India, May 21 -- The number of study permits being issued by Canada to international students from India continues to plummet, down nearly a third in the first quarter of this year as against the January to March period in 2024.

According to the latest data from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), the number of permits issued to students from India in the first quarter of 2025 was 30,640, versus 44,295 last year, a drop of nearly 31 per cent. Overall figures have also shown a decline, falling from 1,21,070 in 2024 to 96,015 in the first quarter of 2025.

This follows the trend of declining intake of international students after the Canadian government started applying brakes on the influx in the last quarter of 2023.

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