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United States citizens and permanent residents are among the few applicants who can apply for a study permit at a Canadian port of entry on arrival, as well as online in advance through an IRCC account, which is the standard route. The Student Direct Stream did not apply to the US.

Beyond tuition, a single applicant outside Quebec should show CAD 23,448 for a year of living costs for applications made on or after 1 September 2026 (up from CAD 22,895), separate from tuition and travel, and the amount rises with each accompanying family member.

The US dollar to Canadian dollar exchange rate is set in the open market; the US Federal Reserve states that the dollar's value is determined in foreign-exchange markets and is not targeted by the US government.

The Bank of Canada publishes a US-dollar rate once each business day as an indicative figure, not a transaction benchmark, and a family's own bank converts at its own rate. Because Canadian schools bill tuition in Canadian dollars, the exchange rate is the main variable in what a US family pays from year to year.

Independent educational consultants in the United States are represented by the Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA), which publishes standards its members agree to follow, including a rule against accepting commissions or favours in return for referrals so that recommendations rest on the student's needs.

Whether a US consultant is an IECA member, and so holds to those standards, can be checked through IECA; membership is voluntary rather than a government licence.

Most Canadian private schools listed on MapleRank, including boarding schools that enrol international students, are in Ontario and British Columbia.

Both provinces lie along the Canada-United States border, so schools in their border regions are within driving distance of the nearest US states, which matters for families who prefer to reach a school by road as well as by air.