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Study permit to Post-Graduation Work Permit: the student route and the bridge to Canadian experience

The student route remains Canada's most common entry for young people in a family, but it changed sharply in 2024 and 2025. Study permits now require a provincial or territorial attestation letter in most cases and higher proof of funds; the Post-Graduation Work Permit (PGWP) now carries a language requirement and, for non-degree graduates, a field-of-study requirement. The 2026 levels plan sets a target of 155,000 new international student arrivals, 49% fewer than the previous year's target. Planned carefully, the route still produces Canadian experience that counts toward permanent residence.

Established temporary routes, substantially tightened in 2024 and 2025Requirements, process & FAQs

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Keeping permanent residence and qualifying for citizenship: the three day-counts

Canada runs three separate day-counts, and a family that travels between Canada and Asia must satisfy each on its own terms. Permanent residents must be in Canada, or in a counted situation abroad, for 730 days in every five-year period. Citizenship requires 1,095 days of physical presence in the five years before applying, with limited credit for earlier temporary residence. Tax residence turns on residential ties and a 183-day rule, not on immigration status. The counts overlap but are not the same, and planning one without the others produces unwelcome results.

Statutory tests under IRPA section 28 and Citizenship Act section 5; tax residence under the Income Tax ActRequirements, process & FAQs

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