On January 26, Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) reported 7,333 IEC invites to IEC Draw 2024. There were 171 more invites in the new round than in the previous one. Still, the draws were made during the first week of the year, when they sent out 12,320 invites.
The same nations as the last week sent out the most invites. For the week of January 26, there were 2,791 invites. South Korea had the most requests for the Working Holiday program.
For one more week, Canada came in second. It sent 1,300 invitations to the IEC to UK candidates. They got them via the Working Holiday program. December 11, 2023, marked the official start of the IEC 2024 season. Young people from abroad who qualify have the opportunity to apply.
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The IEC program allows international youth from more than 30 countries aged 18 to 35 (or in some cases, 18 to 30) to live and work in Canada for up to 24 months. These countries are American, Australian, British, German, Irish, New Zealand and others.
The IEC Draw 2024 season
On January 8, 2024, the 2024 season of International Experience Canada (IEC) began.
As of December 11, 2023, qualified applicants can fulfil the following actions:
Upload a profile: To be eligible for an invitation, upload a profile using your IRCC account. You can use the same account if you already submitted a profile but must establish a new one.
Apply for a work visa: To apply for a work visa, you must first receive an invitation. They send out weekly invitations through a generated lottery mechanism. They will consider you for more invitation rounds the earlier you enter the pool.
Apply for a work permit. Then, you have ten days to say yes or no to an invitation if you get one.
Invitations And quotas for the IEC Draw 2024 season
2024 IEC season updates
| Pool | Quota | Invitations | Spots | Filled | Eligible | Candidate | Chance |
| South Korea – WH | 10,000 | 2,791 | 5,498 | 1,891 | 2,069 | -2,074 | Excellent |
| UK – WH | 9,000 | 1,283 | 6,268 | 858 | 395 | -736 | Very Good |
| France – WH | 7,000 | 652 | 6,083 | 450 | 17,182 | 277 | Very low |
| Japan – WH | 6,500 | 457 | 4,903 | 407 | 152 | -233 | Excellent |
| Australia – WH | n/a | 389 | 0 | n/a | 160 | -158 | Excellent |
| Ireland – WH | 10,500 | 330 | 9,564 | 228 | 182 | -85 | Excellent |
| Germany – WH | 4,490 | 204 | 3,722 | 167 | 89 | -76 | Excellent |
| France – IC | 4,250 | 144 | 2,991 | 129 | 85 | -27 | Excellent |
| Italy – WH | 1,750 | 136 | 1,294 | 101 | 78 | -42 | Excellent |
| New Zealand – WH | 2,500 | 114 | 2,215 | -5 | 56 | -31 | Excellent |
| Spain – WH | 800 | 90 | 449 | 73 | 39 | -31 | Excellent |
| Taiwan – WH | 940 | 90 | 789 | 58 | 2,142 | 14 | Very Low |
| France – YP | 2,200 | 90 | 1,834 | 63 | 66 | -11 | Excellent |
| Netherlands – WH | 430 | 71 | 155 | 63 | 32 | -30 | Excellent |
| Chile – WH | 725 | 70 | 624 | 46 | 6,460 | 267 | Very low |
| Belgium – WH | 750 | 60 | 389 | 52 | 40 | -6 | Excellent |
| Spain — IECX Vives | 50 | 52 | 90 | -41 | 4 | 4 | Excellent |
| Czech Republic – WH | 1,000 | 46 | 829 | 41 | 25 | -10 | Excellent |
| Portugal – WH | 1,750 | 41 | 1,595 | 31 | 20 | -17 | Excellent |
| France – VIE | 1,000 | 26 | 931 | 24 | 64 | -15 | Excellent |
| Lithuania – WH | 175 | 25 | 88 | 13 | 8 | -13 | Excellent |
| Hong Kong – WH | 200 | 25 | 118 | 21 | 8 | -14 | Excellent |
| Slovakia – WH | 315 | 23 | 212 | 17 | 11 | -9 | Excellent |
| Sweden – WH | 580 | 20 | 527 | 14 | 5 | -11 | Excellent |
| Poland – WH | 635 | 19 | 529 | 17 | 13 | 0 | Excellent |
| Austria – WH | 100 | 17 | 32 | 14 | 8 | -7 | Excellent |
| Denmark – WH | 350 | 16 | 291 | 15 | 8 | -6 | Excellent |
| Australia – YP | n/a | 15 | 0 | n/a | 5 | -7 | Excellent |
| Latvia – WH | 40 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 25 | -7 | Fair |
| Germany – YP | 350 | 13 | 296 | 6 | 16 | 8 | Excellent |
| Norway – WH | 135 | 9 | 111 | 4 | 6 | -2 | Excellent |
| Switzerland – YP | 200 | 9 | 163 | 9 | 5 | -1 | Excellent |
| Croatia – WH | 275 | 9 | 257 | 6 | 2 | -5 | Excellent |
| Estonia – WH | 110 | 8 | 89 | 6 | 6 | 0 | Excellent |
| Spain – YP | 120 | 8 | 90 | 5 | 4 | 0 | Excellent |
| Czech Republic – YP | 145 | 8 | 96 | 8 | 5 | 2 | Excellent |
| Greece – WH | 180 | 8 | 139 | 7 | 3 | -3 | Excellent |
| Costa Rica – WH | 80 | 7 | 64 | 4 | 1,486 | 84 | Very low |
| Ireland – YP | 150 | 7 | 137 | 2 | 5 | -1 | Excellent |
| Greece – YP | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -2 | Excellent |
| Netherlands – YP | 170 | 6 | 143 | 2 | 1 | -3 | Excellent |
| Costa Rica – YP | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 100 | 1 | Very low |
| Chile – YP | 20 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 157 | 2 | Very low |
| Norway – YP | 15 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | -2 | Excellent |
| Slovenia – WH | 80 | 4 | 72 | 2 | 2 | -2 | Excellent |
| Andorra – WH | 25 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 0 | -3 | Excellent |
| Germany – IC | 160 | 3 | 137 | 1 | 3 | -2 | Excellent |
| Chile – IC | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | -1 | Excellent |
| Lithuania – YP | 20 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | -1 | Excellent |
| Taiwan – YP | 50 | 2 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Excellent |
| Portugal – IC | 50 | 2 | 49 | 1 | 1 | -1 | Excellent |
| Austria – YP | 60 | 2 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Excellent |
| Sweden – YP | 100 | 2 | 94 | 2 | 1 | -1 | Excellent |
| Poland – YP | 110 | 2 | 102 | 1 | 0 | -1 | Excellent |
| Norway – IC | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | -1 | Excellent |
| Slovenia – YP | 15 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Excellent |
| Croatia – YP | 20 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | -1 | Excellent |
| Slovakia – YP | 30 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Excellent |
| Ireland – IC | 50 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 0 | -1 | Excellent |
| Switzerland – IC | 50 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Excellent |
| UK – IC | 100 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 0 | -3 | Excellent |
| UK – YP | 900 | 0 | 0 | 821 | 0 | -35 | Excellent |
| Finland – WH | TBA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Excellent |
| Finland – YP | TBA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Excellent |
| Finland – IC | TBA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Excellent |
| Australia – IC | n/a | 0 | 0 | n/a | 1 | 0 | Excellent |
| Latvia – IC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Excellent |
| Costa Rica – IC | 5 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 1 | 1 | Excellent |
| Croatia – IC | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Excellent |
| Czech Republic – IC | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Excellent |
| Estonia – IC | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Excellent |
| Lithuania – IC | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Excellent |
| Poland – IC | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Excellent |
| Slovakia – IC | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Excellent |
| Slovenia – IC | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Excellent |
| Latvia – YP | 8 | 0 | 8 | -1 | 1 | 1 | Excellent |
| Taiwan – IC | 100 | 0 | 9 | -1 | 0 | 0 | Excellent |
| Estonia – YP | 10 | 0 | 10 | -1 | 0 | 0 | Excellent |
| Luxembourg – YP | 10 | 0 | 10 | -10 | 0 | 0 | Excellent |
| Luxembourg – IC | 10 | 0 | 10 | -10 | 0 | 0 | Excellent |
| Sweden – IC | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Excellent |
| San Marino – WH | 25 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | -1 | Excellent |
| Spain – IC | 30 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Excellent |
| Luxembourg – WH | 80 | 0 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Excellent |
| Iceland – WH | 120 | 0 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Excellent |
| Portugal – YP | 200 | 0 | 196 | -1 | 2 | 0 | Excellent |
| South Korea – IC | 500 | 0 | 495 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Excellent |
| South Korea – YP | 1,500 | 0 | 1,417 | 0 | 34 | 0 | Excellent |
| Austria – IC | 20 | -20 | 20 | -1 | 0 | 0 | Excellent |
| Greece – IC | 10 | -100 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Excellent |
