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Canada requires you to be a PR holder and in the country for 1095 days in the past 5 years to apply for citizenship.

• raquo 8y ago
  Up to 365 of those can be accounted for while being a temporary resident (on a work or study visa) on a "1 day for 2 days" basis. You also need to actually be in Canada all those days. Any day that you're outside delays your citizenship by a day. Then it takes about a year to process your citizenship application. Overall, it's still much faster than most anywhere else.
  • Scoundreller 8y ago
    > Up to 365 of those can be accounted for while being a temporary resident (on a work or study visa) on a "1 day for 2 days" basis. I think it's more like every day that you are physically present in Canada pre-PR counts as 0.5 days. There's no such thing as a "tourist" under Canadian immigration law: you get a temporary resident visa/status/permit for your temporary "tourist" visits. I think the part-day test applies (if you arrive in Canada at 10PM, even though you were only present for 2 hours, it counts as a half day).