$120,396,682
British Columbia	$241,641,372	$203,845,281	$12,738,726	$35,796,001	$494,021,380
Yukon	$198,142	$204,000	$12,443	$50,000	$464,585
Northwest Territories	$54,857	$51,000	$3,111	$12,500	$121,467
Nunavut	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Canada	$1,258,726,759	$944,493,364	$59,107,089	$157,352,154	$2,419,679,366

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

Table 51: Estimated expenditures of long-term international students in university programs, by province and territory, 2015

	Tuition and Fees	Accommodation and Food	Transportation	Discretionary	Total
Newfoundland and Labrador	$16,795,832	$24,862,430	$1,098,441	$5,361,022	$48,117,725
Prince Edward Island	$17,074,280	$11,025,214	$409,323	$1,833,149	$30,341,965
Nova Scotia	$127,972,377	$114,109,303	$3,606,730	$18,303,521	$263,991,931
New Brunswick	$40,410,577	$42,837,557	$795,274	$6,906,936	$90,950,344
Quebec	$701,599,785	$419,634,632	$17,349,719	$88,050,727	$1,226,634,863
Ontario	$1,690,873,537	$932,671,028	$57,021,166	$150,388,539	$2,830,954,270
Manitoba	$94,339,828	$68,921,924	$5,248,521	$15,186,427	$183,696,698
Saskatchewan	$57,290,925	$54,167,721	$1,899,143	$9,833,120	$123,190,909
Alberta	$168,809,923	$123,763,294	$9,484,178	$22,832,365	$324,889,760
British Columbia	$767,139,604	$534,099,019	$33,844,615	$92,232,506	$1,427,315,744
Yukon	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Northwest Territories	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Nunavut	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Canada	$3,682,306,668	$2,326,092,122	$130,757,110	$410,928,311	$6,550,084,211

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

Table 52: Estimated expenditures of long-term international students in other post‑secondary programs, by province and territory, 2015

	Tuition and Fees	Accommodation and Food	Transportation	Discretionary	Total
Newfoundland and Labrador	$203,089	$280,610	$12,398	$60,503	$556,599
Prince Edward Island	$683,742	$560,684	$20,725	$93,515	$1,358,666
Nova Scotia	$1,195,562	$1,458,352	$46,359	$233,203	$2,933,475
New Brunswick	$812,282	$1,102,654	$20,523	$177,478	$2,112,937
Quebec	$29,264,061	$20,646,675	$855,551	$4,298,734	$55,065,021
Ontario	$172,406,583	$120,551,999	$7,629,338	$19,073,635	$319,661,554
Manitoba	$2,806,663	$2,599,559	$198,526	$561,625	$6,166,372
Saskatchewan	$1,182,356	$1,106,442	$39,663	$196,050	$2,524,510
Alberta	$9,967,278	$7,875,703	$610,242	$1,434,925	$19,888,148
British Columbia	$67,748,908	$58,557,436	$3,763,624	$9,935,751	$140,005,719
Yukon	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Northwest Territories	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Nunavut	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Canada	$286,270,523	$214,740,114	$13,196,948	$36,065,418	$550,273,002

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

Table 53: Estimated expenditures of long-term international students in other studies, by province and territory, 2015

	Tuition and Fees	Accommodation and Food	Transportation	Discretionary	Total
Newfoundland and Labrador	$952,442	$892,500	$52,071	$131,250	$2,028,262
Prince Edward Island	$4,414,568	$2,677,500	$163,211	$393,750	$7,649,028
Nova Scotia	$10,606,373	$7,990,000	$435,775	$1,175,000	$20,207,147
New Brunswick	$2,119,200	$1,700,000	$51,308	$250,000	$4,120,508
Quebec	$48,786,503	$30,982,500	$1,722,919	$4,556,250	$86,048,171
Ontario	$248,131,050	$115,260,000	$12,257,562	$16,950,000	$392,598,612
Manitoba	$9,212,530	$6,460,000	$628,664	$950,000	$17,251,194
Saskatchewan	$3,755,815	$2,380,000	$130,654	$350,000	$6,616,469
Alberta	$26,495,105	$15,470,000	$1,851,067	$2,275,000	$46,091,172
British Columbia	$180,226,384	$98,685,000	$9,287,071	$14,512,500	$302,710,955
Yukon	$49,393	$42,500	$3,111	$6,250	$101,254
Northwest Territories	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Nunavut	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Canada	$534,749,361	$282,540,000	$26,583,412	$41,550,000	$885,422,773

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

Table 54: Estimated expenditures of long-term international students in all levels of study, by province and territory, 2015

	Tuition and Fees	Accommodation and Food	Transportation	Discretionary	Total
Newfoundland and Labrador	$21,158,625	$28,956,328	$1,212,500	$5,892,614	$57,220,067
Prince Edward Island	$26,054,120	$17,291,451	$639,891	$2,625,871	$46,611,331
Nova Scotia	$158,536,477	$139,616,484	$4,251,120	$21,109,225	$323,513,307
New Brunswick	$52,719,676	$55,198,638	$969,721	$8,519,145	$117,407,180
Quebec	$889,971,892	$551,475,377	$22,263,228	$109,811,726	$1,573,522,222
Ontario	$3,300,658,684	$1,972,410,180	$115,244,586	$291,681,838	$5,679,995,288
Manitoba	$137,973,912	$104,292,850	$7,399,215	$20,829,709	$270,495,685
Saskatchewan	$80,195,372	$71,328,121	$2,272,439	$11,788,429	$165,584,361
Alberta	$306,683,691	$223,261,874	$15,739,158	$36,702,588	$582,387,311
British Columbia	$1,561,564,204	$1,075,603,425	$59,634,036	$162,140,316	$2,858,941,982
Yukon	$247,534	$246,500	$15,554	$56,250	$565,838
Northwest Territories	$96,107	$86,962	$3,111	$14,615	$200,794
Nunavut	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Canada	$6,535,860,293	$4,239,768,190	$229,644,559	$671,172,325	$11,676,445,367

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

Table 55: Estimated additional tourism activities of visiting family members and friends associated with long-term international students, by province and territory, 2015

	Total Spending
Newfoundland and Labrador	$1,202,936
Prince Edward Island	$649,489
Nova Scotia	$4,718,949
New Brunswick	$1,903,472
Quebec	$22,653,445
Ontario	$68,128,474
Manitoba	$4,521,251
Saskatchewan	$2,616,112
Alberta	$8,418,011
British Columbia	$42,816,377
Yukon	$11,402
Northwest Territories	$4,210
Nunavut	$0
Canada	$157,644,130

Source: RKA, based on ACPET study

Table 56: Estimated expenditures of short-term international students by type of expenditure, by province and territory, 2015

	Tuition, Fees and Books/Material	Homestay	Transportation	Utilities	Discretionary	Total Annual Expenditures
Newfoundland and Labrador	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Prince Edward Island	$447,063	$335,297	$71,530	$89,413	$357,650	$1,300,952
Nova Scotia	$9,695,271	$6,424,717	$1,103,240	$1,379,050	$5,516,199	$24,118,476
New Brunswick	$2,147,998	$1,032,119	$196,388	$245,485	$981,942	$4,603,933
Quebec	$36,785,696	$27,082,132	$4,163,279	$5,204,099	$20,816,397	$94,051,604
Ontario	$161,582,021	$109,720,563	$18,411,807	$23,014,759	$92,059,036	$404,788,186
Manitoba	$5,775,764	$2,891,608	$532,230	$665,288	$2,661,152	$12,526,042
Saskatchewan	$4,919,652	$3,406,475	$584,803	$731,003	$2,924,013	$12,565,945
Alberta	$28,213,871	$20,784,588	$3,825,091	$4,781,364	$19,125,455	$76,730,368
British Columbia	$121,208,567	$91,949,148	$15,798,823	$19,748,528	$78,994,113	$327,699,179
Yukon	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Northwest Territories	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Nunavut	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Canada	$370,775,902	$263,626,646	$44,687,191	$55,858,989	$223,435,957	$958,384,685

Source: Languages Canada, with adjustments by RKA

Table 57: Estimated additional tourism activities of visiting family members and friends associated with short-term international students, by province and territory, 2015

	Total Spending
Newfoundland and Labrador	$0
Prince Edward Island	$53,058
Nova Scotia	$399,649
New Brunswick	$121,039
Quebec	$2,224,131
Ontario	$8,442,203
Manitoba	$247,784
Saskatchewan	$196,666
Alberta	$1,384,882
British Columbia	$7,369,887
Yukon	$0
Northwest Territories	$0
Nunavut	$0
Canada	$20,439,299

Source: RKA, based on ACPET study