PresenceTracker
Immigration · Utilities
PresenceTracker helps permanent residents and citizenship applicants stay on top of Canada's physical presence requirements. Log your absences abroad and the app calculates your days in Canada in real time.
Physical presence, explained
To become a Canadian citizen, permanent residents generally need to have been physically present in Canada for at least 1,095 days (3 years) within the 5 years immediately before applying. Permanent residents also need to meet a separate residency obligation — at least 730 days (2 years) of physical presence within any 5-year period — whether they're renewing their PR card or applying for a new one.
Both counts only look at time actually spent inside Canada — every trip abroad, even a short one, subtracts from the total. Tracking this by hand across years of travel is exactly the kind of tedious, error-prone bookkeeping PresenceTracker was built to remove: log your trips once, and it keeps a running, accurate count of your physical presence days for citizenship or PR applications. A coming update adds PDF and CSV export, so you can print your data or manage it outside the app.
This isn't legal advice — always confirm your specific situation with IRCC or an immigration professional — but it's the number every applicant needs to get right.
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