Ontario to see smaller cut from Canada's foreign student cap
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Ontario, Canada’s most popular province for international students, will see a smaller decline in the number of new study permits than previous estimates.
The province will have a 41 per cent reduction in study permits from 2023 levels, according to new government estimates released Friday. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government earlier forecast Ontario to see a roughly 50 per cent drop due to the student cap announced in January.
The cap was distributed by population, but the government made adjustments. For provinces that would receive fewer foreign students this year, it tweaked their allocation to “lessen the negative impact in the first year and support broader regional immigration goals,” it said in the release.
For provinces that would receive more international students this year, it amended the allocation to limit growth to 10 per cent.
