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The charts illustrate that the figures for students of different nationalities pursuing education in both Canada and United States from 2002 to 2003. Overall, the number of students compared between the two countries changed noticeably with varied trends across different nationalities. Futhermore, Canada was a less popular destination to study than the US. Initially, there was an upward trend of Chinese students studying in Canada, the number of pupils rose from 5,400 to 7,850 between 2002 and 2003, which was about 2,000, meaning a 45 percent increase in learners pursuing education. In contrast, the figure of students from India hit a lowest point in Canada in the same year as China. There was a considerable decrease of 35 percent, from 2,100 to 2,835 in 2003. In total, the number of students from countries learning in Canada went up from about 60,000 to 70,000 in one year from 2002. It can be seen that India had the lowest figures of students pursuing education, at nearly 200,000 and just over 182,000 respectively, a substantial decline of 9 percent between 2002 and 2003. The most striking feature observed was China, in 2002 the proportion of learners climbed rapidly to 110,000, and the subsequent year reached a peak point at 116,6000, higher than India.