To be eligible for Canadian citizenship, you must have been physically present in Canada as a permanent resident for at least 1,095 days in the five years immediately before the date of your application.When calculating your time in Canada:only the five (5) years immediately before the date of your application are taken into account,days you were physically present in Canada before you became a permanent resident count as half a day,time spent serving a sentence for an offence in Canada (e.g. prison, penitentiary, jail, reformatory, probation and/or parole) cannot be counted toward residence - there are some exceptions.