Inquiry about counting paid vacation followed by remote work

[banyan25]

I am in a tricky situation (deeply regretting some things I did without researching thoroughly).

I started full time work in a Teer 1 (NOC 21232) Job on February 20, 2024 for a local employer in my city in Canada. I have continued working for this same employer until today in a permanent, 40 hour per week role.

Work summary:
February 20 - May 11: Worked normally inside Canada. Counting as Canadian experience
May 13 - June 5: Worked remotely from outside Canada. Not counting these hours as Canadian experience.
June 6 - September 26: Worked normally inside canada. Counting
September 27 - Oct 1: Paid vacation days outside Canada. Unsure to count or not
Oct 2 - November 29: Worked remotely. Not counting
November 30, 2024, to December 4, 2025: Worked normally inside Canada. Counting
December 4, 2025 to December 8, 2025: Paid vacation days outside Canada. Unsure
December 9 to December 11: Worked remotely. Not counting
December 12 to Feb 1, 2026: Worked normally inside Canada. Counting
Feb 2 to Feb 16: Paid leave outside Canada. Counting
Feb 17 to now: Working normally inside canada. Counting

My question here is: can I count those few days of paid vacation as Canadian work experience? The problem is that they are right before the remote work duration.

I am asking this question because I recieved an ITA on March 17 because of my score which includes 2 years of Canadian Experience. If I count those paid vacation days as canadian experience, I will reach the 3,120 hour mark (I calculated week by week with a cap of 30 hours per week) for 2 years of Canadian work experience before my last submission date of May 16. If I don't count all the days I listed above that I am unsure about, I will not cross 3,120 hours before the last date

Is this too risky? Would you suggest I decline the ITA? I would greatly appreciate any help

 

[banyan25]

Please help, I am terrified that I will either get banned for misrepresentation, or that the quota for CEC is over for this year and the score will not drop this low again

 

[canuck78]

You can count 2 weeks of paid vacation per year.

 

[banyan25]

You can count 2 weeks of paid vacation per year.

@canuck78 thank you very much for your response. How should I prove this paid vacation? It does not say I was on vacation in my pay slips, although it shows I was paid for those hours

 

[CanGoldDigger]

2 weeks is a good pointer, you can try more, but you will need a bullet proof explanation.

Also you can't count more than 30 hours a week.

 

[banyan25]

2 weeks is a good pointer, you can try more, but you will need a bullet proof explanation.

Also you can't count more than 30 hours a week.

@CanGoldDigger @canuck78 I will not try for more than 2 weeks of paid vacation. As you can see in my hour calculations, I will only ask for 4 days in 2024, 4 days in 2025, and 2 weeks in 2026.

I am not counting more than 30 hours per week. I am counting 8 hours per day for work inside canada, 8 hours per day for my paid leave days, and 0 hours for my remote work days.

With this type of calculation, and adding a maximum of 30 days per week, I am reaching 3,120 hour threshold. Here are 2 snippets of my hour calculation sheet

https://imgur.com/a/q7xSW8B

https://imgur.com/a/Lva09nR

https://imgur.com/a/Cln9va6

What do you think?