Over the last two weeks, the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) held new draws in the pools of International Experience Canada (IEC). From October 2 to October 17, Canada invited 2,024 young foreigners to apply for an IEC open work permit. As of October 15, there are 32,727 candidates registered in the pool, waiting for the invitation. In this round, there were 1 ITA for Andorra, 168 ITAs for Australia, 6 ITAs for Austria, 22 ITAs for Belgium, 1 ITA for Costa Rica, 3 ITAs for Croatia, 34 ITAs for the Czech Republic, 9 ITAs for Denmark, 3 ITAs for Estonia, 650 ITAs for France, 113 ITAs for Germany, 11 ITAs for Greece, 21 ITAs for Hong Kong, 222 ITAs for Ireland, 35 ITAs for Italy, 50 ITAs for Japan, 150 ITAs for South Korea, 4 ITAs for Latvia, 13 ITAs for Lithuania, 1 ITA for Luxembourg, 21 ITAs for the Netherlands, 22 ITAs for New Zealand, 2 ITAs for Norway, 22 ITAs for Poland, 17 ITAs for Portugal, 18 ITAs for Slovakia, 1 ITAs for Slovenia, 57 ITAs for Spain, 6 ITAs for Sweden, 10 ITAs for Switzerland, 70 ITAs for Taiwan, and 261 ITAs for the United Kingdom. In total, Canada issued 24,331 ITAs under the IEC in 2021.
