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Will a trip before your date delay your citizenship?
By this count, by every day of it. A PR since 3 September 2024 reaches 1,095 days on 12 September 2027 as things stand; with 1 July 2027 to 15 August 2027 in Japan, that becomes 26 October 2027 — 44 days later, because the five years before you sign would then hold the trip.
Checked against the Government of Canada’s pages on 18 October 2026. Sources: Canadian citizenship: who can apply, Canadian citizenship: after you apply.
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Becoming a citizen
12 September 2027
By this count, you reach 1,095 days in Canada then — 329 days from today.
44 days later with the plan.
Keeping your PR status
766 days
in Canada in the last 5 years. 730 needed · it holds.
More about these dates
By this count, you reach 1,095 days on 26 October 2027.
That is 373 days from today. The planned Japan trip moves it later by 44 days; without it, by this count, 12 September 2027.
PR card: by this count you have 766 days in the last 5 years — 730 needed. It holds.
Your five years since PR end on 3 September 2029. The planned Japan trip keeps the 730.
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The days left
Every day, five years
26 Oct 2022 – 25 Oct 2027 · 1,826 days
The five years start 26 Oct 2022, but nothing counts before 3 Sep 2024, so the calendar starts there. The window slides with the date.
Every day from 26 October 2022 to 25 October 2027. 1 trip taken, 9 days away in all. 1 planned trip. By this count, the 1,095 days are there on 26 October 2027. Without the plan, 12 September 2027. Today is 18 October 2026. Jamaica: 10 Apr 2025 to 20 Apr 2025, 9 days away. Japan, planned: 1 Jul 2027 to 15 Aug 2027, 44 days away.
Worked through
The plan is 44 full days away, before 12 September 2027. Every one of them is a day the count has to find later.
Book the same trip for after the date instead and the date stays 12 September 2027: sign before you leave and the trip is outside the window you are counted on.
And once IRCC has your application, you can leave Canada, as long as you can come back for the test, any interview and the ceremony.
What would change the answer
- Already past the date? The trip can still matter if you sign after it: travelling after you have the 1,095.
- The PR card counts the same trip much more loosely — 730 in five years: six months abroad and the 730.
Read next
- The rule behind it: Can I leave Canada after applying for citizenship?
- More cases like this: When you reach 1,095 days, or every worked case
- Your own dates: the citizenship calculator