A summary of IRCC’s 2022 International Experience Canada research study

By CIC News |

In March 2022, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) released a public opinion research report surrounding the International Experience Canada (IEC) program.

This report compiled the opinions of over 2,500 Canadian youth and over 1,000 Canadian parents (acquired through a quantitative survey), plus an additional 108 youth and 39 parents questioned via bulletin board to measure the following.

• Past international travel/work experience
• IEC program awareness, desire and participation
• International work/travel motivations, benefits, and barriers
• Desire to travel amid COVID-19
• Differentiation in opinions held by different groups of youth (details below)

Read key findings: