Appendix 4: Data tables for 2024

Table 32: Number of study permit holders on December 31 by study level and intended province or territory of destination, 2024
Province or territory	Secondary or less	Post-secondary	Other studies	Not stated	Total
Newfoundland and Labrador	1,230	5,600	115	0	6,950
Prince Edward Island	965	3,300	675	0	4,945
Nova Scotia	4,340	19,080	985	10	24,410
New Brunswick	3,315	12,030	195	5	15,545
Quebec	14,880	95,970	17,135	25	128,010
Ontario	60,135	397,765	24,105	95	482,100
Manitoba	5,440	20,930	1,255	10	27,635
Saskatchewan	3,765	14,205	545	5	18,520
Alberta	17,010	52,490	2,015	25	71,545
British Columbia	34,675	159,320	9,945	60	203,995
Northwest Territories	55	30	0	0	85
Nunavut	15	5	0	0	20
Yukon	130	185	10	0	325
Not stated	3,505	7,765	1,000	15	12,290
Canada	149,460	788,675	57,980	250	996,375

Source: IRCC, January 31, 2025

Table 33: Estimated number of long-term international students by level of study, and province and territory, 2024
Province or territory	Secondary or less	College	University – Bachelor’s	University – Master’s	University – Doctorate	Other studies	All levels of study
Newfoundland and Labrador	880	398	3,111	1,604	488	115	6,595
Prince Edward Island	820	948	1,986	327	39	675	4,795
Nova Scotia	2,935	1,987	13,440	3,144	510	985	23,010
New Brunswick	2,580	4,514	5,412	1,753	351	195	14,810
Quebec	12,995	20,192	34,843	27,399	13,536	17,135	126,125
Ontario	41,530	233,992	119,987	31,664	12,122	24,105	463,495
Manitoba	4,220	5,059	13,051	1,902	918	1,255	26,415
Saskatchewan	2,585	3,749	7,026	2,260	1,169	545	17,340
Alberta	9,295	21,674	18,290	7,868	4,658	2,015	63,825
British Columbia	26,150	53,581	85,109	13,919	6,711	9,945	195,484
Yukon	60	62	123	0	0	10	255
Northwest Territories	35	10	20	0	0	0	65
Nunavut	15	2	3	0	0	0	20
Canada	104,100	346,166	302,402	91,840	40,502	56,980	942,234

Source: IRCC, with adjustments by RKA

Table 34: Number of short-term international students and student weeks, by province and territory, 2024
Province or territory	Number of students	Number of student weeks
Newfoundland and Labrador	0	0
Prince Edward Island	55	1,454
Nova Scotia	1,733	19,440
New Brunswick	1,152	13,669
Quebec	12,807	102,335
Ontario	29,133	410,084
Manitoba	1,029	6,507
Saskatchewan	473	7,145
Alberta	5,247	57,561
British Columbia	19,311	247,391
Yukon	0	0
Northwest Territories	0	0
Nunavut	0	0
Canada	70,940	865,586

Source: Languages Canada, with adjustments by RKA

Table 35: Number of long-term international students in Canada (as measured by number of study permit holders),by top 10 source countries, 2024
Source country	Number of students	Percentage of total
India	392,810	39%
China, People’s Republic of	99,650	10%
Nigeria	45,110	5%
Philippines	43,785	4%
France	25,080	3%
Iran	23,185	2%
Nepal	22,045	2%
Vietnam	17,790	2%
Algeria	16,630	2%
Bangladesh	15,185	2%
Total of top 10 countries	701,270	70%
All countries	996,375	100%

Source: IRCC

Table 36: Number of short-term international students in Canada, by top 10 source markets, 2024^{Footnote 1}
Source market	Number of students	Percentage of total
Japan	13,783	15%
Brazil	10,685	11%
Mexico	9,026	10%
South Korea	8,446	9%
China	7,002	7%
Canada	5,505	6%
Columbia	5,033	5%
Taiwan	3,381	4%
India	3,106	3%
France	2,153	2%
Total of top 10 markets	66,658	72%
All markets	94,928	100%

Source: Languages Canada

Table 37: Comparison of weighted average undergraduate tuition fees for Canadian and international full-time students, 2022 (average of 2023-24 academic year and 2024-25 academic year)
Province or territory	Canadian students	International students
Newfoundland and Labrador	$3,660	$17,868
Prince Edward Island	$7,544	$19,606
Nova Scotia	$9,657	$26,809
New Brunswick	$9,086	$18,191
Quebec	$3,542	$33,289
Ontario	$8,393	$47,282
Manitoba	$5,462	$19,400
Saskatchewan	$9,425	$29,815
Alberta	$7,648	$32,467
British Columbia	$6,542	$36,327
Yukon	—	—
Northwest Territories	—	—
Nunavut	—	—
Canada	$7,252	$39,183

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 37-10-0045-01, Canadian and international tuition fees by level of study (current dollars)

Table 38: Comparison of weighted average graduate tuition fees for Canadian and international full-time students, 2024 (average of 2023-24 academic year and 2024-25 academic year)
Province or territory	Canadian students	International students
Newfoundland and Labrador	$3,435	$4,833
Prince Edward Island	$5,894	$11,801
Nova Scotia	$10,592	$22,957
New Brunswick	$7,909	$16,750
Quebec	$3,815	$21,960
Ontario	$9,571	$27,432
Manitoba	$5,855	$12,907
Saskatchewan	$5,331	$9,520
Alberta	$6,549	$15,745
British Columbia	$10,903	$24,663
Yukon	—	—
Northwest Territories	—	—
Nunavut	—	—
Canada	$7,602	$22,674

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 37-10-0045-01, Canadian and international tuition fees by level of study (current dollars)

Table 39: Estimated expenditures of long-term international students in the K–12 system, by province and territory, 2024
Province or territory	Tuition and fees	Accommodation and food	Transportation	Discretionary	Total
Newfoundland and Labrador	$10,379,248	$11,000,000	$0	$880,000	$22,259,248
Prince Edward Island	$8,692,000	$10,578,000	$0	$820,000	$20,090,000
Nova Scotia	$48,102,009	$33,562,303	$0	$2,935,000	$84,599,312
New Brunswick	$47,956,782	$30,732,289	$0	$2,580,000	$81,269,071
Quebec	$235,992,579	$149,771,274	$0	$12,995,000	$398,758,852
Ontario	$799,784,343	$630,335,900	$0	$41,530,000	$1,471,650,243
Manitoba	$68,318,002	$47,092,782	$0	$4,220,000	$119,630,784
Saskatchewan	$34,525,260	$30,650,406	$0	$2,585,000	$67,760,666
Alberta	$145,801,503	$130,009,165	$0	$9,295,000	$285,105,668
British Columbia	$545,472,266	$344,314,383	$0	$26,150,000	$915,936,650
Yukon	$827,600	$688,518	$0	$60,000	$1,576,118
Northwest Territories	$482,767	$401,635	$0	$35,000	$919,402
Nunavut	$206,900	$172,129	$0	$15,000	$394,029
Canada	$1,946,541,258	$1,419,308,785	$0	$104,100,000	$3,469,950,043

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

Table 40: Estimated expenditures of long-term international students in college programs, ^{Footnote 2}by province and territory, 2024
Province or territory	Tuition and fees	Accommodation and food	Transportation	Discretionary	Total
Newfoundland and Labrador	$5,737,998	$6,642,354	$249,820	$1,945,947	$14,576,120
Prince Edward Island	$14,787,989	$16,536,424	$537,894	$4,530,195	$36,392,501
Nova Scotia	$42,899,237	$37,140,556	$1,182,703	$9,782,501	$91,004,997
New Brunswick	$66,603,881	$79,458,427	$2,087,740	$21,855,344	$170,005,392
Quebec	$155,864,386	$433,316,284	$13,289,871	$97,671,811	$700,142,351
Ontario	$5,267,839,245	$4,405,387,128	$194,737,281	$1,136,973,576	$11,004,937,230
Manitoba	$79,159,947	$79,309,567	$2,172,731	$24,102,003	$184,744,249
Saskatchewan	$88,107,972	$52,047,620	$3,263,114	$18,541,111	$161,959,817
Alberta	$562,416,290	$401,561,065	$17,412,648	$106,910,225	$1,088,300,228
British Columbia	$1,116,507,960	$888,142,152	$61,369,366	$238,584,753	$2,304,604,231
Yukon	$830,270	$1,108,896	$43,121	$308,333	$2,290,620
Northwest Territories	$165,540	$179,821	$6,993	$50,000	$402,353
Nunavut	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Canada	$7,400,920,714	$6,400,830,294	$296,353,281	$1,661,255,800	$15,759,360,090

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

Table 41: Estimated expenditures of long-term international students in university programs, by province and territory, 2024
Province or territory	Tuition and fees	Accommodation and food	Transportation	Discretionary	Total
Newfoundland and Labrador	$70,312,108	$86,413,856	$3,268,660	$25,218,185	$185,212,809
Prince Edward Island	$46,170,329	$41,573,655	$1,334,955	$11,459,243	$100,538,182
Nova Scotia	$451,979,817	$309,861,733	$10,176,385	$80,747,738	$852,765,672
New Brunswick	$143,384,146	$133,332,213	$3,475,774	$36,809,586	$317,001,720
Quebec	$2,114,633,144	$1,610,172,309	$49,874,704	$362,667,942	$4,137,348,099
Ontario	$6,899,711,231	$3,058,485,695	$136,298,663	$787,397,039	$10,881,892,627
Manitoba	$308,497,408	$249,690,305	$6,816,914	$76,123,398	$641,128,024
Saskatchewan	$249,157,890	$144,318,307	$9,100,208	$50,719,202	$453,295,607
Alberta	$851,846,850	$573,159,564	$24,757,818	$152,809,263	$1,602,573,495
British Columbia	$3,390,004,395	$1,765,400,827	$121,109,389	$476,051,164	$5,752,565,774
Yukon	$1,660,539	$2,217,791	$86,243	$616,667	$4,581,240
Northwest Territories	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Nunavut	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Canada	$14,527,357,857	$7,974,626,256	$366,299,712	$2,060,619,426	$24,928,903,251

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

Table 42: Estimated expenditures of long-term international students in other studies, by province and territory, 2024
Province or territory	Tuition and fees	Accommodation and food	Transportation	Discretionary	Total
Newfoundland and Labrador	$658,404	$1,945,988	$72,255	$287,500	$2,964,146
Prince Edward Island	$6,331,579	$12,143,831	$383,083	$1,687,500	$20,545,992
Nova Scotia	$14,019,893	$18,626,667	$586,410	$2,462,500	$35,695,471
New Brunswick	$1,696,627	$3,508,641	$90,182	$487,500	$5,782,950
Quebec	$158,615,813	$379,219,761	$11,277,743	$42,837,500	$591,950,817
Ontario	$320,434,371	$463,917,179	$20,061,145	$60,262,500	$864,675,195
Manitoba	$15,277,415	$20,179,142	$539,035	$3,137,500	$39,133,093
Saskatchewan	$6,455,091	$7,590,962	$474,341	$1,362,500	$15,882,894
Alberta	$32,541,695	$37,706,744	$1,618,851	$5,037,500	$76,904,789
British Columbia	$142,406,718	$178,092,055	$11,390,605	$24,862,500	$356,751,878
Yukon	$64,483	$179,821	$6,993	$25,000	$276,297
Northwest Territories	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Nunavut	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Canada	$698,502,089	$1,123,110,791	$46,500,642	$142,450,000	$2,010,563,522

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

Table 43: Estimated expenditures of long-term international students in all levels of study, by province and territory, 2024
Province or territory	Tuition and fees	Accommodation and food	Transportation	Discretionary	Total
Newfoundland and Labrador	$87,087,758	$106,002,198	$3,590,735	$28,331,632	$225,012,323
Prince Edward Island	$75,981,896	$80,831,910	$2,255,932	$18,496,938	$177,566,675
Nova Scotia	$557,000,955	$399,191,260	$11,945,497	$95,927,739	$1,064,065,451
New Brunswick	$259,641,436	$247,031,571	$5,653,696	$61,732,429	$574,059,133
Quebec	$2,665,105,921	$2,572,479,627	$74,442,318	$516,172,253	$5,828,200,118
Ontario	$13,287,769,191	$8,558,125,901	$351,097,089	$2,026,163,115	$24,223,155,296
Manitoba	$471,252,773	$396,271,797	$9,528,679	$107,582,901	$984,636,150
Saskatchewan	$378,246,213	$234,607,295	$12,837,663	$73,207,814	$698,898,984
Alberta	$1,592,606,338	$1,142,436,538	$43,789,317	$274,051,989	$3,052,884,181
British Columbia	$5,194,391,339	$3,175,949,417	$193,869,360	$765,648,417	$9,329,858,534
Yukon	$3,382,892	$4,195,026	$136,357	$1,010,000	$8,724,275
Northwest Territories	$648,306	$581,456	$6,993	$85,000	$1,321,755
Nunavut	$206,900	$172,129	$0	$15,000	$394,029
Canada	$24,573,321,919	$16,917,876,125	$709,153,635	$3,968,425,227	$46,168,776,905

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

Table 44: Estimated additional tourism activities of visiting family members and friends associated with long-term international students, by province and territory, 2024
Province or territory	Total spending
Newfoundland and Labrador	$2,423,520
Prince Edward Island	$1,540,880
Nova Scotia	$8,233,610
New Brunswick	$5,464,140
Quebec	$40,752,910
Ontario	$164,296,330
Manitoba	$9,406,100
Saskatchewan	$6,279,460
Alberta	$23,107,590
British Columbia	$69,365,780
Yukon	$91,630
Northwest Territories	$24,310
Nunavut	$7,480
Canada	$330,993,740

Source: RKA, based on ACPET study

Table 45: Estimated expenditures of short-term international students by type of expenditure, by province and territory, 2024
Province or territory	Tuition, fees and books/material	Homestay	Transportation	Utilities	Discretionary	Total annual expenditures
Newfoundland and Labrador	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Prince Edward Island	$495,835	$753,204	$87,244	$84,336	$199,207	$1,619,826
Nova Scotia	$6,628,893	$10,069,696	$1,166,374	$1,127,495	$2,663,221	$21,655,678
New Brunswick	$4,661,055	$7,080,429	$820,127	$792,789	$1,872,623	$15,227,024
Quebec	$34,896,114	$53,009,347	$6,140,079	$5,935,409	$14,019,846	$114,000,795
Ontario	$139,838,809	$212,423,762	$24,605,069	$23,784,900	$56,181,574	$456,834,115
Manitoba	$2,218,838	$3,370,552	$390,411	$377,398	$891,439	$7,248,639
Saskatchewan	$2,436,489	$3,701,176	$428,708	$414,417	$978,882	$7,959,672
Alberta	$19,628,431	$29,816,796	$3,453,683	$3,338,560	$7,885,909	$64,123,380
British Columbia	$84,360,264	$128,148,437	$14,843,448	$14,348,667	$33,892,540	$275,593,357
Yukon	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Northwest Territories	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Nunavut	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Canada	$295,164,729	$448,373,400	$51,935,143	$50,203,971	$118,585,243	$964,262,486

Source: Languages Canada, with adjustments by RKA

Table 46: Estimated additional tourism activities of visiting family members and friends associated with short-term international students, by province and territory, 2024
Province or territory	Total spending
Newfoundland and Labrador	$0
Prince Edward Island	$8,228
Nova Scotia	$259,257
New Brunswick	$172,339
Quebec	$1,915,927
Ontario	$4,358,297
Manitoba	$153,938
Saskatchewan	$70,761
Alberta	$784,951
British Columbia	$2,888,926
Yukon	$0
Northwest Territories	$0
Nunavut	$0
Canada	$10,612,624

Source: RKA, based on ACPET study

Footnotes

Footnote 1

Source: 2024 Annual Report on Language Education in Canada. In Languages Canada’s annual report, Canada is listed as one of the top 10 source markets. For the purposes of this report, the number of students from Canada has been excluded. It should also be noted that the total number of students referenced in this table is not the number used in estimating economic impact, as students from Canada are excluded and only students who were physically in Canada attending classes in person are included.

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Footnote 2

Estimates of spending by international students in the Territories, as in the Provinces, are based on the number of study permit holders as provided by IRCC. However, it is not clear whether these study permit holders were all studying in post-secondary institutions in the Territories. For example, IRCC data for 2022 showed that there were 155 study permit holders in the Territories (135 in Yukon, 15 in the Northwest Territories, and 5 in Nunavut). In contrast, data from Statistics Canada’s Table 37-10-0018-01 (Postsecondary enrolments, by registration status, institution type, status of student in Canada and gender) showed that, in the 2022–23 academic year, registration of international students in publicly funded post-secondary institutions in the Territories totalled only 18.

As a result, these estimates may be overvalued, and readers should be cautious in interpreting trends and impacts. IRCC also rounds its study permit holder data to the nearest five. For these reasons, even though IRCC data indicates that there were five study permit holders in Nunavut at the post-secondary level of education and training, none have been included in the calculation of annual spending for Nunavut.

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