Over the last two weeks, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) held new draws in the pools of International Experience Canada (IEC). From August 19 to September 1, Canada invited 3,928 young foreigners to apply for an IEC open work permit. As of August 1, 35,097 candidates were registered in the pool and waiting for the invitation. In this round, there were 395 ITAs for Australia, one for Austria, 69 for Belgium, 1,043 invitations for Chile, 53 for Costa Rica, 11 for Croatia, 49 for the Czech Republic, 21 for Denmark, 10 ITAs for Estonia, 234 for France, 222 for Germany, 6 for Hong Kong, 183 for Ireland, one ITA for Iceland, 169 for Italy, 275 for Japan, 378 for Korea, 7 for Lithuania, 3 for Luxembourg, 54 for the Netherlands, 115 for New Zealand, 7 for Norway, 20 for Poland, 62 for Portugal, 24 for Slovakia, 6 ITA for Slovenia, 22 for Spain, 15 for Sweden, 7 for Switzerland, 350 for Taiwan, and 116 ITAs for the United Kingdom. In 2024, Canada issued 112,988 ITAs under the IEC Program.
