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CBSA travel history report: don't request it for your PR card

CBSA says PR card applicants should not ask for it. Tick Yes to the consent and IRCC pulls the record; your job is a trips list that matches it.

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Don't request it for your PR card

IRCC says
Under "When not to ask for a Travel History Report", CBSA lists Permanent Resident Card renewals: you do not need to request your Traveller History Report from the CBSA. Checking "Yes" in the Consent to Disclose Information section allows IRCC to collect the report on your behalf.1
You do
  • Tick Yes in the consent section of the application. IRCC collects the report itself; nothing to attach.
  • Rebuild your trips from your passport stamps, flight emails and CRA account, then put them in the calculator.
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Paste trips as text or add them one by one. Runs in your browser.
Open the calculator
Don't send CBSA an access-to-information request for your PR card renewal. CBSA asks you not to; the consent box does the job, and a request takes up to 30 days.
You're set. Consent ticked, and a trips list that matches the border records.

What the report is

A record of your entries into Canada, and your exits, collected by the Canada Border Services Agency. Each line has the date, the port of entry, the document you travelled on and your citizenship. Exits by land have been collected since July 2019 and exits by commercial air since June 2020; earlier trips show the entry only.

IRCC uses this same record to check your table: when you tick Yes in the consent section of the application, IRCC pulls it itself and compares it with your section 5 table.1

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Rebuild your absences from your own records

IRCC says
Table 5.5 asks for each absence: the date you left Canada, the date you returned, where you were and why. The days you left and returned are not counted as days outside.2
You do
  • Each trip needs an entry and an exit date: your passport stamps, flight or booking emails, your CRA account and your calendar give you both.
  • Pair them into trips, oldest to newest, then enter each pair in the calculator; it sorts, counts and formats them for the portal.
  • Same-day trips (left and returned on one date) count zero days; enter them anyway so the list matches CBSA.
  • Trips before the exit data existed show only your return: take the departure from passport stamps, flight emails or your calendar.
Don't leave out a trip because it was short. A missing trip that CBSA has on record is the kind of gap that triggers questions; a one-day trip changes your total by nothing.

Common questions

Do I need the CBSA report to renew my PR card?
No. CBSA lists PR card renewals under 'when not to ask': tick Yes to the consent and IRCC collects it.
Do I attach the report to my application?
No slot asks for it. IRCC collects it when you tick Yes in the consent section. If you have it and want to add it, the "Supplementary Travel Log" slot exists, but it is not required.
Does the CBSA report show my exits from Canada?
Exits by land since July 2019 and by commercial air since June 2020. Older trips show the entry only; you supply the departure date yourself.
What if my list and the border record don't match?
IRCC sees both. Use your passport stamps and flight emails to get the dates right, enter every trip, and if a real discrepancy remains, add a short letter of explanation in the portal slot of that name.

Sources

  1. 1.CBSA, Travel History Reportcbsa-asfc.gc.ca
  2. 2.PR Portal, table 5.5prson-srpel.apps.cic.gc.ca