Economic impact of international education in Canada – 2017 update

Appendix 6 - Data tables for 2016

Table 58: Number of study permit holders on December 31 by study level and intended province or territory of destination, 2016

	Post-Secondary Total	Secondary or Less Total	Other Studies	Not Stated	Total
Newfoundland and Labrador	2,800	340	115	0	3,250
Prince Edward Island	1,310	245	430	n/a	1,990
Nova Scotia	9,430	1,505	990	n/a	11,930
New Brunswick	3,620	600	320	0	4,540
Quebec	47,230	3,250	4,735	20	55,235
Ontario	143,050	27,910	16,915	50	187,925
Manitoba	10,415	1,315	1,255	n/a	12,990
Saskatchewan	5,635	1,155	340	n/a	7,130
Alberta	17,255	4,135	2,225	15	23,630
British Columbia	71,315	22,220	11,675	50	105,255
Northwest Territories	n/a	25	0	n/a	25
Nunavut	n/a	n/a	0	n/a	n/a
Yukon	40	10	10	n/a	65
Not Stated	280	10	25	n/a	315
Canada	312,385	62,725	39,035	145	414,285

Source: IRCC, January 31, 2017

Table 59: Estimated number of long-term international students by level of study, and province and territory, 2016

	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	312	0	150	1,391	822	413	25	115	3,227
Prince Edward Island	229	0	210	955	70	35	40	430	1,969
Nova Scotia	1,379	15	510	6,975	1,494	335	100	990	11,799
New Brunswick	553	20	430	2,507	419	163	80	320	4,493
Quebec	2,949	3,840	3,495	19,680	11,572	6,833	1,810	4,735	54,934
Ontario	25,383	305	69,585	45,962	12,810	5,948	8,440	16,915	185,398
Manitoba	1,224	380	1,975	5,960	1,159	701	240	1,255	12,894
Saskatchewan	974	5	615	2,836	1,317	777	85	340	6,949
Alberta	3,001	85	5,825	6,313	2,159	2,273	600	2,225	22,496
British Columbia	20,898	635	24,790	31,464	6,217	3,505	4,705	11,675	103,938
Yukon	10	0	40	0	0	0	0	10	60
Northwest Territories	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19
Nunavut	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Canada	56,931	5,285	107,625	124,042	38,040	20,983	16,125	39,010	408,176

Source: IRCC, with adjustments by RKA

Table 60: Number of short-term international students and student weeks, by province and territory, 2016

	Number of Students	Number of Student Weeks
Newfoundland and Labrador	0	0
Prince Edward Island	301	1,848
Nova Scotia	2,264	28,507
New Brunswick	686	5,074
Quebec	12,600	107,575
Ontario	47,828	475,744
Manitoba	1,404	13,752
Saskatchewan	1,114	15,111
Alberta	7,846	98,837
British Columbia	41,753	408,227
Yukon	0	0
Northwest Territories	0	0
Nunavut	0	0
Canada	115,796	1,154,675

Source: Estimated by RKA

Table 61: Number of long-term international students in Canada, by top 10 source countries, 2016

	Number of Students	Percentage of Total
China	132,345	32%
India	76,530	18%
Korea	21,345	5%
France	20,790	5%
United States of America	12,915	3%
Nigeria	10,835	3%
Brazil	9,250	2%
Saudi Arabia	9,120	2%
Japan	7,805	2%
Vietnam	7,525	2%
Total of top 10 countries	308,460	74%
All countries	414,285	100%

Source: IRCC

Table 62: Number of short-term international students in Canada, by top 10 source countries, 2016 [41]

	Number of Students	Percentage of Total
Japan	21,903	19%
Brazil	21,402	18%
China	15,785	14%
Korea	15,676	14%
Mexico	9,315	8%
Saudi Arabia	5,811	5%
Colombia	3,393	3%
Taiwan	3,359	3%
Switzerland	1,855	2%
Germany	1,304	1%
Total of top 10 countries	99,804	86%
All countries	115,796	100%

Source: Estimated by RKA

Table 63: Comparison of weighted average undergraduate tuition fees for Canadian and international full-time students, 2016-2017 academic year (preliminary)

	Canadian Students	International Students
Newfoundland and Labrador	$2,759	$9,360
Prince Edward Island	$6,288	$22,700
Nova Scotia	$7,218	$15,661
New Brunswick	$6,682	$13,842
Quebec	$2,851	$20,749
Ontario	$8,114	$29,761
Manitoba	$4,058	$14,557
Saskatchewan	$7,177	$18,640
Alberta	$5,750	$20,727
British Columbia	$5,534	$21,486
Yukon	n/a	n/a
Northwest Territories	n/a	n/a
Nunavut	n/a	n/a
Canada	$6,373	$23,589

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 477-0077

Table 64: Comparison of weighted average graduate tuition fees for Canadian and international full-time students, 2016-2017 academic year (preliminary)

	Canadian Students	International Students
Newfoundland and Labrador	$2,733	$3,169
Prince Edward Island	$5,025	$10,898
Nova Scotia	$8,763	$17,528
New Brunswick	$5,965	$11,104
Quebec	$2,904	$14,550
Ontario	$9,416	$20,673
Manitoba	$4,650	$10,152
Saskatchewan	$3,908	$5,742
Alberta	$5,618	$9,079
British Columbia	$8,557	$13,773
Yukon	n/a	n/a
Northwest Territories	n/a	n/a
Nunavut	n/a	n/a
Canada	$6,703	$15,009

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 477-0077

Table 65: Estimated expenditures of long-term international students in the K-12 system, by province and territory, 2016

	Tuition and Fees	Accommodation and Food	Transportation	Discretionary	Total
Newfoundland and Labrador	$4,004,615	$2,967,191	$0	$155,814	$7,127,620
Prince Edward Island	$2,942,431	$2,180,173	$0	$114,486	$5,237,089
Nova Scotia	$17,719,166	$13,128,890	$0	$689,427	$31,537,483
New Brunswick	$7,101,990	$5,262,169	$0	$276,328	$12,640,487
Quebec	$37,895,015	$28,078,043	$0	$1,474,440	$67,447,497
Ontario	$412,011,337	$241,684,229	$0	$12,691,369	$666,386,936
Manitoba	$17,683,358	$11,658,744	$0	$612,226	$29,954,328
Saskatchewan	$14,067,057	$9,274,495	$0	$487,024	$23,828,576
Alberta	$43,346,470	$28,578,587	$0	$1,500,724	$73,425,781
British Columbia	$339,219,930	$198,985,076	$0	$10,449,143	$548,654,149
Yukon	$99,450	$86,700	$0	$5,000	$191,150
Northwest Territories	$187,245	$163,239	$0	$9,414	$359,898
Nunavut	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Canada	$896,278,064	$542,047,536	$0	$28,465,394	$1,466,790,994

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

Table 66: Estimated expenditure of long-term international students in trade/college programs, by province and territory, 2016

	Tuition and Fees	Accommodation and Food	Transportation	Discretionary	Total
Newfoundland and Labrador	$1,214,330	$1,703,373	$75,130	$365,385	$3,358,218
Prince Edward Island	$3,646,452	$2,988,287	$109,895	$492,188	$7,236,822
Nova Scotia	$6,513,386	$7,805,637	$245,819	$1,213,848	$15,778,689
New Brunswick	$5,281,518	$6,904,262	$116,597	$1,111,500	$13,413,877
Quebec	$118,823,496	$85,841,270	$3,501,779	$17,255,946	$225,422,492
Ontario	$1,490,805,713	$1,022,130,784	$63,808,836	$155,447,272	$2,732,192,605
Manitoba	$26,863,304	$26,107,799	$1,967,513	$5,368,839	$60,307,455
Saskatchewan	$8,537,719	$8,189,131	$292,197	$1,391,477	$18,410,525
Alberta	$95,846,861	$80,555,441	$6,070,993	$13,736,133	$196,209,428
British Columbia	$403,495,046	$360,552,467	$20,541,346	$57,149,974	$841,738,832
Yukon	$396,889	$408,000	$25,135	$100,000	$930,024
Northwest Territories	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Nunavut	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Canada	$2,161,424,715	$1,603,186,450	$96,755,240	$253,632,561	$4,114,998,967

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

Table 67: Estimated expenditures of long-term international students in university programs, by province and territory, 2016

	Tuition and Fees	Accommodation and Food	Transportation	Discretionary	Total
Newfoundland and Labrador	$20,370,551	$29,776,216	$1,314,781	$6,353,355	$57,814,904
Prince Edward Island	$23,475,777	$14,997,310	$554,710	$2,459,669	$41,487,466
Nova Scotia	$153,197,775	$132,412,156	$4,122,729	$20,714,974	$310,447,634
New Brunswick	$42,365,604	$44,382,651	$800,636	$6,884,656	$94,433,546
Quebec	$742,220,329	$447,786,205	$18,182,038	$91,361,175	$1,299,549,747
Ontario	$1,846,686,927	$991,365,018	$59,088,680	$154,298,451	$3,051,439,076
Manitoba	$117,674,337	$87,282,303	$6,533,312	$18,716,762	$230,206,715
Saskatchewan	$71,487,428	$67,503,876	$2,323,441	$11,910,880	$153,225,625
Alberta	$197,370,197	$150,469,411	$11,037,701	$26,309,251	$385,186,560
British Columbia	$784,378,447	$573,465,181	$33,274,152	$89,780,093	$1,480,897,874
Yukon	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Northwest Territories	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Nunavut	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Canada	$3,999,227,373	$2,539,440,327	$137,232,181	$428,789,265	$7,104,689,147

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

Table 68: Estimated expenditures of long-term international students in other post-secondary programs, by province and territory, 2016

	Tuition and Fees	Accommodation and Food	Transportation	Discretionary	Total
Newfoundland and Labrador	$203,107	$283,579	$12,522	$60,503	$559,710
Prince Edward Island	$699,817	$568,374	$20,932	$93,515	$1,382,638
Nova Scotia	$1,263,983	$1,495,168	$46,823	$233,203	$3,039,177
New Brunswick	$851,842	$1,145,967	$20,728	$177,478	$2,196,016
Quebec	$29,899,844	$21,230,229	$864,106	$4,298,734	$56,292,913
Ontario	$184,772,020	$124,740,654	$7,705,631	$19,073,635	$336,291,939
Manitoba	$2,838,507	$2,670,260	$200,511	$561,625	$6,270,903
Saskatchewan	$1,215,057	$1,137,602	$40,059	$196,050	$2,588,768
Alberta	$10,113,640	$8,299,539	$616,344	$1,434,925	$20,464,449
British Columbia	$70,857,804	$64,298,729	$3,801,260	$9,935,751	$148,893,545
Yukon	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Northwest Territories	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Nunavut	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Canada	$302,715,622	$225,870,101	$13,328,917	$36,065,418	$577,980,058

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

Table 69: Estimated expenditures of long-term international students in other studies, by province and territory, 2016

	Tuition and Fees	Accommodation and Food	Transportation	Discretionary	Total
Newfoundland and Labrador	$1,054,406	$997,050	$57,600	$143,750	$2,252,806
Prince Edward Island	$6,160,556	$3,728,100	$225,024	$537,500	$10,651,180
Nova Scotia	$11,630,149	$8,583,300	$463,544	$1,237,500	$21,914,492
New Brunswick	$3,511,080	$2,774,400	$82,914	$400,000	$6,768,394
Quebec	$64,712,653	$41,052,450	$2,260,521	$5,918,750	$113,944,374
Ontario	$325,598,949	$146,653,050	$15,443,217	$21,143,750	$508,838,967
Manitoba	$15,449,207	$10,880,850	$1,048,505	$1,568,750	$28,947,312
Saskatchewan	$4,671,473	$2,947,800	$160,237	$425,000	$8,204,510
Alberta	$32,936,119	$19,290,750	$2,285,611	$2,781,250	$57,293,729
British Columbia	$187,436,288	$101,222,250	$9,432,457	$14,593,750	$312,684,744
Yukon	$99,837	$86,700	$6,284	$12,500	$205,321
Northwest Territories	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Nunavut	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Canada	$653,260,717	$338,216,700	$31,465,913	$48,762,500	$1,071,705,829

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

Table 70: Estimated expenditures of long-term international students in all levels of study, by province and territory, 2016

	Tuition and Fees	Accommodation and Food	Transportation	Discretionary	Total
Newfoundland and Labrador	$26,847,010	$35,727,409	$1,460,033	$7,078,806	$71,113,259
Prince Edward Island	$36,925,033	$24,462,245	$910,562	$3,697,356	$65,995,196
Nova Scotia	$190,324,459	$163,425,150	$4,878,914	$24,088,952	$382,717,475
New Brunswick	$59,112,034	$60,469,449	$1,020,875	$8,849,962	$129,452,320
Quebec	$993,551,337	$623,988,197	$24,808,444	$120,309,045	$1,762,657,024
Ontario	$4,259,874,946	$2,526,573,735	$146,046,365	$362,654,476	$7,295,149,522
Manitoba	$180,508,714	$138,599,956	$9,749,840	$26,828,202	$355,686,713
Saskatchewan	$99,978,734	$89,052,904	$2,815,935	$14,410,431	$206,258,003
Alberta	$379,613,287	$287,193,728	$20,010,649	$45,762,283	$732,579,946
British Columbia	$1,785,387,514	$1,298,523,703	$67,049,214	$181,908,711	$3,332,869,143
Yukon	$596,176	$581,400	$31,419	$117,500	$1,326,495
Northwest Territories	$187,245	$163,239	$0	$9,414	$359,898
Nunavut	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Canada	$8,012,906,490	$5,248,761,114	$278,782,252	$795,715,139	$14,336,164,995

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

Table 71: Estimated additional tourism activities of visiting family members and friends associated with long-term international students, by province and territory, 2016

	Total Spending
Newfoundland and Labrador	$1,471,631
Prince Edward Island	$898,027
Nova Scotia	$5,381,335
New Brunswick	$2,049,054
Quebec	$25,045,650
Ontario	$84,535,179
Manitoba	$5,881,026
Saskatchewan	$3,169,389
Alberta	$10,253,555
British Columbia	$47,382,368
Yukon	$27,365
Northwest Territories	$8,587
Nunavut	$0
Canada	$186,103,167

Source: RKA, based on ACPET study

Table 72: Estimated expenditures of short-term international students by type of expenditure, by province and territory, 2016

	Tuition,  fees and Books/Material	Homestay	Transportation	Utilities	Discretionary	Total Annual Expenditures
Newfoundland and Labrador	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Prince Edward Island	$462,067	$346,550	$73,931	$92,413	$369,653	$1,344,614
Nova Scotia	$10,020,664	$6,640,343	$1,140,267	$1,425,333	$5,701,333	$24,927,940
New Brunswick	$2,220,089	$1,066,759	$202,980	$253,724	$1,014,898	$4,758,450
Quebec	$38,020,298	$27,991,063	$4,303,007	$5,378,759	$21,515,037	$97,208,165
Ontario	$167,005,038	$113,403,005	$19,029,744	$23,787,181	$95,148,722	$418,373,690
Manitoba	$5,969,610	$2,988,656	$550,093	$687,616	$2,750,465	$12,946,441
Saskatchewan	$5,084,765	$3,520,803	$604,430	$755,537	$3,022,149	$12,987,684
Alberta	$29,160,785	$21,482,160	$3,953,469	$4,941,836	$19,767,343	$79,305,593
British Columbia	$125,276,570	$95,035,146	$16,329,063	$20,411,329	$81,645,314	$338,697,421
Yukon	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Northwest Territories	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Nunavut	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Canada	$383,219,885	$272,474,485	$46,186,983	$57,733,729	$230,934,916	$990,549,998

Source: Languages Canada, with adjustments by RKA

Table 73: Estimated additional tourism activities of visiting family members and friends associated with short-term international students, by province and territory, 2016

	Total Spending
Newfoundland and Labrador	$0
Prince Edward Island	$54,839
Nova Scotia	$413,062
New Brunswick	$125,101
Quebec	$2,298,777
Ontario	$8,725,540
Manitoba	$256,100
Saskatchewan	$203,266
Alberta	$1,431,362
British Columbia	$7,617,235
Yukon	$0
Northwest Territories	$0
Nunavut	$0
Canada	$21,125,283

Source: RKA, based on ACPET study

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[41] Values of Languages Canada membership students studying up to six months not available at the time this report was prepared. RKA estimated the number of students by applying the percentage change of overall students in 2015 from 2014 to 2015 values.