The number of Indian students has grown with breathtaking speed, with 107,795 arriving in Canada last year alone, according to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada data. That compares with 85,825 from China
. And while the number of student arrivals from China last year was up 30 per cent from 2015, the cohort of new Indian students was more than three times larger than it was that year.They are drawn partly by the low value of the loonie relative to the U.S. dollar. But more importantly they come for the simpler path to work permits and immigration credentials, particularly as the United States is proposing strict new criteria for the issuance of H1B foreign-worker visas.
It’s related to “Trump’s policies as far as migrants are concerned,” she said. The result is that “Canada is definitely getting more popular.” “U of T offers Indian students experiential learning opportunities, including paid professional co-ops and internships in some programs, that allow Indian students to gain valuable North American work experience,” said Ted Sargent, vice-president international.
She cited Canada’s “strong reputation for quality education, a welcoming and safe environment, affordability and clear paths to citizenship” as factors. And an early look at the application pool for next year suggests “a significant increase in students from India again in 2019/20.” For Indian students, the chief downside of coming to Canada lies in the country’s relatively small job market. The United States “has more industry, it has more financial institutions, it has more opportunities in terms of jobs,” Ms. Malik said.
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