CIMM – International Students Data Dashboard : SP Africa by Language and Province – February 28, 2024

Study Permits (Excluding Extensions) Processed by IRCC between January 1, 2019 and January 31, 2024 with a Country of Residence in Africa, by Province of Destination and Official Language
		Approved	Refused	Withdrawn	Approval Rate	Total
		2019
Quebec	Bilingual	138	94	4	59%	236
	English	514	1,172	5	30%	1,691
	French	8,046	20,764	59	28%	28,869
	Neither	44	32	0	58%	76
	Unspecified	10	12	0	45%	22
	Total	8,752	22,074	68	28%	30,894
Rest of Canada	Bilingual	18	8	0	69%	26
	English	7,387	24,260	100	23%	31,747
	French	2,730	7,853	27	26%	10,610
	Neither	18	37	0	33%	55
	Unspecified	46	18	0	72%	64
	Total	10,199	32,176	127	24%	42,502
Unspecified	English	1	0	0	100%	1
	French	2	0	0	100%	2
	Neither	0	0	0	--	0
	Unspecified	1	18	0	5%	19
	Total	4	18	0	18%	22
Total	Bilingual	156	102	4	60%	262
	English	7,902	25,432	105	24%	33,439
	French	10,778	28,617	86	27%	39,481
	Neither	62	69	0	47%	131
	Unspecified	57	48	0	54%	105
	Total	18,955	54,268	195	26%	73,418

Study Permits (Excluding Extensions) Processed by IRCC between January 1, 2019 and January 31, 2024 with a Country of Residence in Africa, by Province of Destination and Official Language
		Approved	Refused	Withdrawn	Approval Rate	Total
		2020
Quebec	Bilingual	20	5	0	80%	25
	English	323	631	6	34%	960
	French	4,520	16,806	63	21%	21,389
	Neither	34	15	0	69%	49
	Unspecified	13	9	0	59%	22
	Total	4,910	17,466	69	22%	22,445
Rest of Canada	Bilingual	0	0	0	--	0
	English	4,181	15,119	89	22%	19,389
	French	1,379	5,082	29	21%	6,490
	Neither	19	40	0	32%	59
	Unspecified	17	6	1	74%	24
	Total	5,596	20,247	119	22%	25,962
Unspecified	English	1	0	0	100%	1
	French	0	0	0	--	0
	Neither	0	0	0	--	0
	Unspecified	0	1	0	0%	1
	Total	1	1	0	50%	2
Total	Bilingual	20	5	0	80%	25
	English	4,505	15,750	95	22%	20,350
	French	5,899	21,888	92	21%	27,879
	Neither	53	55	0	49%	108
	Unspecified	30	16	1	65%	47
	Total	10,507	37,714	188	22%	48,409

Study Permits (Excluding Extensions) Processed by IRCC between January 1, 2019 and January 31, 2024 with a Country of Residence in Africa, by Province of Destination and Official Language
		Approved	Refused	Withdrawn	Approval Rate	Total
		2021
Quebec	Bilingual	1	0	0	100%	1
	English	642	1,025	12	39%	1,679
	French	9,216	25,465	89	27%	34,770
	Neither	45	28	0	62%	73
	Unspecified	1	0	0	100%	1
	Total	9,905	26,518	101	27%	36,524
Rest of Canada	Bilingual	0	0	0	--	0
	English	11,567	23,296	205	33%	35,068
	French	3,331	7,812	30	30%	11,173
	Neither	39	86	1	31%	126
	Unspecified	27	2	0	93%	29
	Total	14,964	31,196	236	32%	46,396
Unspecified	English	2	0	1	100%	3
	French	1	1	0	50%	2
	Neither	0	0	0	--	0
	Unspecified	1	1	0	50%	2
	Total	4	2	1	67%	7
Total	Bilingual	1	0	0	100%	1
	English	12,211	24,321	218	33%	36,750
	French	12,548	33,278	119	27%	45,945
	Neither	84	114	1	42%	199
	Unspecified	29	3	0	91%	32
	Total	24,873	57,716	338	30%	82,927

Study Permits (Excluding Extensions) Processed by IRCC between January 1, 2019 and January 31, 2024 with a Country of Residence in Africa, by Province of Destination and Official Language
		Approved	Refused	Withdrawn	Approval Rate	Total
		2022
Quebec	Bilingual	0	0	0	--	0
	English	1,004	1,277	24	44%	2,305
	French	14,199	26,453	180	35%	40,832
	Neither	154	24	15	87%	193
	Unspecified	10	0	0	100%	10
	Total	15,367	27,754	219	36%	43,340
Rest of Canada	Bilingual	0	0	0	--	0
	English	21,411	35,263	399	38%	57,073
	French	5,442	10,692	36	34%	16,170
	Neither	49	54	0	48%	103
	Unspecified	38	6	0	86%	44
	Total	26,940	46,015	435	37%	73,390
Unspecified	English	220	141	5	61%	366
	French	12	11	1	52%	24
	Neither	0	3	0	0%	3
	Unspecified	5	0	0	100%	5
	Total	237	155	6	60%	398
Total	Bilingual	0	0	0	--	0
	English	22,635	36,681	428	38%	59,744
	French	19,653	37,156	217	35%	57,026
	Neither	203	81	15	71%	299
	Unspecified	53	6	0	90%	59
	Total	42,544	73,924	660	37%	117,128

Study Permits (Excluding Extensions) Processed by IRCC between January 1, 2019 and January 31, 2024 with a Country of Residence in Africa, by Province of Destination and Official Language
		Approved	Refused	Withdrawn	Approval Rate	Total
		2023
Quebec	Bilingual	0	0	0	--	0
	English	1,573	2,213	57	42%	3,843
	French	32,891	61,285	466	35%	94,642
	Neither	202	74	22	73%	298
	Unspecified	11	0	2	100%	13
	Total	34,677	63,572	547	35%	98,796
Rest of Canada	Bilingual	0	0	0	--	0
	English	47,013	83,623	689	36%	131,325
	French	9,068	19,263	72	32%	28,403
	Neither	78	73	2	52%	153
	Unspecified	56	6	5	90%	67
	Total	56,215	102,965	768	35%	159,948
Unspecified	English	358	424	10	46%	792
	French	15	21	3	42%	39
	Neither	1	1	0	50%	2
	Unspecified	3	8	7	27%	18
	Total	377	454	20	45%	851
Total	Bilingual	0	0	0	--	0
	English	48,944	86,260	756	36%	135,960
	French	41,974	80,569	541	34%	123,084
	Neither	281	148	24	66%	453
	Unspecified	70	14	14	83%	98
	Total	91,269	166,991	1,335	35%	259,595

Study Permits (Excluding Extensions) Processed by IRCC between January 1, 2019 and January 31, 2024 with a Country of Residence in Africa, by Province of Destination and Official Language
		Approved	Refused	Withdrawn	Approval Rate	Total	Total
		2024 (as of January 31)					Total
Quebec	Bilingual	0	0	0	--	0	262
	English	113	286	3	28%	402	10,880
	French	2,025	5,899	129	26%	8,053	228,555
	Neither	15	6	2	71%	23	712
	Unspecified	1	0	0	100%	1	69
	Total	2,154	6,191	134	26%	8,479	240,478
Rest of Canada	Bilingual	0	0	0	--	0	26
	English	3,109	11,787	168	21%	15,064	289,666
	French	455	1,384	49	25%	1,888	74,734
	Neither	7	13	0	35%	20	516
	Unspecified	1	0	2	100%	3	231
	Total	3,572	13,184	219	21%	16,975	365,173
Unspecified	English	30	61	0	33%	91	1,254
	French	0	5	3	0%	8	75
	Neither	1	0	0	100%	1	6
	Unspecified	0	3	0	0%	3	48
	Total	31	69	3	31%	103	1,383
Total	Bilingual	0	0	0	--	0	288
	English	3,252	12,134	171	21%	15,557	301,800
	French	2,480	7,288	181	25%	9,949	303,364
	Neither	23	19	2	55%	44	1,234
	Unspecified	2	3	2	40%	7	348
	Total	5,757	19,444	356	23%	25,557	607,034

*Note that this data reflects the client's declared official language on application.

Study Permits (Excluding Extensions) Processed by IRCC between January 1, 2019 and January 31, 2024 Globally, by Province of Destination and Official Language
		Approved	Refused	Withdrawn	Approval Rate	Total
		2019
Quebec	Bilingual	146	98	4	60%	248
	English	20,194	15,462	82	57%	35,738
	French	18,613	23,479	113	44%	42,205
	Neither	610	315	10	66%	935
	Unspecified	91	30	3	75%	124
	Total	39,654	39,384	212	50%	79,250
Rest of Canada	Bilingual	21	11	2	66%	34
	English	199,449	119,553	884	63%	319,886
	French	4,352	8,606	41	34%	12,999
	Neither	4,566	1,694	21	73%	6,281
	Unspecified	529	98	6	84%	633
	Total	208,917	129,962	954	62%	339,833
Unspecified	English	4,116	245	1	94%	4,362
	French	163	16	0	91%	179
	Neither	63	12	0	84%	75
	Unspecified	14	53	1	21%	68
	Total	4,356	326	2	93%	4,684
Total	Bilingual	167	109	6	61%	282
	English	223,759	135,260	967	62%	359,986
	French	23,128	32,101	154	42%	55,383
	Neither	5,239	2,021	31	72%	7,291
	Unspecified	634	181	10	78%	825
	Total	252,927	169,672	1,168	60%	423,767

Study Permits (Excluding Extensions) Processed by IRCC between January 1, 2019 and January 31, 2024 Globally, by Province of Destination and Official Language
		Approved	Refused	Withdrawn	Approval Rate	Total
		2020
Quebec	Bilingual	20	5	0	80%	25
	English	10,375	14,158	175	42%	24,708
	French	11,633	18,506	190	39%	30,329
	Neither	266	207	6	56%	479
	Unspecified	20	10	0	67%	30
	Total	22,314	32,886	371	40%	55,571
Rest of Canada	Bilingual	0	0	0	--
	English	81,308	67,874	1,937	55%	151,119
	French	2,249	5,524	69	29%	7,842
	Neither	1,913	998	45	66%	2,956
	Unspecified	93	30	3	76%	126
	Total	85,563	74,426	2,054	53%	162,043
Unspecified	English	2,330	39	23	98%	2,392
	French	106	1	1	99%	108
	Neither	44	0	1	100%	45
	Unspecified	1	2	1	33%	4
	Total	2,481	42	26	98%	2,549
Total	Bilingual	20	5	0	80%	25
	English	94,013	82,071	2,135	53%	178,219
	French	13,988	24,031	260	37%	38,279
	Neither	2,223	1,205	52	65%	3,480
	Unspecified	114	42	4	73%	160
	Total	110,358	107,354	2,451	51%	220,163

Study Permits (Excluding Extensions) Processed by IRCC between January 1, 2019 and January 31, 2024 Globally, by Province of Destination and Official Language
		Approved	Refused	Withdrawn	Approval Rate	Total
		2021
Quebec	Bilingual	1	0	0	100%	1
	English	15,716	21,532	2,199	42%	39,447
	French	24,407	29,935	245	45%	54,587
	Neither	695	391	10	64%	1,096
	Unspecified	15	3	0	83%	18
	Total	40,834	51,861	2,454	44%	95,149
Rest of Canada	Bilingual	0	0	0	--
	English	268,952	157,287	3,602	63%	429,841
	French	5,967	8,888	66	40%	14,921
	Neither	4,898	2,365	96	67%	7,359
	Unspecified	77	20	2	79%	99
	Total	279,894	168,560	3,766	62%	452,220
Unspecified	English	6,867	207	22	97%	7,096
	French	391	3	2	99%	396
	Neither	155	5	0	97%	160
	Unspecified	4	6	2	40%	12
	Total	7,417	221	26	97%	7,664
Total	Bilingual	1	0	0	100%	1
	English	291,535	179,026	5,823	62%	476,384
	French	30,765	38,826	313	44%	69,904
	Neither	5,748	2,761	106	68%	8,615
	Unspecified	96	29	4	77%	129
	Total	328,145	220,642	6,246	60%	555,033

Study Permits (Excluding Extensions) Processed by IRCC between January 1, 2019 and January 31, 2024 Globally, by Province of Destination and Official Language
		Approved	Refused	Withdrawn	Approval Rate	Total
		2022
Quebec	Bilingual	0	0	0	--
	English	14,552	15,593	539	48%	30,684
	French	26,304	31,972	253	45%	58,529
	Neither	1,129	630	21	64%	1,780
	Unspecified	40	1	0	98%	41
	Total	42,025	48,196	813	47%	91,034
Rest of Canada	Bilingual	0	0	0	--
	English	348,268	254,623	5,001	58%	607,892
	French	7,412	11,884	56	38%	19,352
	Neither	5,633	2,501	163	69%	8,297
	Unspecified	125	21	13	86%	159
	Total	361,438	269,029	5,233	57%	635,700
Unspecified	English	7,920	490	32	94%	8,442
	French	310	26	1	92%	337
	Neither	206	22	3	90%	231
	Unspecified	30	1	0	97%	31
	Total	8,466	539	36	94%	9,041
Total	Bilingual	0	0	0	--	0
	English	370,740	270,706	5,572	58%	647,018
	French	34,026	43,882	310	44%	78,218
	Neither	6,968	3,153	187	69%	10,308
	Unspecified	195	23	13	89%	231
	Total	411,929	317,764	6,082	56%	735,775

Study Permits (Excluding Extensions) Processed by IRCC between January 1, 2019 and January 31, 2024 Globally, by Province of Destination and Official Language
		Approved	Refused	Withdrawn	Approval Rate	Total
		2023
Quebec	Bilingual	0	0	0	--
	English	12,958	11,611	250	53%	24,819
	French	45,167	67,334	607	40%	113,108
	Neither	1,372	428	35	76%	1,835
	Unspecified	60	1	3	98%	64
	Total	59,557	79,374	895	43%	139,826
Rest of Canada	Bilingual	0	0	0	--
	English	424,371	243,874	4,529	64%	672,774
	French	10,962	20,380	100	35%	31,442
	Neither	6,506	2,246	119	74%	8,871
	Unspecified	166	10	16	94%	192
	Total	442,005	266,510	4,764	62%	713,279
Unspecified	English	7,787	852	39	90%	8,678
	French	642	44	5	94%	691
	Neither	161	33	4	83%	198
	Unspecified	44	13	11	77%	68
	Total	8,634	942	59	90%	9,635
Total	Bilingual	0	0	0	--	0
	English	445,116	256,337	4,818	63%	706,271
	French	56,771	87,758	712	39%	145,241
	Neither	8,039	2,707	158	75%	10,904
	Unspecified	270	24	30	92%	324
	Total	510,196	346,826	5,718	60%	862,740

Study Permits (Excluding Extensions) Processed by IRCC between January 1, 2019 and January 31, 2024 Globally, by Province of Destination and Official Language
		Approved	Refused	Withdrawn	Approval Rate	Total	Total
		2024 (as of January 31)					Total
Quebec	Bilingual	0	0	0	--	0	274
	English	639	790	34	45%	1,463	156,859
	French	2,614	6,300	192	29%	9,106	307,864
	Neither	85	33	2	72%	120	6,245
	Unspecified	6	0	0	100%	6	283
	Total	3,344	7,123	228	32%	10,695	471,525
Rest of Canada	Bilingual	0	0	0	--	0	34
	English	26,004	23,767	1,023	52%	50,794	2,232,306
	French	523	1,443	56	27%	2,022	88,578
	Neither	359	210	19	63%	588	34,352
	Unspecified	15	0	4	100%	19	1,228
	Total	26,901	25,420	1,102	51%	53,423	2,356,498
Unspecified	English	548	110	16	83%	674	31,644
	French	12	10	6	55%	28	1,739
	Neither	29	5	1	85%	35	744
	Unspecified	8	3	0	73%	11	194
	Total	597	128	23	82%	748	34,321
Total	Bilingual	0	0	0	--	0	308
	English	27,191	24,667	1,073	52%	52,931	2,420,809
	French	3,149	7,753	254	29%	11,156	398,181
	Neither	473	248	22	66%	743	41,341
	Unspecified	29	3	4	91%	36	1,705
	Total	30,842	32,671	1,353	49%	64,866	2,862,344

*Note that this data reflects the client's declared official language on application.

Data compiled by OPP-DART
Source: Cognos (CBR) as of February 2, 2024
Data is operational and subject to change.
For approval to release this report externally, please contact the Data Protocol Unit (DPU)

Study Permit Approval Rate

	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024 (as of January 31)
Global	60%	51%	60%	56%	60%	49%
All Countries in Africa	26%	22%	30%	37%	35%	23%
English Speaking Africa	24%	22%	33%	38%	36%	21%
French Speaking Africa	27%	21%	27%	35%	34%	25%

Study Permit Approval Rate for Province of Destination in Quebec

	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024 (as of January 31)
Global	50%	40%	44%	47%	43%	32%
All Countries in Africa	28%	22%	27%	36%	35%	26%
English Speaking Africa	30%	34%	39%	44%	42%	28%
French Speaking Africa	28%	21%	27%	35%	35%	26%

Study Permit Approval Rate for Province of Destination not in Quebec

	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024 (as of January 31)
Global	62%	53%	62%	57%	62%	51%
All Countries in Africa	24%	22%	32%	37%	35%	21%
English Speaking Africa	23%	22%	33%	38%	36%	21%
French Speaking Africa	26%	21%	30%	34%	32%	25%

Study Permits (Excluding Extensions) Received at IRCC between January 1, 2019 and January 31, 2024 with a Country of Residence in Africa, by Province of Destination and Official Language

		2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024 (as of January 31)	Total

Quebec	Bilingual	244	7	0	0	0	0	251
	English	1,711	1,130	1,886	2,388	4,088	227	11,430
	French	29,471	25,943	35,327	48,775	96,760	5,762	242,038
	Neither	79	54	87	252	269	29	770
	Unspecified	28	13	3	7	15	0	66
	Total	31,533	27,147	37,303	51,422	101,132	6,018	254,555
Rest of Canada	Bilingual	21	0	0	0	0	0	21
	English	32,631	23,667	40,401	62,855	142,438	7,108	309,100
	French	10,408	6,924	11,822	18,697	27,761	1,180	76,792
	Neither	57	60	123	127	153	11	531
	Unspecified	72	19	36	35	63	0	225
	Total	43,189	30,670	52,382	81,714	170,415	8,299	386,669
Unspecified	English	3	3	26	450	929	74	1,485
	French	2	0	5	31	51	11	100
	Neither	1	0	0	6	1	0	8
	Unspecified	19	0	6	4	26	0	55
	Total	25	3	37	491	1,007	85	1,648
Total	Bilingual	265	7	0	0	0	0	272
	English	34,345	24,800	42,313	65,693	147,455	7,409	322,015
	French	39,881	32,867	47,154	67,503	124,572	6,953	318,930
	Neither	137	114	210	385	423	40	1,309
	Unspecified	119	32	45	46	104	0	346
	Total	74,747	57,820	89,722	133,627	272,554	14,402	642,872

Study Permits (Excluding Extensions) Received at IRCC between January 1, 2019 and January 31, 2024 Globally, by Province of Destination and Official Language

		2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024 (as of January 31)	Total
Quebec	Bilingual	255	7	0	0	0	0	262
	English	36,445	36,867	30,423	27,581	25,482	753	157,551
	French	42,904	36,330	54,510	66,442	115,358	6,627	322,171
	Neither	946	650	1,146	1,819	1,755	117	6,433
	Unspecified	125	23	16	38	65	4	271
	Total	80,675	73,877	86,095	95,880	142,660	7,501	486,688
Rest of Canada	Bilingual	27	0	0	0	0	0	27
	English	320,253	226,313	438,805	578,874	721,776	20,424	2,306,445
	French	12,822	8,640	15,409	21,828	30,821	1,274	90,794
	Neither	6,349	3,509	7,760	8,218	9,035	533	35,404
	Unspecified	627	128	141	176	151	4	1,227
	Total	340,078	238,590	462,115	609,096	761,783	22,235	2,433,897
Unspecified	English	4,482	3,125	7,241	8,131	8,995	400	32,374
	French	176	124	388	345	712	31	1,776
	Neither	80	53	179	283	188	22	805
	Unspecified	72	17	30	51	52	3	225
	Total	4,810	3,319	7,838	8,810	9,947	456	35,180
Total	Bilingual	282	7	0	0	0	0	289
	English	361,180	266,305	476,469	614,586	756,253	21,577	2,496,370
	French	55,902	45,094	70,307	88,615	146,891	7,932	414,741
	Neither	7,375	4,212	9,085	10,320	10,978	672	42,642
	Unspecified	824	168	187	265	268	11	1,723
	Total	425,563	315,786	556,048	713,786	914,390	30,192	2,955,765

*Note that this data reflects the client's declared official language on application.

Data compiled by OPP-DART

Source: Cognos (CBR) as of February 2, 2024

Data is operational and subject to change.

For approval to release this report externally, please contact the Data Protocol Unit (DPU)

Study Permit Applications Received at IRCC (Excluding Extensions) between January 1, 2022 and January 31, 2024, by Year and Top 10 Countries of Residence (in Persons)

	2022	2023	2024 (as of January 31)	Total
India	318,173	325,860	2,361	646,394
Nigeria	39,441	91,023	3,719	134,183
Philippines	31,983	41,067	1,341	74,391
People’s Republic of China	27,954	39,986	1,371	69,311
Nepal	9,461	28,728	1,940	40,129
Algeria	12,171	25,846	1,248	39,265
Iran	15,822	17,956	748	34,526
Ghana	6,352	25,538	2,036	33,926
Federal Republic of Cameroon	9,162	18,080	1,019	28,261
Bangladesh	9,829	15,842	709	26,380
Other Countries	233,438	284,464	13,700	531,602
Total	713,786	914,390	30,192	1,658,368

*Top 10 countries sorted by Grand Total

Study Permit Applications (Excluding Extensions) Approved, Refused & Withdrawn by IRCC between January 1, 2022 and January 31, 2024, by Year and Top 10 Countries of Residence (in Persons)

2022
	Approved	Refused	Withdrawn	Approval Rate	Total
India	189,695	164,014	2,482	54%	356,191
Nigeria	13,386	22,080	271	38%	35,737
Philippines	22,762	9,076	140	71%	31,978
People’s Republic of China	20,295	5,690	1,089	78%	27,074
Nepal	4,191	7,666	47	35%	11,904
Algeria	5,916	3,065	25	66%	9,006
Iran	8,046	6,778	91	54%	14,915
Ghana	2,541	3,201	27	44%	5,769
Federal Republic of Cameroon	2,397	5,430	33	31%	7,860
Bangladesh	5,044	4,960	51	50%	10,055
Other Countries	137,656	85,804	1,826	62%	225,286
Total	411,929	317,764	6,082	56%	735,775

Study Permit Applications (Excluding Extensions) Approved, Refused & Withdrawn by IRCC between January 1, 2022 and January 31, 2024, by Year and Top 10 Countries of Residence (in Persons)
2023
	Approved	Refused	Withdrawn	Approval Rate	Total
India	218,770	80,642	1,484	73%	300,896
Nigeria	30,793	56,007	304	35%	87,104
Philippines	25,916	12,802	160	67%	38,878
People’s Republic of China	29,104	8,304	896	78%	38,304
Nepal	8,652	16,218	76	35%	24,946
Algeria	15,865	9,803	22	62%	25,690
Iran	8,016	7,852	131	51%	15,999
Ghana	7,622	9,427	128	45%	17,177
Federal Republic of Cameroon	5,560	11,957	186	32%	17,703
Bangladesh	5,452	8,453	91	39%	13,996
Other Countries	154,446	125,361	2,240	55%	282,047
Total	510,196	346,826	5,718	60%	862,740

Study Permit Applications (Excluding Extensions) Approved, Refused & Withdrawn by IRCC between January 1, 2022 and January 31, 2024, by Year and Top 10 Countries of Residence (in Persons)
2024 (as of January 31)						Total
	Approved	Refused	Withdrawn	Approval Rate	Total	Total
India	3,467	14,652	520	19%	18,639	675,726
Nigeria	6,235	1,356	65	82%	7,656	130,497
Philippines	977	1,248	4	44%	2,229	73,085
People’s Republic of China	644	1,537	44	30%	2,225	67,603
Nepal	1,895	603	62	76%	2,560	39,410
Algeria	1,249	747	5	63%	2,001	36,697
Iran	1,410	599	16	70%	2,025	32,939
Ghana	3,948	1,331	25	75%	5,304	28,250
Federal Republic of Cameroon	706	281	29	72%	1,016	26,579
Bangladesh	1,103	244	21	82%	1,368	25,419
Other Countries	11,037	8,244	562	57%	19,843	527,176
Total	32,671	30,842	1,353	51%	64,866	1,663,381

*Top 10 countries sorted by Grand Total.

**Approval Rates are calculated by Approved divided by the sum of Approved+Refused

Study Permit Applications Issued (Excluding Extensions) between January 1, 2022 and January 31, 2024, by Year and Top 10 Countries of Residence (in Persons)

2022
	Authorized	Confirmed	Total
India	2,485	175,450	177,935
People’s Republic of China	1,040	21,019	22,059
Philippines	359	20,798	21,157
Nigeria	326	11,149	11,475
Nepal	21	6,036	6,057
France	514	10,641	11,155
Iran	180	7,805	7,985
Japan	212	9,325	9,537
Colombia	357	7,674	8,031
Brazil	336	7,569	7,905
Other Countries	5,465	118,497	123,962
Total	11,295	395,963	407,258

Study Permit Applications Issued (Excluding Extensions) between January 1, 2022 and January 31, 2024, by Year and Top 10 Countries of Residence (in Persons)
2023
	Authorized	Confirmed	Total
India	17,629	216,425	234,054
People’s Republic of China	2,997	27,343	30,340
Philippines	2,702	25,385	28,087
Nigeria	3,457	29,389	32,846
Nepal	1,555	14,280	15,835
France	706	9,294	10,000
Iran	862	7,780	8,642
Japan	570	6,320	6,890
Colombia	1,020	7,222	8,242
Brazil	968	6,595	7,563
Other Countries	18,546	147,036	165,582
Total	51,012	497,069	548,081

Study Permit Applications Issued (Excluding Extensions) between January 1, 2022 and January 31, 2024, by Year and Top 10 Countries of Residence (in Persons)
2024 (as of January 31)				Total
	Authorized	Confirmed	Total	Total
India	14,396	8,779	23,175	435,164
People’s Republic of China	1,306	2,136	3,442	55,841
Philippines	1,066	1,000	2,066	51,310
Nigeria	1,336	1,448	2,784	47,105
Nepal	730	806	1,536	23,428
France	152	541	693	21,848
Iran	592	457	1,049	17,676
Japan	429	391	820	17,247
Colombia	238	575	813	17,086
Brazil	289	458	747	16,215
Other Countries	8,156	11,120	19,276	308,820
Total	28,690	27,711	56,401	1,011,740

*Top 10 countries sorted by Grand Total

Data compiled by OPP-DART

Source: Cognos (CBR) as of February 2, 2024

Data is operational and subject to change.

For approval to release this report externally, please contact the Data Protocol Unit (DPU)

Francophone* Study Permits (Excluding Extensions) Processed by IRCC between January 1, 2022 and January 31, 2024, by Country of Residence

-		Approved	Refused	Withdrawn	Approval Rate	Total	Approved	Refused	Withdrawn	Approval Rate	Total	Approved	Refused	Withdrawn	Approval Rate	Total	Total
-		2022					2023					2024 (as of January 31)					Total
Africa	Algeria	4,033	7,412	35	35%	11,480	8,441	15,837	59	35%	24,337	589	1,875	58	24%	2,522	38,339
	Angola	5	21	1	19%	27	9	18	0	33%	27	0	1	1	0%	2	56
	Botswana, Republic of	1	1	0	50%	2	3	5	0	38%	8	0	0	0	--	0	10
	Burkina-Faso	480	737	3	39%	1,220	728	1,391	4	34%	2,123	78	160	2	33%	240	3,583
	Burundi	249	483	1	34%	733	628	1,311	1	32%	1,940	25	188	1	12%	214	2,887
	Cape Verde Islands	0	1	0	0%	1	0	3	0	0%	3	0	0	0	--	0	4
	Central African Republic	4	20	0	17%	24	11	38	1	22%	50	1	14	0	7%	15	89
	Chad, Republic of	63	482	0	12%	545	213	1,547	1	12%	1,761	3	130	2	2%	135	2,441
	Comoros	15	31	0	33%	46	8	39	0	17%	47	1	6	0	14%	7	100
	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	1,934	6,263	12	24%	8,209	2,989	10,911	18	22%	13,918	147	545	8	21%	700	22,827
	Congo, People's Republic of the	118	517	1	19%	636	178	752	2	19%	932	13	66	0	16%	79	1,647
	Democratic Republic of Sudan	1	2	0	33%	3	0	2	1	0%	3	0	0	0	--	0	6
	Egypt	17	31	0	35%	48	23	65	2	26%	90	2	12	0	14%	14	152
	Equatorial Guinea	2	5	0	29%	7	6	7	0	46%	13	0	0	0	--	0	20
	Eritrea	0	0	0	--	0	0	1	0	0%	1	0	0	0	--	0	1
	Ethiopia	12	3	0	80%	15	12	8	0	60%	20	1	2	0	33%	3	38
	Federal Republic of Cameroon	1,965	4,029	30	33%	6,024	4,635	9,121	165	34%	13,921	217	559	28	28%	804	20,749
	Gabon Republic	109	104	1	51%	214	122	165	2	43%	289	16	21	2	43%	39	542
	Gambia	3	5	0	38%	8	1	11	0	8%	12	0	1	0	0%	1	21
	Ghana	32	60	0	35%	92	82	125	3	40%	210	1	29	0	3%	30	332
	Guinea-Bissau	0	4	0	0%	4	5	6	0	45%	11	0	1	0	0%	1	16
	Guinea, Republic of	964	4,060	7	19%	5,031	3,505	12,264	28	22%	15,797	221	1,383	22	14%	1,626	22,454
	Kenya	16	29	1	36%	46	38	51	2	43%	91	1	3	1	25%	5	142
	Lesotho	0	1	0	0%	1	0	2	0	0%	2	0	0	0	--	0	3
	Liberia	1	0	0	100%	1	16	17	0	48%	33	0	72	0	0%	72	106
	Libya	0	0	0	--	0	1	1	0	50%	2	0	0	0	--	0	2
	Madagascar	272	101	2	73%	375	392	287	7	58%	686	16	11	4	59%	31	1,092
	Malawi	0	0	0	--	0	0	1	0	0%	1	0	0	0	--	0	1
	Mali, Republic of	342	720	0	32%	1,062	717	1,428	6	33%	2,151	70	186	0	27%	256	3,469
	Mauritania	27	81	0	25%	108	106	262	2	29%	370	5	32	1	14%	38	516
	Mauritius	108	49	2	69%	159	180	88	10	67%	278	8	6	3	57%	17	454
	Mayotte	5	0	1	100%	6	13	8	0	62%	21	0	0	0	--	0	27
	Morocco	2,940	3,165	39	48%	6,144	5,287	2,398	39	69%	7,724	294	242	5	55%	541	14,409
	Mozambique	1	1	0	50%	2	1	2	0	33%	3	0	0	0	--	0	5
	Namibia	0	1	0	0%	1	0	6	0	0%	6	2	0	0	100%	2	9
	Nigeria	31	53	0	37%	84	100	181	3	36%	284	1	25	0	4%	26	394
	Peoples Republic of Benin	320	633	5	34%	958	1,136	1,352	15	46%	2,503	63	158	2	29%	223	3,684
	Republic of Djibouti	31	86	1	26%	118	77	301	0	20%	378	4	47	6	8%	57	553
	Republic of Ivory Coast	1,506	2,227	25	40%	3,758	4,248	6,042	68	41%	10,358	169	281	11	38%	461	14,577
	Republic of South Africa	48	45	0	52%	93	53	126	2	30%	181	1	12	2	8%	15	289
	Republic of the Niger	40	155	1	21%	196	150	395	2	28%	547	9	30	0	23%	39	782
	Reunion	145	14	1	91%	160	135	6	2	96%	143	0	0	0	--	0	303
	Rwanda	203	297	8	41%	508	325	440	13	42%	778	10	59	0	14%	69	1,355
	Sao Tome and Principe	1	1	0	50%	2	2	5	0	29%	7	0	0	0	--	0	9
	Senegal	1,526	3,727	13	29%	5,266	3,638	10,105	34	26%	13,777	324	723	17	31%	1,064	20,107
	Seychelles	0	1	0	0%	1	0	2	0	0%	2	1	0	0	100%	1	4
	Sierra Leone	0	6	0	0%	6	41	33	2	55%	76	0	45	1	0%	46	128
	Somalia, Democratic Republic of	0	0	0	--	0	0	1	0	0%	1	0	0	0	--	0	1
	Swaziland	0	0	0	--	0	1	2	0	33%	3	0	0	0	--	0	3
	Togo, Republic of	322	616	9	34%	947	1,047	1,833	30	36%	2,910	42	167	0	20%	209	4,066
	Tunisia	1,745	847	17	67%	2,609	2,657	1,532	17	63%	4,206	143	190	4	43%	337	7,152
	Uganda	8	14	1	36%	23	7	15	0	32%	22	0	2	0	0%	2	47
	United Republic of Tanzania	5	9	0	36%	14	4	9	0	31%	13	1	2	0	33%	3	30
	Western Sahara	0	2	0	0%	2	0	0	0	--	0	0	0	0	--	0	2
	Zambia	2	2	0	50%	4	3	11	0	21%	14	1	2	0	33%	3	21
	Zimbabwe	1	2	0	33%	3	0	0	0	--	0	0	0	0	--	0	3
	Total	19,653	37,156	217	35%	57,026	41,974	80,569	541	34%	123,084	2,480	7,288	181	25%	9,949	190,059
Not Africa	Afghanistan	0	0	0	--	0	0	2	0	0%	2	0	0	0	--	0	2
	Albania	6	20	0	23%	26	13	6	0	68%	19	0	3	0	0%	3	48
	Andorra	2	0	0	100%	2	1	0	0	100%	1	0	0	0	--	0	3
	Antigua and Barbuda	0	0	0	--	0	1	0	0	100%	1	0	0	0	--	0	1
	Argentina	14	13	0	52%	27	10	14	0	42%	24	0	0	2	--	2	53
	Armenia	2	2	0	50%	4	0	2	0	0%	2	1	0	0	100%	1	7
	Australia	11	0	1	100%	12	9	2	0	82%	11	0	0	0	--	0	23
	Austria	10	1	0	91%	11	7	0	0	100%	7	0	0	0	--	0	18
	Azerbaijan	0	0	0	--	0	1	3	0	25%	4	0	0	0	--	0	4
	Azores	0	0	0	--	0	0	1	0	0%	1	0	1	0	0%	1	2
	Bahama Islands, The	1	0	0	100%	1	1	6	0	14%	7	0	0	0	--	0	8
	Bahrain	4	0	0	100%	4	2	4	1	33%	7	0	0	0	--	0	11
	Bangladesh	3	4	0	43%	7	0	0	0	--	0	0	0	0	--	0	7
	Barbados	1	0	0	100%	1	0	0	0	--	0	0	0	0	--	0	1
	Belarus	1	10	0	9%	11	2	10	0	17%	12	0	1	0	0%	1	24
	Belgium	468	95	2	83%	565	436	111	4	80%	551	15	9	1	63%	25	1,141
	Bolivia	2	2	0	50%	4	3	0	0	100%	3	0	0	0	--	0	7
	Brazil	171	136	4	56%	311	144	65	2	69%	211	5	3	0	63%	8	530
	Bulgaria	0	1	0	0%	1	1	1	0	50%	2	0	0	0	--	0	3
	Cambodia	1	1	0	50%	2	4	0	0	100%	4	0	1	0	0%	1	7
	Canada	379	73	3	84%	455	844	169	7	83%	1,020	264	65	2	80%	331	1,806
	Canary Islands	1	0	0	100%	1	0	0	0	--	0	0	0	0	--	0	1
	Cayman Islands	0	0	0	--	0	0	1	0	0%	1	0	0	0	--	0	1
	Chile	24	49	0	33%	73	31	46	0	40%	77	2	2	0	50%	4	154
	Colombia	212	229	1	48%	442	195	104	1	65%	300	7	3	0	70%	10	752
	Costa Rica	7	4	0	64%	11	7	6	0	54%	13	0	0	0	--	0	24
	Croatia	1	0	0	100%	1	2	0	0	100%	2	0	0	0	--	0	3
	Cuba	10	24	0	29%	34	14	15	1	48%	30	1	2	0	33%	3	67
	Cyprus	5	45	0	10%	50	7	32	0	18%	39	1	2	0	33%	3	92
	Czech Republic	5	0	0	100%	5	4	1	0	80%	5	0	0	0	--	0	10
	Denmark	4	0	0	100%	4	2	1	0	67%	3	0	0	0	--	0	7
	Dominica	0	0	0	--	0	1	2	0	33%	3	0	1	0	0%	1	4
	Dominican Republic	16	111	1	13%	128	29	100	0	22%	129	4	2	1	67%	7	264
	Ecuador	11	9	0	55%	20	16	1	0	94%	17	3	0	0	100%	3	40
	El Salvador	3	5	0	38%	8	4	2	0	67%	6	0	0	0	--	0	14
	Federal Republic of Germany	70	28	0	71%	98	73	32	1	70%	106	1	1	1	50%	3	207
	Finland	6	0	0	100%	6	5	0	0	100%	5	0	0	1	--	1	12
	France	10,049	1,163	47	90%	11,259	9,378	1,058	93	90%	10,529	226	92	35	71%	353	22,141
	French Guiana	4	1	0	80%	5	18	5	0	78%	23	0	0	0	--	0	28
	French Polynesia	74	2	3	97%	79	56	0	2	100%	58	0	0	0	--	0	137
	Georgia	1	0	0	100%	1	0	2	0	0%	2	0	0	0	--	0	3
	Gibraltar	0	1	0	0%	1	0	0	0	--	0	0	0	0	--	0	1
	Greece	4	3	0	57%	7	6	3	0	67%	9	0	0	0	--	0	16
	Guadeloupe	76	25	1	75%	102	79	12	0	87%	91	3	1	0	75%	4	197
	Guatemala	0	2	0	0%	2	4	3	0	57%	7	0	0	0	--	0	9
	Haiti	1,029	3,364	4	23%	4,397	1,653	3,320	9	33%	4,982	64	98	24	40%	186	9,565
	Honduras	1	0	0	100%	1	5	2	0	71%	7	0	0	0	--	0	8
	Hong Kong SAR	20	12	0	63%	32	11	3	1	79%	15	0	1	0	0%	1	48
	Hungary	6	2	0	75%	8	8	6	0	57%	14	0	1	0	0%	1	23
	Iceland	2	1	0	67%	3	0	0	0	--	0	1	0	0	100%	1	4
	India	35	43	1	45%	79	35	52	2	40%	89	4	6	0	40%	10	178
	Iran	76	67	0	53%	143	68	56	1	55%	125	2	13	0	13%	15	283
	Iraq	2	2	0	50%	4	1	1	0	50%	2	0	0	0	--	0	6
	Israel	1	2	0	33%	3	5	2	1	71%	8	0	0	0	--	0	11
	Italy	53	63	0	46%	116	72	41	0	64%	113	8	1	0	89%	9	238
	Jamaica	0	4	0	0%	4	0	1	0	0%	1	0	0	0	--	0	5
	Japan	15	17	0	47%	32	14	9	0	61%	23	0	0	1	--	1	56
	Jordan	8	7	0	53%	15	3	19	0	14%	22	2	4	0	33%	6	43
	Kazakhstan	0	0	0	--	0	0	0	1	--	1	0	0	0	--	0	1
	Korea, Republic of	9	11	0	45%	20	7	12	0	37%	19	0	0	0	--	0	39
	Kuwait	2	4	0	33%	6	2	14	0	13%	16	0	0	0	--	0	22
	Kyrgyzstan	0	2	0	0%	2	0	0	0	--	0	0	0	0	--	0	2
	Laos	0	2	0	0%	2	1	0	0	100%	1	0	0	0	--	0	3
	Latvia	1	2	0	33%	3	0	0	0	--	0	0	0	0	--	0	3
Lebanon	276	207	8	57%	491	196	137	25	59%	358	17	13	0	57%	30	879
Lithuania	1	1	0	50%	2	0	0	0	--	0	0	0	0	--	0	2
Luxembourg	46	22	1	68%	69	40	6	2	87%	48	0	0	1	--	1	118
Macao SAR	0	0	0	--	0	3	2	0	60%	5	0	0	0	--	0	5
Malaysia	8	13	0	38%	21	2	16	0	11%	18	0	0	0	--	0	39
Malta	0	1	0	0%	1	0	3	0	0%	3	0	0	0	--	0	4
Martinique	90	11	0	89%	101	95	14	0	87%	109	0	0	0	--	0	210
Mexico	47	29	2	62%	78	58	9	0	87%	67	2	2	0	50%	4	149
Moldova	5	0	0	100%	5	20	1	0	95%	21	0	0	0	--	0	26
Monaco	11	0	0	100%	11	8	0	0	100%	8	0	0	0	--	0	19
Mongolia, People's Republic of	1	1	0	50%	2	0	3	0	0%	3	0	0	0	--	0	5
Myanmar (Burma)	0	0	0	--	0	0	2	0	0%	2	0	0	0	--	0	2
Nepal	5	0	0	100%	5	6	5	0	55%	11	1	1	0	50%	2	18
New Caledonia	40	3	1	93%	44	40	1	0	98%	41	0	0	0	--	0	85
New Zealand	0	1	0	0%	1	3	0	0	100%	3	0	0	0	--	0	4
Nicaragua	2	0	0	100%	2	4	2	0	67%	6	0	0	0	--	0	8
Norway	3	1	0	75%	4	5	0	0	100%	5	0	0	0	--	0	9
Oman	1	1	0	50%	2	4	5	0	44%	9	0	1	0	0%	1	12
Pakistan	2	3	0	40%	5	0	0	0	--	0	0	2	0	0%	2	7
Palestinian Authority (Gaza/West Bank)	0	1	0	0%	1	2	0	0	100%	2	0	0	0	--	0	3
Panama, Republic of	4	3	1	57%	8	6	0	0	100%	6	0	0	0	--	0	14
Papua New Guinea	0	1	0	0%	1	0	0	0	--	0	0	0	0	--	0	1
Paraguay	0	0	0	--	0	1	0	0	100%	1	0	0	0	--	0	1
People's Republic of China	73	116	1	39%	190	72	142	0	34%	214	3	5	0	38%	8	412
Peru	42	11	0	79%	53	44	16	0	73%	60	3	0	0	100%	3	116
Philippines	13	19	0	41%	32	10	21	0	32%	31	0	2	0	0%	2	65
Poland	4	5	0	44%	9	7	10	1	41%	18	0	0	0	--	0	27
Portugal	13	0	0	100%	13	15	6	0	71%	21	0	0	0	--	0	34
Puerto Rico	1	0	0	100%	1	0	0	0	--	0	0	0	0	--	0	1
Qatar	13	20	0	39%	33	9	27	2	25%	38	0	2	0	0%	2	73
Republic of Indonesia	2	0	0	100%	2	1	2	0	33%	3	0	0	0	--	0	5
Republic of Ireland	4	0	0	100%	4	8	1	0	89%	9	0	0	0	--	0	13
Romania	2	16	0	11%	18	29	11	3	73%	43	2	0	0	100%	2	63
Russia	18	70	1	20%	89	42	100	0	30%	142	3	3	0	50%	6	237
Saint-Martin	9	0	0	100%	9	16	1	0	94%	17	0	0	0	--	0	26
Saudi Arabia	29	35	0	45%	64	15	31	0	33%	46	1	2	0	33%	3	113
Serbia, Republic of	2	0	0	100%	2	0	0	0	--	0	0	0	0	--	0	2
Singapore	9	0	0	100%	9	9	2	0	82%	11	0	0	0	--	0	20
Slovak Republic	0	0	0	--	0	0	1	0	0%	1	0	0	0	--	0	1
Socialist Republic of Vietnam	26	13	0	67%	39	22	6	0	79%	28	2	1	0	67%	3	70
Spain	96	19	0	83%	115	63	23	0	73%	86	7	4	1	64%	12	213
Sri Lanka	2	1	1	67%	4	4	3	0	57%	7	0	1	0	0%	1	12
St. Lucia	1	0	0	100%	1	0	0	0	--	0	0	0	0	--	0	1
St. Pierre and Miquelon	1	0	0	100%	1	3	1	0	75%	4	0	0	0	--	0	5
Surinam	0	1	0	0%	1	0	0	0	--	0	0	0	0	--	0	1
Sweden	7	2	0	78%	9	3	0	0	100%	3	0	0	0	--	0	12
Switzerland	247	28	6	90%	281	202	30	1	87%	233	4	1	0	80%	5	519
Syria	0	3	0	0%	3	2	2	0	50%	4	0	1	0	0%	1	8
Tajikistan	0	0	0	--	0	0	0	0	--	0	0	1	0	0%	1	1
Taiwan	7	1	0	88%	8	4	2	0	67%	6	0	0	0	--	0	14
Thailand	5	4	0	56%	9	10	4	0	71%	14	0	1	0	0%	1	24
The Netherlands	16	3	0	84%	19	15	2	0	88%	17	0	0	0	--	0	36
The Netherlands Antilles	0	0	0	--	0	0	1	0	0%	1	0	0	0	--	0	1
Trinidad and Tobago, Republic of	1	0	0	100%	1	0	0	0	--	0	0	0	0	--	0	1
Turkey	37	210	0	15%	247	144	832	4	15%	980	1	87	3	1%	91	1,318
Turks and Caicos Islands	0	0	0	--	0	0	1	0	0%	1	0	0	0	--	0	1
Ukraine	4	9	0	31%	13	6	2	0	75%	8	1	1	0	50%	2	23
United Arab Emirates	47	54	0	47%	101	55	149	3	27%	207	2	2	0	50%	4	312
United Kingdom and Overseas Territories	40	5	0	89%	45	54	9	0	86%	63	1	2	0	33%	3	111
United States of America	137	53	1	72%	191	139	41	2	77%	182	5	3	0	63%	8	381
Unspecified	0	60	1	0%	61	0	139	1	0%	140	0	13	0	0%	13	214
Uruguay	1	0	0	100%	1	2	0	0	100%	2	0	0	0	--	0	3
Uzbekistan	0	0	0	--	0	1	0	0	100%	1	0	0	0	--	0	1
Vanuatu	0	0	1	--	1	1	0	0	100%	1	0	0	0	--	0	2
Venezuela	3	5	0	38%	8	2	5	0	29%	7	0	1	0	0%	1	16
Total	14,373	6,726	93	68%	21,192	14,797	7,189	171	67%	22,157	669	465	73	59%	1,207	44,556
Total		34,026	43,882	310	44%	78,218	56,771	87,758	712	39%	145,241	3,149	7,753	254	29%	11,156	234,615

*Note that this data reflects the client's declared official language on application.

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2024-06-27

CIMM – International Students Data Dashboard : SP Africa by Language and Province – February 28, 2024

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Study Permit Approval Rate for Province of Destination in Quebec

Study Permit Approval Rate for Province of Destination not in Quebec

Study Permits (Excluding Extensions) Received at IRCC between January 1, 2019 and January 31, 2024 with a Country of Residence in Africa, by Province of Destination and Official Language

Study Permits (Excluding Extensions) Received at IRCC between January 1, 2019 and January 31, 2024 Globally, by Province of Destination and Official Language

Study Permit Applications Received at IRCC (Excluding Extensions) between January 1, 2022 and January 31, 2024, by Year and Top 10 Countries of Residence (in Persons)

Study Permit Applications (Excluding Extensions) Approved, Refused & Withdrawn by IRCC between January 1, 2022 and January 31, 2024, by Year and Top 10 Countries of Residence (in Persons)

Study Permit Applications Issued (Excluding Extensions) between January 1, 2022 and January 31, 2024, by Year and Top 10 Countries of Residence (in Persons)

Francophone* Study Permits (Excluding Extensions) Processed by IRCC between January 1, 2022 and January 31, 2024, by Country of Residence

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