1 yr as international student=visa?

[Zizzler]

I am a US citizen who has been studying abroad in Quebec for 1 academic year (10 months) and I read somewhere on the CIC website that international students can apply for Permanent Residency after one year of study here.

But I also have read in various places that I must graduate from a Canadian university in order to get PR.

Does anyone out there know the truth? Thanks much for your time!

++additional details

I've been here Since August 2008 and will leave (to finish my final year of school in the US) in May 2009 at the end of the academic year. I plan on moving here in one year, once I've graduated. I'm worried that I have to apply for PR right now while I'm still a student in Canada, other wise the one year of study= PR card thing won't work out...? But I don't actually know...

[Leon]

If you want to live in Quebec, you should look at the requirements for Quebec skilled worker and see if you can apply for that.  If you don't plan to live in Quebec, you can qualify to apply as a federal skilled worker after you are legally in Canada for one year.

[eduardoF]

http://cic.gc.ca/english/study/work-postgrad.asp

this is probably what you read. yes, you need to graduate if you want to stay there and work, but it's not PR.