Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) held its first draws in International Experience Canada (IEC) pools in 2023. On January 13, 2023, Canada invited 11,810 young foreigners to apply for an IEC open work permit. There are 26,013 candidates registered in the pool, waiting for the invitation. In this round, there were 1 ITA for Andorra, 1,067 ITAs for Australia, 67 ITAs for Austria, 238 ITAs for Belgium, 53 ITAs for Costa Rica, 23 ITAs for Croatia, 283 ITAs for the Czech Republic, 35 ITAs for Denmark, 19 ITAs for Estonia, 2,510 ITAs for France, 118 ITAs for Greece, 88 ITAs for Hong Kong, 1,338 ITAs for Ireland, 435 ITAs for Italy, 750 ITAs for Japan, 1,020 ITAs for Korea, 38 ITAs for Latvia, 11 ITAs for Luxembourg, 276 ITAs for the Netherlands, 377 ITAs for New Zealand, 17 ITAs for Norway, 204 ITAs for Poland, 149 ITAs for Portugal, 13 ITAs for Slovenia, 364 for Spain, 43 ITAs for Sweden, 43 ITAs for Switzerland, 351 ITAs for Taiwan, and 1,879 ITAs for the United Kingdom.
