34% of the newest study permit holders are from India.

In August, IRCC issued 114,250 Study Permits for new international students. Most of them came from India – Canada admitted 34.1% or 38,955 Indian students. 19% of new students arrived from China – 21,690 study permits were issued to them. These two countries provided more than half of the international students in August. The only European country in the top ten countries of students’ origin is France with 7,430 (6.5%) of new students. South Korea was fourth with 3,485 students (3.1%). In the fifth place were the USA and Vietnam with 3,110 (2.7%) students each. The other countries in the top ten are Brazil – 2,330 students (2.0%), Iran – 2,285 students (2.0%), Mexico – 2,145 (1.9%) and Japan 1,770 students (1.5%)