In 2025, new student arrivals have declined by 70%, and new worker arrivals have declined by 50%, according to new data published by Canada's immigration department.

In the period between January and June of 2025, Canada welcomed 88,617 fewer international students and 125,903 fewer foreign workers, compared to the same period in 2024.

This cumulatively has yielded a total decrease of 214,520 fewer new student and worker arrivals over this period, demonstrating that measures taken by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) to curb inflows of temporary residents have had a substantial impact.

Changing proportions of new arrivals

The latest data from the immigration department also indicates that there has been a marked decrease in the proportion of new arrivals that are s

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