The illustrated tables depict the numbers and percentage changes of foreign students in Canada and the United States who came from China, Canada or USA, and India in March 2002, and April 2004.
Overall, it is clear that students from other countries were more interested in studying in the United States, however, the percentage changes were more prominent in Canada.
To begin with, 45,000 of Chinese students came to Canada in 2002, and more than doubled in number in 2004, reaching 70,000 students there. Learners from India showed a similar tendency, with 25,000 in March 2002, and 50,000 individuals in April 2004. At the same time, American students slightly reduced in numbers, dropping from 30,000 to 28,000 in those years and being the only country with a negative percentage change in Canada.
Notably, the USA demonstrated similar tendencies, although the numbers were conspicuously higher. Thus, it experienced a growth in number of students from China, reaching 110,000 in 2002 and 120,000 in 2004. Indian learners grew from 90,000 to 130,000, while students from Canada decreased from 35,000 to 32,000. Evidently, Canada and the USA were the only countries to illustrate the negative percentage changes.