Over the last week, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) held new draws in the pools of International Experience Canada (IEC). From October 14 to October 20, Canada invited 3,965 young foreigners to apply for an IEC open work permit. As of September 29, 32,256 candidates registered in the pool, awaiting the invitation. In this round, there were 218 ITAs for Australia, 3 ITAs for Austria, 16 ITAs for Belgium, 2,235 ITAs for Chile, 12 ITA for Costa Rica, 7 ITAs for Croatia, 32 ITAs for the Czech Republic, 7 ITAs for Denmark, 5 ITAs for Estonia, 197 ITAs for France, 166 ITAs for Germany, 7 ITAs for Greece, 4 ITAs for Hong Kong, 175 ITAs for Ireland, 123 ITAs for Italy, 6 ITAs for Japan, 126 ITAs for Korea, 2 ITAs Latvia, 2 ITAs for Lithuania, 3 ITAs for Luxembourg, 27 ITAs for the Netherlands, 42 ITAs for New Zealand, 1 ITA for Norway, 15 ITAs for Poland, 32 ITAs for Portugal, 2 ITAs for Slovakia, 3 ITAs for Slovenia, 45 ITAs for Spain, 8 ITAs for Sweden, 5 ITAs for Switzerland, 177 ITAs for Taiwan, and 262 ITAs for the United Kingdom. In 2023, Canada issued 131,551 ITAs under the IEC Program.
More foreign workers came to Canada under the IEC
