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Same-day trips to the US: do they count against your 1,095 days?

By this count, they cost 0 days: back the same day, or the next, there is no full day away, because the day you leave and the day you come back are both days in Canada. A PR since 1 March 2023 with seven such trips reaches 1,095 days on 28 February 2026, the date with no trips at all.

Checked against the Government of Canada’s pages on 18 October 2026. Sources: Physical presence calculator: frequently asked questions, Canadian citizenship: who can apply.

This case in the calculator

The calculator opens on this case’s dates, its answer already counted — unless you kept your own dates in this browser, which it opens on instead. Change any date to make the count yours.

Becoming a citizen

You have your days.

By this count, you reached 1,095 days on 28 February 2026. Check IRCC’s calculator, then apply when you’re ready.

Keeping your PR status

1,327 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 28 February 2026.

The five years before today hold 1,327.

PR card: by this count you have 1,327 days in the last 5 years — 730 needed. It holds.

Your five years since PR end on 1 March 2028.

Estimates. Confirm with IRCC’s physical presence calculator before you apply.

These are example dates — replace them with yours.

I became a permanent resident on .

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 Mar 2023, so the calendar starts there. The window slides with the date.

Every day from 19 October 2021 to 18 October 2026. 7 trips taken, 0 days away in all. By this count, the 1,095 days are there on 28 February 2026. Today is 18 October 2026. United States: 17 Jun 2023 to 17 Jun 2023, 0 days away. United States: 25 Nov 2023 to 25 Nov 2023, 0 days away. United States: 9 Mar 2024 to 10 Mar 2024, 0 days away. United States: 4 Jul 2024 to 4 Jul 2024, 0 days away. United States: 14 Dec 2024 to 14 Dec 2024, 0 days away. United States: 24 May 2025 to 25 May 2025, 0 days away. United States: 11 Oct 2025 to 11 Oct 2025, 0 days away.

Worked through

Of the seven trips, the ones like 9 – 10 Mar 2024 — out on a Saturday, back on the Sunday — have no day between leaving and coming back, so they are 0 days away, like the ones back the same evening.

Every one still goes on the list: IRCC asks you to list all absences, even if you come back the same day, and to enter exact dates. Passports, bank records and receipts help find them.

So the five years before 28 February 2026 hold 1,095 days in Canada, all the count needs, though the list of absences has 7 lines.

What would change the answer

Two nights away is one day away: a weekend away.
A 29 February counts like any other day, at home or away: whether 1,095 days is three years.