Enter the date when you first came to Canada to live.
Enter the date you became a permanent resident of Canada (see Box 45 on your Record of Landing (IMM 1000), Box 46 on your Confirmation of Permanent Residence (IMM 5292 or IMM 5509) or the back of your Permanent Resident Card).
Enter the date you will sign the application. If you do not know when you will sign the application or are only checking to see if you are eligible, put today's date.
Did you spend time serving a sentence for an offence in Canada (e.g. prison, penitentiary, jail, reformatory, conditional sentence, probation and/or parole) between and ?
Please list all time you spent serving a sentence for an offence in Canada between and
Did you leave Canada between and ? Answer 'Yes' if you left Canada for any reason including vacation, work, business, family matters, school, illness, etc.
Please list all your absences outside Canada between and
Day trips, i.e. absences where you left Canada and came back on the same day, do not have to be declared.
Thank you for completing Robinson Sheppard Shapiro’s (RSS) citizenship calculator. Our law firm provides this tool as a general resource to aid Canadian permanent residents in determining their eligibility to seek citizenship and a Canadian passport. However, given the importance of this application, we do recommend that you get a more precise assessment of eligibility by completing an online assessment. By doing so, an expert within our firm will review your case, consider any potential issues, and provide you with a personalized assessment.