Over the past month, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) held new draws under the International Experience Canada (IEC). From April 25 to May 22, Canada invited 6,223 young foreigners to apply for an IEC open work permit. As of May 22, 31,606 candidates have registered in the pool and are awaiting the invitation. In these rounds, there were 1 ITA for Andorra, 1,071 ITAs for Australia, 5 ITAs for Austria, 60 ITAs for Belgium, 49 ITAs for Chile, 14 ITAs for Costa Rica, 12 ITAs for Croatia, 83 ITAs for the Czech Republic, 30 ITAs for Denmark, 21 ITAs for Estonia, 18 ITAs for Finland, 904 ITAs for France, 482 ITAs for Germany, 23 ITAs for Greece, 18 ITAs for Hong Kong, 2 ITAs for Iceland, 212 ITAs for Ireland, 292 ITAs for Italy, 130 ITAs for Japan, 969 ITAs for Korea, 2 ITAs for Latvia, 16 ITAs for Lithuania, 1 ITA for Luxembourg, 1 ITA for the Netherlands, 257 ITAs for New Zealand, 28 ITAs for Norway, 66 ITAs for Poland, 95 ITAs for Portugal, 46 ITAs for Slovakia, 9 ITAs for Slovenia, 94 ITAs for Spain, 43 ITAs for Sweden, 21 ITAs for Switzerland, 84 ITAs for Taiwan, and 1,064 ITAs for the United Kingdom. In total, Canada invited 73,392 IEC candidates in 2026.