February 12th, 2021, Canada announced new support measure to assist international students in Canada. These new measures are meant to help international students studying abroad and online with Canadian institutions.
This year, Canada has overtaken the United States as the most popular destinations for international students. In fact, ending 2020, studies conducted by education.com have concluded that Canada is the number one destination in the world for those looking for an international education.
As of the beginning of 2020 Canada had 642,000 international students. This brings Canada to third in overall standings for popular destinations of international students. Canada currently sits just behind the United States and the UK in overall numbers of international students. Together these three countries making up 85% of all international students globally.
Canadian Government will be changing its restrictions on international student entry into the country. Plans to reopen the borders to international students.