Highlights of recent changes to Quebec's international student body

Concordia University is seen in Montreal, Friday, Feb. 23, 2024. The Quebec government wants to cut the number of international students in the province to ease housing pressure and protect the French language. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi

MONTREAL - Quebec wants to cut the number of international students in the province, and has singled out private colleges that it says are using education as a "business model to sell Quebec and ºÃÉ«tv citizenship."

But federal and provincial data shows a recent rise in foreign students at colleges and francophone universities that seems to be aligned with Quebec's policy of attracting francophone students, especially in the regions. Enrolment at unsubsidized private colleges, meanwhile, has cratered.

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