Over the last week, the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) held new draws in the pools of International Experience Canada (IEC). From May 23 to May 29, Canada invited 2,056 young foreigners to apply for an IEC open work permit. As of May 27, there are 20,917 candidates registered in the pool, waiting for the invitation. In this round, there were 226 ITAs for Australia, 18 ITAs for Austria, 20 ITAs for Belgium, 184 ITA for Chile, 4 ITAs for Croatia, 23 ITAs for the Czech Republic, 9 ITAs for Denmark, 3 ITAs for Estonia, 445 ITAs for France, 171 ITAs for Germany, 17 ITAs for Hong Kong, 190 ITAs for Ireland, 58 ITAs for Italy, 156 ITAs for Japan, 1 ITA for Latvia, 5 ITAs for Lithuania, 1 ITA for Luxembourg, 13 ITAs for the Netherlands, 68 ITAs for New Zealand, 3 ITAs for Norway, 26 ITAs for Poland, 23 ITAs for Portugal, 11 ITAs for Slovakia, 1 ITA for Slovenia, 19 ITAs for Spain, 7 ITAs for Sweden, 1 ITA for Switzerland, 2 ITAs for Taiwan, and 351 ITAs for the United Kingdom. In 2022, Canada issued 80,574 ITAs under the IEC Program.
