Unfortunately you were given bad information. Your PR status can certainly still be revoked even if your family lives in Canada. We've seen cases here where this has happened.realeasy said:I went relinquish my PR. The immigration supervisor told me that I cannot relinquish my PR as my family lives in Canada. She said on humanitarian ground they cannot take away my PR even if I don't meet the eligibility requirement as my family lives here. This happened two weeks ago.