Worked cases · The day you leave
Friday to Sunday: how many days away is a weekend trip?
By this count, 1 day. Leave on a Friday, come back on the Sunday, and only the day between is an absence: both the day you leave and the day you return count as days in Canada.
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 12 September 2026. Check IRCC’s calculator, then apply when you’re ready.
Keeping your PR status
1,131 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 12 September 2026.
The five years before today hold 1,131.
PR card: by this count you have 1,131 days in the last 5 years — 730 needed. It holds.
Your five years since PR end on 5 September 2028.
Estimates. Confirm with IRCC’s physical presence calculator before you apply.
Keep counting with an account: these dates and trips go with you, and the count stays up to date.
This browser didn’t let the page keep your dates, so they can’t go with you. Make an account anyway and add them there.
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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 5 Sep 2023, so the calendar starts there. The window slides with the date.
Every day from 19 October 2021 to 18 October 2026. 4 trips taken, 8 days away in all. By this count, the 1,095 days are there on 12 September 2026. Today is 18 October 2026. New York: 19 Apr 2024 to 21 Apr 2024, 1 day away. Chicago: 10 Oct 2024 to 14 Oct 2024, 3 days away. Boston: 14 Feb 2025 to 17 Feb 2025, 2 days away. Seattle: 1 Aug 2025 to 4 Aug 2025, 2 days away.
Worked through
Say you became a PR on 5 September 2023 and took four long weekends: New York, 19 – 21 Apr 2024 (1 day away); Chicago, Thursday to Monday, 10 – 14 Oct 2024 (3 days); Boston, Friday to Monday, 14 – 17 Feb 2025 (2 days); and Seattle, Friday to Monday, 1 – 4 Aug 2025 (2 days).
That is 8 days away in all, and the 1,095 days move from 4 September 2026 to 12 September 2026 — every one of the 1,095 is a day as a PR here.
The time of day doesn’t matter. A flight out late at night and back early in the morning still makes both of those dates days in Canada.
What would change the answer
- Back the same day, or the next, is no days away at all: same-day trips to the US.
- Longer holidays, the same rule: home every Christmas.
Read next
- The rule behind it: How IRCC counts your days: departures, returns and day trips
- More cases like this: Does the day you leave count?, or every worked case
- Your own dates: the citizenship calculator