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International students (percent): Canadian provinces ranked (2024–25)

Measure: International students (percent). All 10 provinces and territories with data in Postsecondary enrolment by province, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2024/2025.

Licence: Source: Statistics Canada, Table 37-10-0018-01. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada. Contains information licensed under the Statistics Canada Open Licence (Open Government Licence – Canada).
Data last updated: 2026-10-29

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National value: 22.7 (Canada).

Lowest: 13.6 to 18.1 %
Group 2: 18.1 to 20.9 %
Group 3: 20.9 to 25.3 %
Group 4: 25.3 to 28.5 %
Highest: 28.5 to 29.3 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Prince Edward Island	29.3
2	Ontario	28.5
3	New Brunswick	27
4	British Columbia	25.3
5	Nova Scotia	22.6
6	Manitoba	20.9
7	Newfoundland and Labrador	19.9
8	Saskatchewan	18.1
8	Alberta	18.1
10	Quebec	13.6

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 37-10-0018-01: Postsecondary enrolments, by registration status, institution type, status of student in Canada and gender. Reference period: 2024/2025.

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Canadian provinces and territories ranked by international students (percent) (2024/2025). Data: Statistics Canada, Table 37-10-0018-01; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-29. https://quadranac.com/rankings/ca-provinces-by-international-students-share/

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