Over the last week, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) conducted new draws under the International Experience Canada (IEC) program.
From February 14 to February 20, Canada invited 3,315 young foreign nationals to apply for an IEC open work permit. As of February 20, 29,544 candidates remain registered in the IEC pool awaiting an invitation.
In these rounds, invitations to apply (ITAs) were issued as follows:
335 ITAs for Australia
19 ITAs for Austria
42 ITAs for Belgium
53 ITAs for Chile
12 ITAs for Costa Rica
1 ITA for Croatia
49 ITAs for the Czech Republic
16 ITAs for Denmark
9 ITAs for Estonia
7 ITAs for Finland
737 ITAs for France
173 ITAs for Germany
12 ITAs for Greece
5 ITAs for Hong Kong
1 ITA for Iceland
232 ITAs for Ireland
125 ITAs for Italy
417 ITAs for Korea
4 ITAs for Latvia
13 ITAs for Lithuania
4 ITAs for Luxembourg
29 ITAs for the Netherlands
48 ITAs for Norway
28 ITAs for Poland
31 ITAs for Portugal
10 ITAs for Slovakia
4 ITAs for Slovenia
99 ITAs for Spain
14 ITAs for Sweden
4 ITAs for Switzerland
109 ITAs for Taiwan
673 ITAs for the United Kingdom
In total, Canada has invited 37,973 IEC candidates to apply for work permits in 2026.
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