Some Hours in a Day spent in Canada flying out to / in from overseas (not US)

[us2yow]

Hi,

Can someone tell me if even a few hours spent in Canada before flying out of / flying back into Canada is counted as being here one full day for residency purposes.

Example: Oct 10 : 7 am going flight overseas from Canada -> considered as individual being present in Canada on Oct 10th;
Nov 15 : Arrival back in to Canada at 10:30 PM ---> considered as individual being present in Canada on Nov 15th;

OR DOES ONE LOSE BOTH OF THE DAYS IN THE EXAMPLE although one was here for some hours ?

Also, to make it easy I am not looking at the scenario where one is returning the same day on an evening flight from say the United States after a business meeting in which case it is NOT an absence. This is for a trip outbound with a week or more of being out.

Kindly throw some light on this fine point based on the example provided. Thanks !

 

[AllisonVSC]

My understanding is that any part of a day spent in Canada counts as a day toward fulfilling PR residency obligations.

 

[Leon]

Here it is:

6.4. Day
Section 27(2) of the Interpretation Act governs the calculation of time limits in federal statutes.
Where a statute refers to a number of days between two events (and precedes the number of
days with the words “at least”), both the day of occurrence of the first event as well as the day of
occurrence of the second event are to be counted in calculating the number of days. For the
purpose of calculating the number of days to comply with the residency obligation in IRPA
A28(2)(a), a day includes a full day or any part of a day that a permanent resident is physically
present in Canada. Any part of a day spent in Canada, or otherwise in compliance with A28(2)(a),
is to be counted as one full day for the purpose of calculating the 730 days in a five-year period.