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Application & Permanent Resident Details
The eligibility period ends the day before this proposed signing/application date.
Select an application date to calculate the 5-year eligibility period.
This calculator is designed for adult applications. Minor 5(1) and 5(2) routes have different requirements, so a minor result must be reviewed separately.
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Absences After Becoming a Permanent Resident
Add trips outside Canada during the 5-year eligibility period after you became a PR. The calculator counts the departure and return dates as days in Canada and subtracts the full days between them.
Overlapping or duplicate trips are automatically merged so the same day is not subtracted twice.
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Eligible Time in Canada Before PR
Add only periods when you were physically in Canada with eligible temporary-resident status, or after protected-person approval. Each eligible day counts as 0.5 day, to a maximum credit of 365 days.
Do not include time waiting for a refugee claim decision. If you left Canada during a pre-PR period, split the period so only days physically in Canada are entered.
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Special Physical-Presence Situations
Some exceptions exist, so do not guess.
Crown-servant cases require special supporting documentation.
Add only date ranges that you have confirmed do not count toward citizenship physical presence. These dates are treated as inclusive and are not double-subtracted if they overlap an absence.
Qualifying Crown-servant/family-member time outside Canada can count, but the legal criteria are specialized. This calculator will not automatically add that time; the final result will be marked for review so it does not give a false answer.
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Key Adult Citizenship Requirements
IRCC says you may need to file taxes for at least 3 years during the 5 years before applying.
Adults 18–54 generally need speaking and listening at CLB/NCLC 4 or higher with accepted proof.
Applicants age 18–54 must also take the citizenship test after applying. This pre-application screen does not treat an uncompleted future test as a failure.
CANADIAN CITIZENSHIP SCREENING
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