With high quality education and good career prospects，North America countries，including the United States and Canada，have attracted a large number of international students to study there，especially in their higher education sectors. In recent years，however，due to the differences in these two countries’ focus on political and economic development，their policies towards international students，working visa and immigration also presents different development trends，bringing new opportunities and challenges for the development of international students and foreign talents in these two countries. This report introduces the current status of studying abroad in the United States and Canada in 2016，with an analysis on the situation of Chinese students studying in these two countries respectively.