Canada’s 2025 immigration settings reshaped student routes, family work rights and early-career transitions. The signal was clear: align international education with labour needs and housing capacity while keeping credible paths into work. The outcome affects India’s outbound pipeline, university planning and employer hiring in 2026.

What changed in 2025

Ottawa kept a national issuance target of a little over four hundred thousand study permits and required most applicants to include a Provincial or Territorial Attestation Letter that confirms a seat within the cap. Allocations were set by province and by cohort, including a defined share for graduate students.

Financial readiness moved as well. From September 1, 2025, the living-expense minimum outside Québec is CAD 22,895 for a single

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