Over the past month, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) held new draws in the pools of International Experience Canada (IEC). From February 26 to March 24, Canada invited 7,158 young foreigners to apply for an IEC open work permit. As of March 24, 35,247 candidates were registered in the pool and waiting for the invitation. In this round, there were 467 ITAs for Australia, 22 ITAs for Austria, 61 ITAs for Belgium, 115 ITAs for Chile, 28 ITAs for Costa Rica, 12 ITAs for Croatia, 164 ITAs for the Czech Republic, 55 ITAs for Denmark, 18 ITAs for Estonia, 35 ITAs for Finland, 1,898 ITAs for France, 323 ITAs for Germany, 24 ITAs for Greece, 31 ITAs for Hong Kong, 6 ITAs for Iceland, 383 ITAs for Ireland, 183 ITAs for Italy, 374 ITAs for Japan, 942 ITAs for Korea, 7 ITAs for Latvia, 38 ITAs for Lithuania, 4 ITAs for Luxembourg, 56 ITAs for the Netherlands, 182 ITAs for New Zealand, 14 ITAs for Norway, 58 ITAs for Poland, 126 ITAs for Portugal, 63 ITAs for Slovakia, 4 ITAs for Slovenia, 213 for Spain, 49 ITAs for Sweden, 44 ITAs for Switzerland, 241 ITAs for Taiwan, and 918 ITAs for the United Kingdom. In 2024, Canada issued 53,175 ITAs under the IEC Program.
