10,274 Canada Invitations to Work Permits in 2025’s First IEC Draw.

An huge rush of chances for foreign youngsters has greeted the start of the foreign Experience Canada, or IEC 2025, season.

An incredible 10,274 work permit invites were sent out in the initial rounds of invitations of IEC, which ended on January 17, 2025.

This is a promising beginning to a season that will help thousands of people throughout the world with their professional development and cross-cultural interactions.
Young Professionals, International Co-op (Internship), and Working Holiday Visa are the three main application categories offered by the IEC program.

The program is well on its way to meeting its annual targets, having already sent out over 10,274 invites in the first rounds.

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The invitations were sent out across these categories as follows:

1. Working Holiday Visa:
This category received close to 8,260 invitations.
33,825 applications from 34 eligible countries are currently in this pool.
2. Young Professionals:
This employer-specific work permit stream sent out more than 1,165 invitations.
3. International Co-op (Internship):
To qualifying applicants looking for practical work experience in Canada, over 849 invitations were sent out.