Statistics Canada has released an estimate of the number of full-time international students enrolled at public postsecondary institutions for the 2024/2025 and 2025/2026 academic years. The authors of the study estimate that in 2024/2025 the number of international students fell by 4%, followed by a 26% decrease in 2025/2026. They add that the decline in the size of the new cohort will likely be larger for colleges (estimated at -75%) than for universities (-46%). The authors estimate that the size of the 2025/2026 cohort will match that of the 2020/2021 cohort at the college level and the 2013/2014 cohort at the university level.
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