International students favour Ontario’s post-secondary school system over other provinces, according to Statistics Canada’s 2011 census results.

Since 2007, there has been a 26.5 per cent increase of foreign student permits in Canada.

Ontario has seen a 48 per cent growth in student permits since 2007. This is 15 per cent higher than British Columbia, the province with the second largest amount of foreign students.

In recent years, provinces such as Nova Scotia and British Columbia have also intensified their international recruitment efforts.