Canada reduces work hours for students to24 from 40 per week

The new rule that came into effect on Tuesday was announced by Marc Miller, Canadian minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship on Monday.

“Students who come to Canada must be here to study. As such, allowing students to work up to 24 hours per week will ensure they focus primarily on their studies, while having the option to work, if necessary,” Miller said in a press release. “The temporary policy allowing students to work more than 20 hours per week off campus will come to an end on April 30, 2024, and it will not be extended.”

The reduction in off-campus working hours is substantial as compared the temporary policy that allowed students to work for up to 40 hours a week. The temporary policy was introduced by the prime minister Justin Trudeau-led Liberal Party government during the Covid-19 pandemic in a bid to ease labour shortages facing the country.