Bank statements as proof of residence

[steaky]

If saving trees is a priority  ( a laudable one, I'd say), then don't get paper bank statements at all. Get them sent to you by email, and save them, then print a few to show time spent in Canada. That is, of course, of the bank statements show time and place of the transactions.

Well, some banks are so stupid that they give you both email and paper statements.  You can't request them not to send you paper statements and transaction advices.  The only way to stop them is not to close those accounts completely.

[AllisonVSC]

Allison, do your bank statements show time and place of transactions?  Mine show merely the amount and date of the transaction, nothing more.  As such, these statements don't prove time was spent in Canada, unless the vendor is mentioned, and the vendor is only in Canada, nowhere else.

Hi Toby, Yes, my bank statements show date, type of purchase, and name of store (examples from a recent statement LCBO/RAO #0425, SEARS CANADA #1, NOFRILLS MARC, PETRO-CANADA, etc) and these appear with pretty regularly, so I feel confident that that they would be a record of living in Canada.

[toby]

Hi Toby, Yes, my bank statements show date, type of purchase, and name of store (examples from a recent statement LCBO/RAO #0425, SEARS CANADA #1, NOFRILLS MARC, PETRO-CANADA, etc) and these appear with pretty regularly, so I feel confident that that they would be a record of living in Canada.

Yep, seems unequivocal proof of time spent in Canada.

[Baloo]

Obviously in light of the recent CIC activity (removal of citizenship from 1800 people), solid proof of residence is very important.