Global Trade Alert
Global Trade Alert

Canada: Government reduces the foreign students cap for 2026

Announcement

25 Nov 2025

In November 2025, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada reduced the foreign study permits cap for 2026.

Source

Sign in to access

Number of interventions

1

1 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

0 liberalising

List of interventions

Implementation date

01 Jan 2026

Revocation date:

31 Dec 2026

Announced: 25 Nov 2025
Foreign customer limit In force
On 25 November 2025, the government of Canada announced a cap on the provision of education services to foreign customers for the year 2026. The measure limits the number of international students sub...
Sign in to see more

Threads

See all

Harmful Trade Policy Measures

This Thread tracks harmful trade policy interventions affecting all products. Covering all types of interventions monitored by Global Trade Alert, it highlights how the yearly number of these measures has evolved over time.

Published: 04 Sep 2024

70935

interventions

194

jurisdictions

G7: Harmful Trade Policy Interventions

This Thread tracks harmful trade policy interventions introduced by G7 members since 2009. It covers all types of interventions monitored by Global Trade Alert.

Published: 13 Jan 2025

25604

interventions

38

jurisdictions

G20: Harmful Trade Policy Interventions

This Thread tracks harmful trade policy interventions introduced by G20 members since 2009. It covers all types of interventions monitored by Global Trade Alert.

Published: 15 Jan 2025

54187

interventions

121

jurisdictions