Though staffing numbers are down, language student figures in Canada are increasing after falling by nearly 100,000 last year, from a 2018 high of nearly 160,000 students.

Welcoming international students and improving their language skills are essential for Canada to achieve its economic goals, the minister of immigration has said.

Languages Canada does not expect the flow of international students to the country to fully resume until 2023, it said during its virtual conference.

Languages Canada wants to be the single contact point for partnerships in what is otherwise a provincially regulated education market. At its 10th anniversary, new rules on compliance and teaching were unanimously voted in to set its members apart.