Same! I’m an International Student too, from Europe. I like Canada but I kind of just came here for my boyfriend, I miss my family and old friends. There are so my many International Students here and they’re almost all Asian and totally live together in their own world. I’m from Switzerland so I have nothing in common with them.
I’m in my second year now and I just ignore the Asian students now and finally made friends with Canadian students. It took me almost one year. Im first year I made friends only with German exchange students who left. Just don’t focus on other International Students but on the Americans or Canadians. And try to join clubs even if they don’t interest you because it’s a great way to make at least one new good friend. Clubs give you something to do in your free time so you have less time to focus on loneliness or even homesickness and they are perfect for meeting new people and potential friends. It’s not positive for making friends that you don’t live on campus because it’s actually a lot easier to make friends this way but maybe you can choose to move into the student residence next year/semester? It could also help you to at least feel less alone because there are always people around. I know it helped me.
In my experience making friends at University can be a challenge, especially as an International Student but please don’t give up already because it takes time and eventually you’ll make some good friends I’m sure. Good luck!