Are vaccinations or blood tests "evidence you received benefits from Canadian gvt programs"?

[dtonberry]

PR Card renewal requires at least 2 pieces of evidence showing residency in the last 5 years, and gives examples. One is "evidence you received benefits from Canadian gvt programs".

Would blood tests or vaccinations received with a provincial health care card qualify for this? Or just having a health care card itself?

 

[scylla]

PR Card renewal requires at least 2 pieces of evidence showing residency in the last 5 years, and gives examples. One is "evidence you received benefits from Canadian gvt programs".

Would blood tests or vaccinations received with a provincial health care card qualify for this? Or just having a health care card itself?

I believe this is referring to financial benefits such as EI or social assistance. But wait for others to comment.

 

[Copingwithlife]

PR Card renewal requires at least 2 pieces of evidence showing residency in the last 5 years, and gives examples. One is "evidence you received benefits from Canadian gvt programs".

Would blood tests or vaccinations received with a provincial health care card qualify for this? Or just having a health care card itself?

Holding a provincial health card doesn’t always mean you’ve been a resident as we’ve seen on here . One could of been away the entire time and still held the card . You could reach out to your province and request a print out of your usage of your card over the period .
It’ll show when you’ve received benefits
OHIP , in Ontario, like years ago used to send them out periodically to users . And basically said that if you see a usage you never had , contact them . Think it was too combat fraud . This was when we only had the red white cards . AHS in Alberta, still does it

 

[dpenabill]

PR Card renewal requires at least 2 pieces of evidence showing residency in the last 5 years, and gives examples. One is "evidence you received benefits from Canadian gvt programs".

Would blood tests or vaccinations received with a provincial health care card qualify for this? Or just having a health care card itself?

A copy of a valid provincial health card is evidence of residency and falls under one of the examples listed in the guide appendix for PR card applications.

Of course it is necessary that you actually are a resident of that province and qualified for the provincial health care benefits. (To send in a copy of a health card from a province where one is not actually resident and qualified for that coverage would be misrepresentation -- in particular, it would be a misrepresentation that it is evidence of residency when it isn't really because the individual is not resident there.)

But assuming you are a resident of that province, qualified for health care coverage, since an individual must be a resident of the province to qualify for health benefits that's good evidence showing residency in the province.

While it is true that having a valid provincial health card is not conclusive evidence of residency, that sort of limitation applies to most types of evidence. It is rare that any particular item of evidence will, in itself, constitute absolute or conclusive proof of what it is evidence of.