Most international students to be allocated to public institutions under new Ontario rules [Video]

The Ford government has announced it will be allocating almost every international student to public universities and colleges, with private career colleges set to receive no international student places at all.

The new policy — which will see 96 per cent of international students going to public post-secondary institutions — is Ontario’s response to a federal cap on the number of international students coming to Canada, introduced at the start of the year.

The remaining four per cent will go to language schools, private universities and other select institutions. The government said no international students will attend private career colleges.

Other rules are also being introduced to keep the number of international students in check at some colleges and universities.

The number of international students enrolled in 2023 will act as a high water mark for non-domestic enrolment, with institutions not allowed to have more international students than they did that year. The ratio of …