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Canada day-count rules
Spending time in Canada? The rules below can affect tax residency, your right to remain and any path to residence or citizenship. This page brings Canada's day-count rules together — each explained in plain English, with a calculator and a link to the official source.
Tax residency
- 🇨🇦Avoid Canada tax residencyThe 183-day rule makes you a deemed resident only if you have no significant residential ties; with ties you may be resident on fewer days.
<=182 / YEAR - 🇨🇦Become Canada tax residentThe 183-day rule makes you a deemed resident only if you have no significant residential ties; with ties you may be resident on fewer days.
>=183 / YEAR
Visas & entry
Residence & citizenship
- 🇨🇦Canada PR residency obligation730 days in every five-year period. Time accompanying a Canadian citizen spouse abroad can also count and is not tracked here.
>=730 / 1826 - 🇨🇦Canada citizenship presence1,095 days in the five years before applying. Time as a temporary resident may count at half rate, up to 365 days — not tracked here.
>=1095 / 1826