International Students: Bring Your Loved Ones with You to Canada:

Close to 100,000 international students from all over the world come to Canada each year to obtain a high-quality post-secondary education. Canada’s generous immigration policy allows the spouse and minor children of international students to accompany them to Canada to work and study. In this way, a student’s entire close family can benefit from a Canadian experience.

The spouse or common-law partner of an international student may apply for an open work permit. The student must be studying full-time at:

2. A private post-secondary institution that operates under the same rules and regulations as a public institution and receives half of its overall operations budget from government grants; or