How long does a Canadian study permit take from Canada?

IRCC currently publishes 8 weeks for a Study Permit from Canada. This is IRCC's own published estimate and reflects applications recently processed, not a guarantee for a new application.

How often do these Canada processing times change?

IRCC republishes processing times regularly. This page re-reads IRCC's published figures every six hours and shows when it last changed.

Canada visa processing times from Canada

4 application types tracked, read directly from IRCC. These are IRCC’s own published estimates — not our predictions.

Fastest right now

8 weeks

Study Permit

Longest right now

24 months

Adopted Child

Every application type

Processing times from Canada

Compared against the global median across all 8 tracked application types, so you can see whether Canada is faster or slower than average.

IRCC processing times for applicants from Canada
Application type	IRCC estimate	vs. global median
Study Permit	8 weeks56 days	▲ 21 days slower
Work Permit	16 weeksabout 3.7 months	▲ about 2.3 months slower
Dependent Child (Sponsorship)	17 monthsabout 17 months	▼ 15 days faster
Adopted Child	24 monthsabout 2 years	▼ about 6.5 months faster

Source: IRCC published processing times · last change detected September 28, 2026

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