Worked cases · Trips
Home every Christmas: when do you reach 1,095 days?
By this count, on 25 September 2026 — 56 days after 31 July 2026, the date with no trips. A PR since 1 August 2023 who spends two or three weeks in Ireland every Christmas is away 20, 16, 20 days on those trips, and only the days between leaving and coming back are absences.
Checked against the Government of Canada’s pages on 18 October 2026. Sources: Physical presence calculator: frequently asked questions, Canadian citizenship: who can apply.
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Becoming a citizen
You have your days.
By this count, you reached 1,095 days on 25 September 2026. Check IRCC’s calculator, then apply when you’re ready.
Keeping your PR status
1,118 days
in Canada in the last 5 years. 730 needed · it holds.
More about these dates
By this count, you reached 1,095 days on 25 September 2026.
The five years before today hold 1,118.
PR card: by this count you have 1,118 days in the last 5 years — 730 needed. It holds.
Your five years since PR end on 1 August 2028.
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The days left
Every day, five years
19 Oct 2021 – 18 Oct 2026 · 1,826 days
The five years start 19 Oct 2021, but nothing counts before 1 Aug 2023, so the calendar starts there. The window slides with the date.
Every day from 19 October 2021 to 18 October 2026. 3 trips taken, 56 days away in all. By this count, the 1,095 days are there on 25 September 2026. Today is 18 October 2026. Ireland: 18 Dec 2023 to 8 Jan 2024, 20 days away. Ireland: 20 Dec 2024 to 6 Jan 2025, 16 days away. Ireland: 19 Dec 2025 to 9 Jan 2026, 20 days away.
Worked through
The trips: 18 Dec 2023 – 8 Jan 2024; 20 Dec 2024 – 6 Jan 2025; 19 Dec 2025 – 9 Jan 2026. Each departure and return day is a day in Canada, so the three trips are 56 days away in all.
On 25 September 2026 the window is 25 September 2021 to 24 September 2026, and every trip is inside it: 1,095 days as a PR, the 1,095 the count needs.
A December trip that ends in January is one absence, declared once with its two dates.
What would change the answer
- A Christmas away before the date moves it again by its days; once the 1,095 are in, a trip matters only if it leaves fewer than 1,095 in the five years before the day you sign.
- Short trips cost less than they seem: a weekend away.
Read next
- The rule behind it: How IRCC counts your days: departures, returns and day trips
- More cases like this: Trips and your citizenship date, or every worked case
- Your own dates: the citizenship calculator