Canadian Study Permit Holders, Monthly Updates with Statistical Disclosure Control

Canada's Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada provides monthly updates on temporary residents holding study permits. The data includes counts by year of permit effectiveness or validity status within a calendar year or on December 31st. Figures are suppressed or rounded to prevent individual identification, with values between 0 and 5 shown as '--' and others rounded to the nearest multiple of 5.

Use Cases

• Tracking annual trends in international student enrollment based on permit validity status
• Analyzing the distribution of study permit holders by effective year
• Monitoring monthly changes in the population of temporary residents on study permits
• Assessing the impact of statistical disclosure control on aggregate data totals

Strengths

• Data is updated monthly, with the last update recorded on 2026-03-17
• Figures are processed with statistical disclosure control (suppression and rounding) to protect privacy
• Available in multiple accessible formats: CSV, XLS, and XLSX

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Aggregate totals may not sum correctly due to rounding and suppression protocols

Provenance

Source

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

Collection Method

Likely compiled from administrative records of study permit holders.

Time Range

Monthly updates within observed calendar years.

Freshness

Monthly updates; last updated 2026-03-17.

Geography

Canada