Worked cases · Time before PR
Protected person before PR: which days count towards citizenship?
By this count, only the days from the day your claim was approved. Approved on 15 June 2022, a PR on 1 February 2024: 596 days as a protected person, 298 days of credit, and the 1,095 on 8 April 2026.
Checked against the Government of Canada’s pages on 18 October 2026. Sources: Canadian citizenship: who can apply, Application for Canadian Citizenship – Adults (CIT 0002).
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Becoming a citizen
You have your days.
By this count, you reached 1,095 days on 8 April 2026. Check IRCC’s calculator, then apply when you’re ready.
Keeping your PR status
990 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 8 April 2026.
The five years before today hold 1,288.
PR card: by this count you have 990 days in the last 5 years — 730 needed. It holds.
Your five years since PR end on 1 February 2029.
Estimates. Confirm with IRCC’s physical presence calculator before you apply.
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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 15 Jun 2022, so the calendar starts there. The window slides with the date.
Every day from 19 October 2021 to 18 October 2026. 0 trips taken, 0 days away in all. By this count, the 1,095 days are there on 8 April 2026. Today is 18 October 2026.
Worked through
Waiting for the decision doesn’t count, even with a work or study permit issued during the claim, which doesn’t give temporary resident status. So the period starts on the approval, not on the claim.
Counted wrongly from a claim made on 1 March 2021, the credit would reach the cap and the date would be 31 January 2026 — 67 days too early, and an application signed then would be short.
Counted rightly: 797 days as a PR and 298 of credit, 1,095 in the five years from 8 April 2021.
What would change the answer
- A claim approved earlier gives more credit, up to the cap: two years as a student before PR works the cap through.
- Trips abroad as a protected person cost half a day each: trips abroad before PR.
Read next
- The rule behind it: Does time before PR count towards citizenship?
- More cases like this: Time in Canada before PR, or every worked case
- Your own dates: the citizenship calculator