Appendix 4 – Data tables for 2022

Table 25: Number of study permit holders on December 31 by study level and intended province or territory of destination, 2022
Province/Territory	Secondary or Less	Post-Secondary	Other Studies	Not Stated	Total
Newfoundland and Labrador	795	5,315	65	0	6,175
Prince Edward Island	815	2,940	725	-	4,475
Nova Scotia	2,675	16,945	1,225	-	20,845
New Brunswick	2,215	8,990	195	-	11,405
Quebec	8,050	77,980	7,385	10	93,425
Ontario	36,720	349,265	25,855	80	411,920
Manitoba	3,280	17,525	1,250	5	22,060
Saskatchewan	2,155	10,515	450	5	13,130
Alberta	7,995	33,955	1,510	10	43,470
British Columbia	27,135	127,655	10,110	45	164,945
Northwest Territories	25	10	0	0	40
Nunavut	-	5	0	0	10
Yukon	120	135	65	0	255
Not Stated	-	-	-	-	15,100
Canada	91,980	651,535	48,770	155	807,260

Source: IRCC, January 31, 2023

Table 26: Estimated number of long-term international students by level of study, and province and territory, 2022
Province/Territory	Secondary or Less	College	University – Bachelor’s Degree	University – Master’s Degree	University – Doctorate	Other Studies	All Levels of Study
Newfoundland and Labrador	620	614	2,842	1,232	626	65	6,000
Prince Edward Island	705	934	1,699	268	39	725	4,370
Nova Scotia	1,940	330	13,470	2,705	440	1,225	20,110
New Brunswick	1,730	3,578	4,076	950	387	195	10,915
Quebec	7,205	13,700	32,222	20,238	11,820	7,385	92,580
Ontario	25,870	176,131	133,124	28,035	11,975	25,855	401,070
Manitoba	2,730	3,951	11,349	1,407	818	1,250	21,510
Saskatchewan	1,545	1,767	5,781	1,860	1,106	450	12,515
Alberta	4,840	12,179	13,900	4,454	3,421	1,510	40,315
British Columbia	22,085	40,334	72,299	9,669	5,352	10,110	159,905
Yukon	50	26	109	0	0	0	185
Northwest Territories	25	2	8	0	0	0	35
Nunavut	0	1	4	0	0	0	5
Canada	69,345	253,547	290,883	70,819	35,986	48,770	769,515

Source: IRCC, with adjustments by RKA

Table 27: Number of short-term international students and student weeks, by province and territory, 2022
Province/Territory	Number of Students	Number of Student Weeks
Newfoundland and Labrador	0	0
Prince Edward Island	121	1,824
Nova Scotia	1,090	16,418
New Brunswick	242	3,648
Quebec	9,823	94,669
Ontario	31,202	351,166
Manitoba	255	2,512
Saskatchewan	764	7,536
Alberta	4,451	62,706
British Columbia	26,981	288,922
Yukon	0	0
Northwest Territories	0	0
Nunavut	0	0
Canada	74,929	829,401

Source: Languages Canada, with adjustments by RKA

Table 28: Number of long-term international students in Canada (as measured by number of study permit holders), by top 10 source countries, 2022
Country	Number of Students	Percentage of Total
India	319,000	40%
China, People’s Republic of	100,010	12%
Philippines	32,425	4%
France	27,110	3%
Nigeria	21,645	3%
Iran	21,105	3%
Korea, Republic of	16,500	2%
Vietnam	16,130	2%
Mexico	14,920	2%
United States of America	14,465	2%
Total of top 10 countries	583,310	72%
All countries	807,260	100%

Source: IRCC

Table 29: Number of short-term international students in Canada, by top 10 source countries, 2022^[1]
Country	Number of Students	Percentage of Total
Japan	12,539	14%
Brazil	12,372	13%
Mexico	11,754	13%
Colombia	8,249	9%
China	7,671	8%
South Korea	6,494	7%
France	2,452	3%
Chile	1,995	2%
Taiwan	1,592	2%
Italy	1,540	2%
Total of top 10 countries	66,658	72%
All countries	93,250	100%

Source: Languages Canada

Table 30: Comparison of weighted average undergraduate tuition fees for Canadian and international full-time students, 2022 (average of 2021-22 academic year and 2022-23 academic year)
Province/Territory	Canadian Students	International Students
Newfoundland and Labrador	$3,193	$14,377
Prince Edward Island	$7,018	$19,085
Nova Scotia	$9,153	$20,885
New Brunswick	$8,152	$16,864
Quebec	$3,316	$28,507
Ontario	$7,923	$42,890
Manitoba	$5,155	$18,083
Saskatchewan	$8,649	$23,448
Alberta	$6,893	$28,611
British Columbia	$6,196	$32,105
Yukon	-	-
Northwest Territories	-	-
Nunavut	-	-
Canada	$6,766	$34,641

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

Table 31: Comparison of weighted average graduate tuition fees for Canadian and international full-time students, 2022 (average of 2021-22 academic year and 2022-23 academic year)
Province/Territory	Canadian Students	International Students
Newfoundland and Labrador	$3,307	$4,835
Prince Edward Island	$5,428	$10,868
Nova Scotia	$10,259	$21,992
New Brunswick	$7,103	$13,032
Quebec	$3,509	$18,954
Ontario	$9,316	$26,641
Manitoba	$5,480	$12,176
Saskatchewan	$4,900	$7,805
Alberta	$7,140	$16,028
British Columbia	$10,174	$21,649
Yukon	-	-
Northwest Territories	-	-
Nunavut	-	-
Canada	$7,362	$20,701

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

Table 32: Estimated expenditures of long-term international students in the K-12 system, by province and territory, 2022
Province/Territory	Tuition and Fees	Accommodation and Food	Transportation	Discretionary	Total
Newfoundland and Labrador	$7,663,200	$5,921,000	$0	$620,000	$14,204,200
Prince Edward Island	$7,473,000	$6,732,750	$0	$705,000	$14,910,750
Nova Scotia	$23,990,506	$21,058,875	$0	$1,940,000	$46,989,380
New Brunswick	$22,394,850	$18,564,637	$0	$1,730,000	$42,689,487
Quebec	$108,099,641	$98,796,336	$0	$7,205,000	$214,100,977
Ontario	$487,275,327	$316,489,824	$0	$25,870,000	$829,635,150
Manitoba	$39,421,200	$29,458,951	$0	$2,730,000	$71,610,151
Saskatchewan	$23,816,175	$18,430,933	$0	$1,545,000	$43,792,108
Alberta	$68,587,584	$50,512,314	$0	$4,840,000	$123,939,898
British Columbia	$387,520,802	$278,614,664	$0	$22,085,000	$688,220,466
Yukon	$644,450	$501,368	$0	$50,000	$1,195,818
Northwest Territories	$322,225	$250,684	$0	$25,000	$597,909
Nunavut	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Canada	$1,177,208,959	$845,332,336	$0	$69,345,000	$2,091,886,295

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

Table 33: Estimated expenditures of long-term international students in college programs, by province and territory, 2022
Province/Territory	Tuition and Fees	Accommodation and Food	Transportation	Discretionary	Total
Newfoundland and Labrador	$7,527,877	$9,588,469	$331,948	$3,011,154	$20,459,448
Prince Edward Island	$14,771,248	$15,658,112	$740,913	$4,657,911	$35,828,184
Nova Scotia	$5,126,529	$5,346,129	$205,452	$1,468,244	$12,146,354
New Brunswick	$50,057,979	$59,455,086	$1,334,652	$17,610,928	$128,458,645
Quebec	$104,057,313	$273,553,516	$8,851,221	$66,034,269	$452,496,319
Ontario	$3,554,974,055	$3,059,347,848	$201,406,537	$842,737,374	$7,658,465,815
Manitoba	$58,228,727	$58,125,159	$3,556,876	$19,012,444	$138,923,206
Saskatchewan	$31,378,305	$22,526,040	$1,396,028	$8,261,234	$63,561,607
Alberta	$278,649,707	$209,487,591	$14,330,321	$59,624,067	$562,091,686
British Columbia	$920,096,650	$624,094,112	$56,545,824	$179,584,570	$1,780,321,156
Yukon	$309,883	$398,913	$22,093	$18,815	$749,704
Northwest Territories	$20,967	$29,549	$1,637	$1,394	$53,547
Nunavut	$7,338	$14,775	$818	$697	$23,627
Canada	$5,025,206,580	$4,337,625,298	$288,724,322	$1,202,023,100	$10,853,579,299

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

Table 34: Estimated expenditures of long-term international students in university programs, by province and territory, 2022
Province/Territory	Tuition and Fees	Accommodation and Food	Transportation	Discretionary	Total
Newfoundland and Labrador	$55,886,150	$72,652,770	$2,540,599	$22,660,944	$153,740,463
Prince Edward Island	$37,566,480	$32,970,838	$1,591,591	$9,717,132	$81,846,042
Nova Scotia	$350,762,937	$275,877,982	$10,332,891	$76,488,887	$713,462,697
New Brunswick	$90,993,067	$88,502,238	$2,019,089	$26,016,085	$207,530,479
Quebec	$1,577,556,336	$1,282,091,783	$41,531,161	$309,462,869	$3,210,642,149
Ontario	$6,758,054,348	$3,017,131,146	$197,978,474	$831,948,810	$10,805,112,777
Manitoba	$244,356,363	$198,811,554	$12,220,025	$64,763,367	$520,151,309
Saskatchewan	$164,553,006	$112,655,927	$6,910,531	$42,355,209	$326,474,672
Alberta	$561,793,031	$377,862,784	$25,622,412	$107,890,259	$1,073,168,486
British Columbia	$2,446,675,811	$1,346,293,126	$122,419,222	$386,661,337	$4,302,049,496
Yukon	$1,233,020	$1,702,120	$91,134	$53,004	$3,079,279
Northwest Territories	$14,889	$126,083	$6,751	$3,926	$151,649
Nunavut	$7,444	$63,041	$3,375	$1,963	$75,824
Canada	$12,289,452,884	$6,806,741,393	$423,267,253	$1,878,023,793	$21,397,485,323

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

Table 35: Estimated expenditures of long-term international students in other studies, by province and territory, 2022
Province/Territory	Tuition and Fees	Accommodation and Food	Transportation	Discretionary	Total
Newfoundland and Labrador	$659,189	$1,026,798	$35,130	$162,500	$1,883,617
Prince Edward Island	$9,031,234	$12,176,413	$575,192	$1,812,500	$23,595,340
Nova Scotia	$15,417,697	$21,625,415	$761,845	$3,062,500	$40,867,457
New Brunswick	$2,232,555	$3,275,431	$72,745	$487,500	$6,068,231
Quebec	$69,747,633	$152,576,197	$4,771,402	$18,462,500	$245,557,731
Ontario	$432,942,102	$464,523,080	$29,565,228	$64,637,500	$991,667,910
Manitoba	$16,080,339	$18,762,834	$1,125,314	$3,125,000	$39,093,486
Saskatchewan	$6,975,516	$5,851,164	$355,488	$1,125,000	$14,307,167
Alberta	$25,126,140	$26,378,516	$1,776,723	$3,775,000	$57,056,379
British Columbia	$195,220,941	$169,013,093	$14,173,645	$25,275,000	$403,682,678
Yukon	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Northwest Territories	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Nunavut	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Canada	$773,433,344	$875,208,941	$53,212,712	$121,925,000	$1,823,779,997

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

Table 36: Estimated expenditures of long-term international students in all levels of study, by province and territory, 2022
Province/Territory	Tuition and Fees	Accommodation and Food	Transportation	Discretionary	Total
Newfoundland and Labrador	$71,736,417	$89,189,037	$2,907,677	$26,454,597	$190,287,728
Prince Edward Island	$68,841,963	$67,538,113	$2,907,697	$16,892,543	$156,180,315
Nova Scotia	$395,297,669	$323,908,401	$11,300,188	$82,959,631	$813,465,889
New Brunswick	$165,678,452	$169,797,391	$3,426,486	$45,844,513	$384,746,842
Quebec	$1,859,460,922	$1,807,017,833	$55,153,784	$401,164,638	$4,122,797,177
Ontario	$11,233,245,831	$6,857,491,897	$428,950,240	$1,765,193,684	$20,284,881,652
Manitoba	$358,086,629	$305,158,498	$16,902,215	$89,630,811	$769,778,152
Saskatchewan	$226,723,002	$159,464,064	$8,662,046	$53,286,443	$448,135,555
Alberta	$934,156,462	$664,241,205	$41,729,456	$176,129,326	$1,816,256,449
British Columbia	$3,949,514,204	$2,418,014,995	$193,138,691	$613,605,907	$7,174,273,797
Yukon	$2,187,353	$2,602,402	$113,227	$121,819	$5,024,801
Northwest Territories	$358,081	$406,316	$8,387	$30,320	$803,105
Nunavut	$14,782	$77,816	$4,194	$2,660	$99,452
Canada	$19,265,301,767	$12,864,907,968	$765,204,287	$3,271,316,893	$36,166,730,915

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

Table 37: Estimated additional tourism activities of visiting family members and friends associated with long-term international students, by province and territory, 2022
Province/Territory	Total Spending
Newfoundland and Labrador	$2,219,690
Prince Edward Island	$1,363,230
Nova Scotia	$7,062,990
New Brunswick	$4,009,280
Quebec	$31,859,190
Ontario	$140,300,490
Manitoba	$7,575,370
Saskatchewan	$4,510,440
Alberta	$14,509,330
British Columbia	$56,002,760
Yukon	$69,190
Northwest Territories	$13,090
Nunavut	$1,870
Canada	$269,496,920

Source: RKA, based on ACPET study

Table 38: Estimated expenditures of short-term international students by type of expenditure, by province and territory, 2022
Province/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	$621,316	$707,133	$102,980	$99,548	$375,879	$1,906,855
Nova Scotia	$5,591,841	$6,364,194	$926,824	$895,930	$3,382,909	$17,161,698
New Brunswick	$1,242,631	$1,414,265	$205,961	$199,096	$751,758	$3,813,711
Quebec	$22,268,296	$36,698,151	$5,344,391	$5,166,245	$19,507,027	$88,984,109
Ontario	$117,955,951	$136,128,437	$19,824,530	$19,163,712	$72,359,533	$365,432,163
Manitoba	$957,225	$973,769	$141,811	$137,084	$517,610	$2,727,499
Saskatchewan	$2,871,674	$2,921,308	$425,433	$411,252	$1,552,831	$8,182,497
Alberta	$16,814,855	$24,307,791	$3,539,970	$3,421,971	$12,920,889	$61,005,476
British Columbia	$85,359,024	$111,999,739	$16,310,642	$15,766,953	$59,533,842	$288,970,199
Yukon	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Northwest Territories	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Nunavut	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Canada	$253,682,812	$321,514,787	$46,822,542	$45,261,790	$170,902,277	$838,184,208

Source: Languages Canada, with adjustments by RKA

Table 39: Estimated additional tourism activities of visiting family members and friends associated with short-term international students, by province and territory, 2022
Province/Territory	Total Spending
Newfoundland and Labrador	$0
Prince Edward Island	$18,114
Nova Scotia	$163,027
New Brunswick	$36,228
Quebec	$1,469,521
Ontario	$4,667,819
Manitoba	$38,111
Saskatchewan	$114,332
Alberta	$665,870
British Columbia	$4,036,358
Yukon	$0
Northwest Territories	$0
Nunavut	$0
Canada	$11,209,378

Source: RKA, based on ACPET study

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