Canada is known for its vast and diverse landscape from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans with beautiful nature that boats mountains, lakes, forests and prairies…. And relatively small population, hence very advantageous immigration programs, diverse and open to blend in communities where a newcomer feels safe, welcome and valued.
Canada is one of the world’s wealthiest countries.
Multicultural society where you can find nearly any community, any cuisine, any lifestyle and tolerance and respect one to another.
Well-respected and sophisticated education system, and one of the top destinations for international study.
Safe and interesting and inspiring place to study, live and work.
Canada is a member of the G7/8, the G20, the organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and many other international bodies.
It boasts a highly educated workforce and an increasingly diversified economy.
The Canadian economy is market-oriented with government providing support and intervention to help the businesses, entrepreneurship, and individuals.
In U.S. News and World Report’s 2019 Best Countries Report, produced with the BAV Group and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, 20,300 respondents from 36 countries in the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Africa were asked to score 80 countries based on 65 attributes.
The attributes were grouped under categories like adventure, citizenship, cultural influence, entrepreneurship, heritage, movers, open for business, power and quality of life.
Canada claims one of the highest rates of post-secondary education completion in the world. More than half (53%) of Canadians between 25 and 64 years of age have completed post-secondary education; the OECD countries average, by comparison, is 32%. There are just under 100 universities and 127 colleges in Canada
Wherever you study, at any level, you can be sure of getting a degree that will be recognized the world over. Canada is among the leaders in the G8 in terms of its per capita investment in education, leading to high-quality and well-respected faculty, programs, and institutions.
Canadian students are consistently ranked among the top academic performers in reading, math, and science according to ongoing OECD and PISA research. Moreover, students gain practical skills and hands-on training and generally have easy access to professors.
Each Canadian province and territory has its own quality assurance mechanisms to ensure high educational standards are met, and there are robust laws, policies, and procedures that govern the operation of all K-12 and post-secondary institutions. Each province also offers students the ability to student in English, in French, or in both.
There are excellent resources to help students find out how to evaluate how/ whether their existing academic credentials will be accepted in Canada. One of these resources can be found at www.cicic.ca, a website that provides information on education credential assessment in Canada.
Canada has an excellent reputation for transfers between levels/types of education, making studying here flexible and exciting.
Canada is known for its laws allowing eligible students to work in Canada while studying and after graduation, and for providing opportunities for eligible graduates to attain permanent residence.
