Refugee's status

[Labron]

Dear experts,
I have granted a refugee status few months ago.Hopefully will get my PR application processed soon!
My question is, does the 2 years that I had lived here in Canada,before i granted the refugee status, account as residency credit (account as a temporary residency)?
I was studying at that time not working.
Please any idea?
thank you in advance.

 

[Karlshammar]

Do you mean for citizenship purposes? You get half credit for each day you were in Canada before becoming a PR; but remember, they only count the last 4 years, so you must always have at least 2 years of PR before you can apply for naturalization.

 

[Suin]

I guess, the question is about PR... it sure counts towards citizenship (half), but for maintaining PR status you will have to live no less than two years already being PR - the earlier TRV stay doesn't count here.