Over the last week, the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) held new draws in the pools of International Experience Canada (IEC). From January 31 to February 6, Canada invited 7,598 young foreigners to apply for an IEC open work permit. As of February 4, there are 35,192 candidates registered in the pool, waiting for the invitation. In this round, there were 1 ITA for Andorra, 225 ITAs for Australia, 170 ITAs for Belgium, 158 ITAs for Chile, 22 ITAs for Costa Rica, 19 ITAs for Croatia, 277 ITAs for the Czech Republic, 61 ITAs for Denmark, 70 ITAs for Estonia, 922 ITAs for France, 761 ITAs for Germany, 50 ITAs for Greece, 11 ITAs for Hong Kong, 1,207 ITAs for Ireland, 308 ITAs for Italy, 753 ITAs for Japan, 509 ITAs for South Korea, 10 ITAs for Latvia, 51 ITAs for Lithuania, 3 ITAs for Luxembourg, 118 ITAs for the Netherlands, 92 ITAs for New Zealand, 6 ITAs for Norway, 90 ITAs for Poland, 122 ITAs for Portugal, 12 ITAs for Slovenia, 276 ITAs for Spain, 31 ITAs for Sweden, 11 ITAs for Switzerland, 201 ITAs for Taiwan, and 1,051 ITAs for the United Kingdom. In 2022, Canada issued 22,393 ITAs under the IEC Program.
