Ontario will give 96% of international study permits to public colleges, universities

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Ontario will give the vast majority of its allocated international student study permits to post-secondary institutions that offer in-demand programs such as in the skilled trades, child care and health care.

Career colleges will not receive any applications, province says

The University of Toronto, home to a large international student population, is seen here. The Ontario government says it will allocate 96 per cent of permit applications to publicly assisted colleges and universities, with just four per cent going to language schools, private universities and other institutions. Career colleges will not receive any applications, it says. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)

Ontario will give the vast majority of its allocated international student study permits to post-secondary institutions that offer in-demand programs such as in the skilled trades, child care and health care.

Colleges and Universities Minister Jill Dunlop says the province is prioritizing programs to support in-demand jobs upon graduation.

The federal government announced earlier this year it would slash the international student permits it would hand out, with Ontario seeing its allotment cut in half.

Post-secondary institutions, especially colleges, in the province turned increasingly to international students after Premier Doug Ford’s government in 2019 cut tuition by 10 per cent and froze it.

Last month, Dunlop gave a $1.3 billion funding lifeline to post-secondary institutions, but the colleges and universities said they needed double that amount.

Ontario’s budget this week indicated that the lost international student revenue in the college sector, whose finances show up on the province’s books, will total about $3 billion over two years.

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