because the cic website is always so accurate? if anyone who is visa exempt wants confirmation of what they need to enter the country, then they would want to call the cbsa office they plan to enter through. i'm sure cbsa will confirm one way or the other. it makes absolutely no sense that someone who does not require a visa to enter canada would need a pr travel document to board a plane. from what i understand, the pr document is not used to ENTER canada at point of entry. it is used to BOARD THE PLANE! if i wanted to fly to canada from the us, england, australia, or any other country in the world, all i would need is my PASSPORT because i am visa exempt and I can travel TO canada with JUST my passport from anywhere in the world, without a visa. my status changing to PR does not change the fact that I don't need a visa to TRAVEL TO canada. YOU require a visa to travel to canada, so YOU would be required to have your pr card OR pr travel document with you to board the plane. the rules for you and me are completely different because YOU require a visa to travel to canada (no matter what your status), I do NOT need a visa to travel to canada (no matter what my status is).