How to study in Canada

There are 96 universities and many colleges in Canada with thousands of courses on offer. Go through what you’d like to study and read the prerequisites.

Note, they ALL require your language skills to be confirmed by one of these organizations:

Language tests to study in Canada

• Canadian Academic English Language (CAEL) assessment. ...
• MOST COMMON - International English Language Testing System (IELTS) – Academic. ...
• Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) ...
• Pearson Test of English (PTE) – Academic.”

Find your course here:

https://www.universitystudy.ca/search-programs/

Apply and you may be provisionally accepted. 

For full acceptance, you MUST deposit the first year’s worth of fees and costs of living to a Canadian bank as instructed by the admissions office. (Assume you need to pay from CAD 32 k to CAD 65 k. This includes the mandatory cost of living amount of CAD 22 k.)

This is one example of such a bank account, but there are five major banks offering this service.

https://startright.scotiabank.com/student-gic.html

You will now qualify for a time- and school-determined study permit here.

Study in Canada as an international student

After your studies, you will qualify for this.

After studying for a minimum of 8 months and graduating from your course, you qualify for a similar length Work Permit. This is NOT renewable, and it is very unlikely that you can stay in Canada after that has ended. 

If you wish to stay, live, and work in Canada and possibly qualify for Permanent Residence after your studies, you must study for a MINIMUM of TWO years and GRADUATE.

Then, you qualify for a fixed length three-year NON-RENEWABLE Post Graduation Work Permit.

After a total of five years or more of studying and working in Canada, you MAY qualify for Permanent Residence.

(None of this applies if you leave your school before completion. - If you do, your study permit is revoked, and you MUST leave Canada without delay.)

Stay in Canada after graduation

Should you not complete your studies, or keep on working without a proper work permit after graduation, you are in deep trouble.

Some think that coming to study and soon quit school is a way to bypass Canadian immigration rules, It is not, anyone who tries will soon be arrested and deported.