Economic impact of international education in Canada – 2017 update

Global Affairs Canada - Roslyn Kunin & Associates, Inc. - December 2017

Table of contents

• Executive summary
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Data sources and methodology
• 3. Assessing the economic impact of international students in Canada
  • 3.1. Overall spending
  • 3.2. Economic impact
  • 3.2.1. Combined direct and indirect impacts
    • 3.2.1.1. Aggregate for all students
    • 3.2.1.2. Long-term students
    • 3.2.1.3. Languages Canada short-term students
    • 3.2.1.4. Government tax revenue
• 4. International students and Canada’s export
  • 4.1. Spending by international students and Canada’s trade
  • 4.2. Trade impact of international students from top 10 source countries
• 5. Trends in international student enrollment and economic impacts in Canada
  • 5.1. Comparison of student enrollment
  • 5.2. Comparison of overall spending 2008, 2010, 2014-2016
  • 5.3. Comparison of combined direct and indirect impacts 2014-2016
  • 5.4. Comparison of overall spending and Canada’s trade
• 6. Conclusions
• References
• Appendix 1 – Detailed explanation of data sources and adjustments
• Appendix 2 – Economic impacts
• Appendix 3 – Scenario analyses
• Appendix 4 – Reconciliation of the study estimates with valuation by Statistics Canada
• Appendix 5 – Data tables for 2015
• Appendix 6 – Data tables for 2016

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