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Immigration plan slashes student visas, prioritizes economic newcomers

Posted on: November 5, 2025

Canada’s 2026-2028 immigration levels plan aims to increase the number of economic immigrants coming to the country while cutting temporary migration, largely through a dramatic reduction in student visas.

The new levels plan cuts in half the planned number of student visas for the next three years, bringing it down to 155,000 in 2026 from about 306,000 in the previous year’s plan. The government plans to issue about 150,000 student visas annually in both 2027 and 2028.

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