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CIMM – International Student Data Dashboard – October 24, 2023

Study Permits (Excluding Extensions) Processed by IRCC between January 1, 2019 and August 31, 2023 with a Country of Residence in Africa, by Province of Destination and Official Language

Application Count 2019 2020
Approved Refused Withdrawn Approval Rate Total Approved Refused Withdrawn Approval Rate Total
Quebec Bilingual 138 94 4 59% 236 20 5 0 80% 25
English 514 1,172 5 30% 1,691 326 631 6 34% 963
French 8,047 20,764 59 28% 28,870 4,522 16,806 63 21% 21,391
Neither 44 32 0 58% 76 34 15 0 69% 49
Unspecified 10 12 0 45% 22 13 9 0 59% 22
Total 8,753 22,074 68 28% 30,895 4,915 17,466 69 22% 22,450
Rest of Canada Bilingual 18 8 0 69% 26 0 0 0  -- 0
English 7,387 24,261 100 23% 31,748 4,190 15,119 89 22% 19,398
French 2,730 7,853 27 26% 10,610 1,380 5,082 29 21% 6,491
Neither 18 37 0 33% 55 19 40 0 32% 59
Unspecified 47 18 0 72% 65 17 6 1 74% 24
Total 10,200 32,177 127 24% 42,504 5,606 20,247 119 22% 25,972
Unspecified English 1 0 0 100% 1 1 0 0 100% 1
French 2 0 0 100% 2 0 0 0  -- 0
Neither 0 0 0 -- 0 0 0 0 -- 0
Unspecified 1 18 0 5% 19 0 1 0 0% 1
Total 4 18 0 18% 22 1 1 0 50% 2
Total Bilingual 156 102 4 60% 262 20 5 0 80% 25
English 7,902 25,433 105 24% 33,440 4,517 15,750 95 22% 20,362
French 10,779 28,617 86 27% 39,482 5,902 21,888 92 21% 27,882
Neither 62 69 0 47% 131 53 55 0 49% 108
Unspecified 58 48 0 55% 106 30 16 1 65% 47
Total 18,957 54,269 195 26% 73,421 10,522 37,714 188 22% 48,424
Application Count 2021 2022
Approved Refused Withdrawn Approval Rate Total Approved Refused Withdrawn Approval Rate Total
Quebec Bilingual 1 0 0 100% 1 0 0 0 - 0
English 642 1,025 12 39% 1,679 1,004 1,278 24 44% 2,306
French 9,219 25,467 89 27% 34,775 14,207 26,457 180 35% 40,844
Neither 45 28 0 62% 73 154 24 15 87% 193
Unspecified 1 0 0 100% 1 10 0 0 100% 10
Total 9,908 26,520 101 27% 36,529 15,375 27,759 219 36% 43,353
Rest of Canada Bilingual 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 - 0
English 11,574 23,297 205 33% 35,076 21,446 35,280 399 38% 57,125
French 3,332 7,812 30 30% 11,174 5,444 10,694 36 34% 16,174
Neither 39 86 1 31% 126 49 54 0 48% 103
Unspecified 28 2 0 93% 30 43 6 0 88% 49
Total 14,973 31,197 236 32% 46,406 26,982 46,034 435 37% 73,451

Unspecified

 English 2 0 1 100% 3 220 141 5 61% 366
French 1 1 0 50% 2 12 11 1 52% 24
Neither 0 0 0 - 0 0 3 0 0% 3
Unspecified 1 1 0 50% 2 5 0 0 100% 5
Total 4 2 1 67% 7 237 155 6 60% 398
Total Bilingual 1 0 0 100% 1 0 0 0 - 0
English 12,218 24,322 218 33% 36,758 22,670 36,699 428 38% 59,797
French 12,552 33,280 119 27% 45,951 19,663 37,162 217 35% 57,042
Neither 84 114 1 42% 199 203 81 15 71% 299
Unspecified 30 3 0 91% 33 58 6 0 91% 64
Total 24,885 57,719 338 30% 82,942 42,594 73,948 660 37% 117,202
Application Count 2023 (as of Aug 31) Total
Approved Refused Withdrawn Approval Rate Total
Quebec Bilingual 0 0 0 - 0 262
English 1,097 1,282 37 46% 2,416 9,055
French 19,916 33,562 324 37% 53,802 179,682
Neither 135 37 20 78% 192 583
Unspecified 2 0 2 100% 4 59
Total 21,150 34,881 383 38% 56,414 189,641
Rest of Canada Bilingual 0 0 0 - 0 26
English 34,549 51,975 491 40% 87,015 230,362
French 5,952 11,243 46 35% 17,241 61,690
Neither 39 56 2 41% 97 440
Unspecified 40 3 3 93% 46 214
Total 40,580 63,277 542 39% 104,399 292,732

Unspecified

 English 249 228 9 52% 486 857
French 15 6 3 71% 24 52
Neither 2 0 0 100% 2 5
Unspecified 14 6 5 70% 25 52
Total 280 240 17 54% 537 966
Total Bilingual 0 0 0 - 0 288
English 35,895 53,485 537 40% 89,917 240,274
French 25,883 44,811 373 37% 71,067 241,424
Neither 176 93 22 65% 291 1,028
Unspecified 56 9 10 86% 75 325
Total 62,010 98,398 942 39% 161,350 483,339

*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 August 31, 2023 Globally, by Province of Destination and Official Language

Application Count 2019 2020
Approved Refused Withdrawn Approval Rate Total

Approved

 Refused Withdrawn Approval Rate Total
Quebec Bilingual 146 98 4 60% 248 20 5 0 80% 25
English 20,199 15,462 82 57% 35,743 10,378 14,158 175 42% 24,711
French 18,616 23,479 113 44% 42,208 11,636 18,506 190 39% 30,332
Neither 610 315 10 66% 935 266 207 6 56% 479
Unspecified 91 30 3 75% 124 20 10 0 67% 30
Total 39,662 39,384 212 50% 79,258 22,320 32,886 371 40% 55,577
Rest of Canada Bilingual 21 11 2 66% 34 0 0 0 - 0
English 199,493 119,567 885 63% 319,945 81,343 67,874 1,937 55% 151,154
French 4,353 8,606 41 34% 13,000 2,250 5,524 69 29% 7,843
Neither 4,566 1,694 21 73% 6,281 1,913 998 45 66% 2,956
Unspecified 530 98 6 84% 634 93 30 3 76% 126
Total 208,963 129,976 955 62% 339,894 85,599 74,426 2,054 53% 162,079

Unspecified

 English 4,116 245 1 94% 4,362 2,330 39 23 98% 2,392
French 163 16 0 91% 179 106 1 1 99% 108
Neither 63 12 0 84% 75 44 0 1 100% 45
Unspecified 14 53 1 21% 68 1 2 1 33% 4
Total 4,356 326 2 93% 4,684 2,481 42 26 98% 2,549
Total Bilingual 167 109 6 61% 282 20 5 0 80% 25
English 223,808 135,274 968 62% 360,050 94,051 82,071 2,135 53% 178,257
French 23,132 32,101 154 42% 55,387 13,992 24,031 260 37% 38,283
Neither 5,239 2,021 31 72% 7,291 2,223 1,205 52 65% 3,480
Unspecified 635 181 10 78% 826 114 42 4 73% 160
Total 252,981 169,686 1,169 60% 423,836 110,400 107,354 2,451 51% 220,205
Application Count 2021 2022
Approved Refused Withdrawn Approval Rate Total

Approved

 Refused Withdrawn Approval Rate Total
Quebec Bilingual 1 0 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0
English 15,726 21,533 2,199 42% 39,458 14,567 15,601 539 48% 30,707
French 24,415 29,937 245 45% 54,597 26,330 31,978 253 45% 58,561
Neither 695 392 10 64% 1,097 1,129 630 21 64% 1,780
Unspecified 15 3 0 83% 18 40 1 0 98% 41
Total 40,852 51,865 2,454 44% 95,171 42,066 48,210 813 47% 91,089
Rest of Canada Bilingual 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 - 0
English 269,020 157,293 3,603 63% 429,916 348,563 254,793 5,004 58% 608,360
French 5,969 8,888 66 40% 14,923 7,415 11,886 56 38% 19,357
Neither 4,900 2,365 100 67% 7,365 5,654 2,508 163 69% 8,325
Unspecified 78 20 2 80% 100 168 21 13 89% 202
Total 279,967 168,566 3,771 62% 452,304 361,800 269,208 5,236 57% 636,244

Unspecified

 English 6,867 207 22 97% 7,096 7,928 491 34 94% 8,453
French 391 3 2 99% 396 310 26 1 92% 337
Neither 155 5 0 97% 160 207 22 3 90% 232
Unspecified 4 6 2 40% 12 36 1 0 97% 37
Total 7,417 221 26 97% 7,664 8,481 540 38 94% 9,059
Total Bilingual 1 0 0 100% 1 0 0 0 - 0
English 291,613 179,033 5,824 62% 476,470 371,058 270,885 5,577 58% 647,520
French 30,775 38,828 313 44% 69,916 34,055 43,890 310 44% 78,255
Neither 5,750 2,762 110 68% 8,622 6,990 3,160 187 69% 10,337
Unspecified 97 29 4 77% 130 244 23 13 91% 280
Total 328,236 220,652 6,251 60% 555,139 412,347 317,958 6,087 56% 736,392
Application Count 2023 (as of Aug 31) Total
Approved Refused Withdrawn Approval Rate Total
Quebec Bilingual 0 0 0 - 0 274
English 9,939 8,443 166 54% 18,548 149,167
French 29,934 38,011 407 44% 68,352 254,050
Neither 949 284 29 77% 1,262 5,553
Unspecified 30 1 3 97% 34 247
Total 40,852 46,739 605 47% 88,196 409,291
Rest of Canada Bilingual 0 0 0 - 0 34
English 302,204 172,660 3,172 64% 478,036 1,987,411
French 7,494 12,024 70 38% 19,588 74,711
Neither 4,877 1,528 88 76% 6,493 31,420
Unspecified 187 7 17 96% 211 1,273
Total 314,762 186,219 3,347 63% 504,328 2,094,849

Unspecified

 English 5,764 507 27 92% 6,298 28,601
French 567 22 4 96% 593 1,613
Neither 168 23 1 88% 192 704
Unspecified 75 9 8 89% 92 213
Total 6,574 561 40 92% 7,175 31,131
Total Bilingual 0 0 0 - 0 308
English 317,907 181,610 3,365 64% 502,882 2,165,179
French 37,995 50,057 481 43% 88,533 330,374
Neither 5,994 1,835 118 77% 7,947 37,677
Unspecified 292 17 28 94% 337 1,733
Total 362,188 233,519 3,992 61% 599,699 2,535,271

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

Data compiled by OPP-DART
Source: Cognos (CBR) as of September 14, 2023
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 (as of Aug 31)
Global 60% 51% 60% 56% 61%
All Countries in Africa 26% 22% 30% 37% 39%
English Speaking Africa 24% 22% 33% 38% 40%
French Speaking Africa 27% 21% 27% 35% 37%

Study Permits (Excluding Extensions) Received by IRCC between January 1, 2019 and August 31, 2023 with a Country of Residence in Africa, by Province of Destination and Official Language

Application Count 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 (as of Aug 31) Total
Quebec Bilingual 244 7 0 0 0 251
English 1,711 1,130 1,886 2,388 2,685 9,800
French 29,472 25,943 35,327 48,776 61,847 201,365
Neither 79 54 87 252 176 648
Unspecified 28 13 3 7 7 58
Total 31,534 27,147 37,303 51,423 64,715 212,122
Rest of Canada Bilingual 21 0 0 0 0 21
English 32,633 23,677 40,414 62,872 89,183 248,779
French 10,408 6,924 11,822 18,696 19,293 67,143
Neither 57 61 123 132 91 464
Unspecified 74 24 44 48 53 243
Total 43,193 30,686 52,403 81,748 108,620 316,650

Unspecified

 English 4 14 30 475 542 1,065
French 2 0 5 32 21 60
Neither 0 0 2 17 3 22
Unspecified 20 5 8 3 36 72
Total 26 19 45 527 602 1,219
Total Bilingual 265 7 0 0 0 272
English 34,348 24,821 42,330 65,735 92,410 259,644
French 39,882 32,867 47,154 67,504 81,161 268,568
Neither 136 115 212 401 270 1,134
Unspecified 122 42 55 58 96 373
Total 74,753 57,852 89,751 133,698 173,937 529,991

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

Study Permits (Excluding Extensions) Received by IRCC between January 1, 2019 and August 31, 2023 Globally, by Province of Destination and Official Language

Application Count 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 (as of Aug 31) Total
Quebec Bilingual 255 7 0 0 0 262
English 36,449 36,867 30,424 27,581 18,829 150,150
French 42,906 36,331 54,512 66,448 76,647 276,844
Neither 946 650 1,146 1,819 1,241 5,802
Unspecified 125 23 16 38 37 239
Total 80,681 73,878 86,098 95,886 96,754 433,297
Rest of Canada Bilingual 27 0 0 0 0 27
English 320,345 226,550 439,087 579,099 475,565 2,040,646
French 12,823 8,640 15,412 21,826 21,702 80,403
Neither 6,354 3,617 7,863 8,343 6,437 32,614
Unspecified 663 202 284 356 140 1,645
Total 340,212 239,009 462,646 609,624 503,844 2,155,335

Unspecified

 English 4,493 3,268 7,352 8,364 6,875 30,352
French 176 124 388 347 591 1,626
Neither 82 86 242 583 229 1,222
Unspecified 86 34 47 72 99 338
Total 4,837 3,512 8,029 9,366 7,794 33,538
Total Bilingual 282 7 0 0 0 289
English 361,287 266,685 476,863 615,044 501,269 2,221,148
French 55,905 45,095 70,312 88,621 98,940 358,873
Neither 7,382 4,353 9,251 10,745 7,907 39,638
Unspecified 874 259 347 466 276 2,222
Total 425,730 316,399 556,773 714,876 608,392 2,622,170

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

Data compiled by OPP-DART
Source: Cognos (CBR) as of September 16, 2023
Data is operational and subject to change.

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