FAST FACTS ABOUT CANADA
- Canada is the world’s second largest country by area
- 37 million people live in ten provinces and three territories
- Ethnically diverse – Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, Regina and Vancouver, are the chief Canadian cities home to large immigrant populations
- Strong presence of Gujarati, Punjabi & South Indian community
- Stable parliamentary democracy, High quality of life that is safe and secure
- Minimum Wage rate in Canada (General) $ 14.00 CAD in Ontario for students (As of 2020)
- Education is the responsibility of the provinces and territories
- As Canada is bilingual country – academic programs are offered in English or French
- Trimester system with admissions in September, January and May
- Several post-secondary programs allow international students to work during study terms
- Over 8,000 programs at 150 public institutions offer credentials that are sanctioned by provincial and territorial governments
- The UN has consistently ranked Canada as one of the best places in the world to live
- Canada’s Colleges are among the world’s best. 90% of College graduates, on an average, obtain employment within 6 months of graduating
- Canada’s educational institutions have long been incubators for innovation
- Canada is home to world-class collaborative research and development
- Canada shares 8,893 km land border with the United States, approximately 80 % of Canadian population lives near USA border
- Canada invites more than 3 lakh immigrants in different categories every year. Out of Canada’s 37 million people, over 6 million are immigrants
- The largest number of immigrants arriving in Canada currently come from India, China and the Philippines
- Per capita income of Canadian is $ 48,265 (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada)
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY IN CANADA
- Canadian students consistently score high on international tests, making Canada one of the world’s top educational performers
- Over 8,000 programs at 150 public institutions offering credentials. Canada has 16 recognized public and private universities.
- Vast choice of undergraduate and post-graduate programs, as well as certificate and diploma courses, University transfers and short career-focused programs
- Cutting-edge technology and research labs
- Programs with varying lengths of study from a few months to four years
- Opportunities for co-operative education and internships and eligibility for international students to work while studying
- Practical programs designed with potential employers that also offer work placements
- Tuition fees in range from $ 12,000 CAD to $ 20,000 CAD per year depending upon the program selected
- Boarding/homestay & living costs are estimated at $ 5000 to $ 10000 CAD per year
- As per IRCC criteria, after 2 years of full-time study, the duration of the work permit has been extended to a maximum of 3 years across the country
TOP REASONS TO STUDY IN CANADA
- Qualifications Valued Around the World
- Affordable Education
- Multicultural Society
- Healthy and Safe Communities
- World-Class Language Education
- Exciting Campus Lifestyle
- Innovative and Abundant Research Opportunities
- Land of Possibilities
- Possibility of Immigration
DIRECT TIE-UP COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY LIST – CANADA
- SENECA COLLEGE
Location: Newnham, Toronto
Intake: Jan / May / September - CENTENNIAL COLLEGE
Location: Scarborough, Toronto
Intake: Jan / May / September - HUMBER COLLEGE
Location: North Campus, Toronto
Intake: Jan / May / September - GEORGE BROWN COLLEGE
Location: Downtown, Toronto
Intake: Jan / May / September - SHERIDAN COLLEGE
Location: Brampton, Toronto
Intake: Jan / May / September - 06. ALGOMA UNIVERSITY
Location: Brampton, Toronto
Intake: Jan / May / September - CAMBRIAN COLLEGE
Location: Brampton, Toronto @ Hanson Campus
Intake: Jan / May / September - CANADORE COLLEGE
Location: Toronto @ Stanford Campus
Intake: Jan / September - LAMBTON COLLEGE
Location: North York, Toronto
Intake: Jan / May / September - LAMBTON COLLEGE:
Location: Mississauga
Intake: Jan / May / September - NORTHERN COLLEGE
Location: Toronto (Pures Campus)
Intake: Jan / September - ST. LAWRENCE COLLEGE
Location: Toronto (Alpha Campus)
Intake: Jan / May / September - YORKVILLE UNIVERSITY
Location: Concord, Toronto
Intake: Jan / Apr / July /October - SAULT COLLEGE
Location: Brampton, Toronto
Intake: Jan / May / September - SAULT COLLEGE
Location: Downtown Toronto
Intake: Jan / May / September - RYERSON UNIVERSITY
Location: Downtown Toronto
Intake: September
STUDY IN ONTARIO - ALGONQUIN COLLEGE
Location: Ottawa, Capital city of Canada
Intake: Jan / May / September - ALGOMA UNIVERSITY
Location: Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Intake: Jan / May / September - BRESCIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
Location: London, Ontario (Only for Females)
Intake: September - BROCK UNIVERSITY
Location: St. Catharine’s, Ontario
Intake: Jan / May / September - CONESTOGA COLLEGE
Location: Kitchener, Ontario (1 hr drive from Toronto)
Intake: Jan / May / September - CONFEDERATION COLLEGE
Location: Thunder Bay (1.5 hr Flight from Toronto)
Intake: Jan / May / September - CAMBRIAN COLLEGE
Location: Sudbury, Ontario (4 hrs drive from Toronto)
Intake: Jan / May / September - CANADORE COLLEGE
Location: North Bay, Ontario (3.5 hrs drive from Toronto)
Intake: Jan / May / September - DURHAM COLLEGE
Location: Oshawa (Just 45 Minutes away from Toronto)
Intake: Jan / May / September - FANSHAWE COLLEGE
Location: London, Ontario (2 Hour Drive from Toronto)
Intake: Jan / May / September - FLEMING COLLEGE
Location: Peterborough, Ontario
Intake: Jan / May / September - GEORGIAN COLLEGE
Location: Barrie, Ontario (40 Mins drive from Toronto)
Intake: Jan / May / September - KING’S UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
Location: London, Ontario (University of Western Ontario)
Intake: Jan / September - LAMBTON COLLEGE
Location: Sarnia, Ontario (3.5 hrs Drive from Toronto)
Intake: Jan / May / September - LOYALIST COLLEGE
Location: Bellville, Ontario (1.5 hr drive from Toronto)
Intake: Jan / May / September - LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY
Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario
Intake: Jan / September - LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY
Location: Sudbury, Ontario
Intake: Jan / May / September - NIPISSING UNIVERSITY
Location: North Bay, Ontario
Intake: Jan / May / September - NIAGARA COLLEGE
Location: Niagara Falls, Ontario (1.5 hrs from Toronto)
Intake: Jan / May / September - NORTHERN COLLEGE
Location: Timmins, Ontario
Intake: Jan / May / September - ONTARIO TECH UNIVERSITY
Location: Oshawa, Ontario
Intake: Jan / September - ST. LAWRENCE COLLEGE
Location: Kingston, Brockville, Cornwall, Ontario
Intake: Jan / May / September - ST. CLAIR COLLEGE
Location: Windsor, Ontario
Intake: Jan / May / September - SAULT COLLEGE
Location: Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Intake: Jan / May / September
- TRENT UNIVERSITY
Location: Peterborough, Ontario
Intake: Jan / May / September - UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR
Location: Windsor, Ontario
Intake: Jan / May / September - WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY
Location: Waterloo, Ontario
Intake: Jan / September - WESTERN UNIVERSITY
Location: London, Ontario
Intake: Jan / May / September - UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH
Location: East Guelph, Ontario
Intake: September - UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO
Location: Waterloo, Ontario
Intake: September
STUDY IN MANITOBA
- ASSINIBOINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE:
Location: Brandon, Manitoba
Intake: Jan / September - BRANDON UNIVERSITY
Location: Brandon, Manitoba
Intake: Jan / September - INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE OF MANITOBA:
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Intake: Jan / May / September - MANITOBA INSTITUTE OF TRADES AND
TECHNOLOGY
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Intake: April / August / January - RED RIVER COLLEGE
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Intake: Jan / September - UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Intake: Jan / May / September
STUDY IN SASKATCHEWAN - CUMBERLAND COLLEGE
Location: Melfort, Saskatchewan
Intake: January / September - GREAT PLAINS COLLEGE
Location: Swift Current, Saskatchewan
Intake: September - PARKLAND COLLEGE
Location: Yorkton, Saskatchewan
Intake: January / September - SASKATCHEWAN POLYTECHNIC
Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Intake: January / September - UNIVERSITY OF REGINA
Location: Regina, Saskatchewan
Intake: Jan / May / September - UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN
Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Intake: Jan / Mar / June / September
STUDY IN ALBERTA
- BOW VALLEY COLLEGE
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Intake: Jan / May / September - GRANT MACEWAN UNIVERSITY
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Intake: Jan / May / September - LAKELAND COLLEGE
Location: Lloydminster Alberta
Intake: January / September - LETH BRIDGE COLLEGE
Location: Lethbridge, Alberta
Intake: September - MEDICINE HAT COLLEGE
Location: Medicine Hat, Alberta (3 hrs from Calgary)
Intake: September - NORQUEST COLLEGE
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Intake: January / May / September - NORTHERN ALBERTA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Location: Edmonton, Alberta (NAIT)
Intake: Jan / May / September - SOUTHERN ALBERTA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Intake: Jan / May / September - THE KING’S UNIVERSITY
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Intake: January / September
STUDY IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
- ADLER UNIVERSITY
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
Intake: Jan / May / September - BRITISH COLUMBIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Location: Vancouver, BC
Intake: Jan / September - CAPILANO UNIVERSITY
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia
Intake: Jan / May / September - COLLEGE OF NEW CALEDONIA
Location: Prince George, British Columbia
Intake: Jan / May / September - COLLEGE OF THE ROCKIES
Location: Cranbrook, British Columbia
Intake: Jan / May / September - COAST MOUNTAIN COLLEGE
Application Fees: $100 CAD
Location: Terrace, British Columbia
Intake: January / May / September - DOUGLAS COLLEGE
Location: New Westminster, British Columbia
Intake: January / May / September - FRASER INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE
Location: Burnaby, British Columbia
Intake: Jan / May / September - FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY:
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
Intake: Jan / May / September - LANGARA COLLEGE
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
Intake: January / May / September - LANGARA COLLEGE – THE CENTRE FOR
ENTERTAINMENT ARTS
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
Intake: January / May / September - LASALLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
Intake: Jan / May / September - NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (NYIT):
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
Intake: Jan / May / September
STUDY IN QUEBEC (MONTREAL)
- NORTHERN LIGHTS COLLEGE
Location: Atlin, British Columbia (Low Tuition Fees)
Intake: Jan / September - NORTH ISLAND COLLEGE
Location: Courtenay, British Columbia
Intake: Jan / September - ROYAL ROADS UNIVERSITY
Location: Victoria, British Columbia
Intake: Jan / May / September - SELKIRK COLLEGE
Location: Castlegar, British Columbia
Intake: Jan / September - TRINITY WESTERN UNIVERSITY
Location: Langley, British Columbia
Intake: January / May / September - THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY
Location: Kamloops, British Columbia
Intake: January / May / September - UNIVERSITY OF CANADA WEST
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
Intake: Jan / May / September - UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA:
Location: Prince George British Columbia
Intake: Jan / May / September - VANCOUVER ISLAND UNIVERSITY
Location: Nanaimo, British Columbia
Intake: Jan / September - VANCOUVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
Intake: Jan / May / September - YORKVILLE UNIVERSITY
Location: New Westminster, British Columbia
Intake: Jan / Apr / July /October - AVIRON TECHNICAL INSTITUTE:
Location: Mount Royal, Québec
Intake: January / May / September - CEGEP GASPE COLLEGE
Location: Montreal, Quebec
Intake: January / May / September - CDE COLLEGE
Location: Sherbrooke, Quebec
Intake: January / May / September - COLLEGE CANADA
Location: Montreal, Quebec (Low Tuition Fees)
Intake: January / May / September - CDI COLLEGE
Location: Montréal, Quebec
Intake: Jan / Mar / May / Jul / Sep / Nov - CEGEP MARIE VICTORIN COLLEGE
Application Fees: WAIVED OFF
Location: Montréal, Quebec
Intake: January / May / September - CEGEP HERITAGE COLLEGE:
Location: Gatineau, Quebec
Intake: August - COLLEGE O’SULLIVAN
Location: Montreal, Quebec
Intake: January / May / September - HERZING COLLEGE
Location: Montreal, Quebec
Intake: January / May / September (Multiple Intakes) - INSTITUTE SUPERIEUR D’INFORMATIQUE (ISI):
Location: Montreal. Quebec
Intake: January / May / September - INTER-DEC COLLEGE
Location: Montréal, Québec
Intake: January / May / September - LASALLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Location: Montreal, Québec
Intake: January / May / September - LESTER B PEARSON SCHOOL BOARD:
Location: Dorval, Quebec
Intake: January / May / September - MATRIX COLLEGE
Location: Montreal, Quebec
Intake: January / May / September - MONTREAL COLLEGE OF INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
Location: Montreal, Quebec
Intake: February / June / October - M COLLEGE
Location: Montreal, Quebec
Intake: January / May / September - MULTIHEXA COLLEGE
Location: Bureau Québec (Low Tuition Fees)
Intake: January / May / September - MUSITECHNIC COLLEGE
Location: Montreal, Quebec
Intake: January / May / September - TAV COLLEGE – CEGEP
Location: Montréal, Quebec
Intake: January / May / September - VANIER COLLEGE
Location: Montreal, Quebec
Intake: January / May / September - CCSQ COLLEGE
Location: Sherbrooke, Quebec
Intake: January / May / September
STUDY IN YUKON
- YUKON COLLEGE
Location: Whitehorse, Yukon
Intake: Jan / May / September
STUDY IN NOVA SCOTIA
- CAPE BRETON UNIVERSITY
Location: Sydney, Nova Scotia
Intake: Jan / May / September - MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY
Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Intake: Jan / September - ST. FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY
Location: Antigonish, Nova Scotia
Intake: Jan / September
STUDY IN OTHER CANADIAN PROVINCES
- CRANDALL UNIVERSITY
Location: Moncton, New Brunswick
Intake: January / May / September - MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY
Location: St John’s, Newfoundland
Intake: Jan / May / September - MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY
Location: Sackville, New Brunswick
Intake: Jan / September - UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
Location: Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Intake: Jan / September
JOBS IN CANADA
- Canada is one of the top destinations for foreign study for Indian students as Canadian education is more economical in comparison to other major study destinations like the United States, Australia, NZ & UK
- Students may qualify to work off campus without a work permit. If you qualify, your study permit will allow you to work up to 20 hours per week during regular academic sessions and work 40 hours during scheduled breaks, such as the winter and summer holidays or spring break.
- Students who are done with their study from Canada’s government institute may get a full-time open work permit to get valuable Canadian work experience, which helps qualify for Permanent Residence in Canada through various immigration programs.
- There is no requirement of a Job offer to get an open work permit under Post-Graduation Work Permit Program (PGWPP).
- As of September 2017, the average wage for Canadian employees was $986 a week – or just over $51,000 a year. This marks a 3% increase over the same period a year.