According to IRCC, what @scylla and @Simba112 shared is correct. you can check for yourself here https://eservices.cic.gc.ca/rescalc/resCalcStartNew.do
It's not. If you really think you are right, provide the direct link to the IRCC page on citizenship that indicates you can claim more than 1 year of pre-PR time towards the residency requirement.
To set record straight, I am not a Professor and my reply was based on the guidelines posted on IRCC Website... Secondly, We have heard a lot of " My sister, my friend, my buddy", but I would strictly based on prevailing guidelines. Its okey to be corrected, and dont call me names.
See the citizenship calculator on the IRCC website to determine when you can apply it will be at least two years before you qualify.
It's all on the web site and easy to find. You need to have lived in Canada 3 out of the 5 previous years to qualify. Two of those years must be post PR which is why I said you won't qualify to apply for at least another two years since you just became a PR. This is physical residency so you need to deduct time spent outside of Canada. You can count pre PR time but only a half a day credit per day spent in Canada and only from the time your claim was accepted and you became a protected person. The rest is here: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship.html
If you don't leave Canada at all in the next two years then sometime in June or July 2026. Make sure you use the IRCC calculator (as I said earlier) because if you are short even a day, you will be refused.
