04-18-2026, 03:00 PM
The 70% figure is from this study, and that is specifically for software engineering grads, not computer engineering or computer science.
https://brocku.ca/social-sciences/politi...-Drain.pdf
Here are their migration rates (the data is from 2015-16), showing 40% migration rates for the technical programs:
One additional thing to note is that somewhere close to 40% of the students in those programs are foreign students. How many of those leaving are foreign students is unknown, but the number of grads remaining in Canada is probably not so much different than the number of Canadian students enrolling in the programs.
https://brocku.ca/social-sciences/politi...-Drain.pdf
Here are their migration rates (the data is from 2015-16), showing 40% migration rates for the technical programs:
One additional thing to note is that somewhere close to 40% of the students in those programs are foreign students. How many of those leaving are foreign students is unknown, but the number of grads remaining in Canada is probably not so much different than the number of Canadian students enrolling in the programs.