Federal foreign tax credit

[Kelly0123]

Hello,

I am a Canadian currently studying in the US (as a PhD student). I am getting paid as a graduate research assistant and wondering how I calculate non-business income tax paid to a foreign country. Are US federal and state taxes withheld (W-2 box 2 & box 17) considered the income tax paid to a foreign country? Can I claim the amounts from summing up those as an income tax paid to a foreign country on T2209 form?

Thanks in advance,

Kelly