Canada's rank among OECD countries for the proportion of adults with college or university education: 1st
Percentage of Canadian adults who've completed short-cycle tertiary education, such as programs conferring professional competencies: 26%
OECD average for short-cycle tertiary education: 7%
Expenditure per student in Canada at the college level: US$12,960
OECD average: US$11,745
Expenditure per student in Canada at the university level: US$26,263
OECD average: US$16,756
Country with the highest expenditure per student at the university level: United States
Percentage increase in international students in Canada 2010-2018: 154%♦
Number of international students at colleges and universities in Ontario, Quebec, and British Columbia, 2016/2017: 173,787
Number of international students in the rest of the country: 40,593
Percentage of international students registered at the short-cycle tertiary level in Ontario: 32%
Percentage of international students registered at the short-cycle tertiary level in Newfoundland and Labrador: 2%
Percentage of international students in Canada who come from Asia: 64%
Percentage of international students who come from China: 32%
The top five source countries at the doctoral or equivalent level: 1. China, 2. Iran, 3. France, 4. United States, 5. India
Canada's rank for the most attractive destination for international university students in
the world: 8th*
Percentage of international students in Canada in 2017 who were hosted in Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal: 57%*
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♦ Canadian Bureau for International Education
*Century Initiative, Scaling International Education
All other figures cited from Education Indicators in Canada: An International Perspective, 2019 by Statistics Canada