Permanent residency in Canada in the context of Identification document

In Canada, temporary residency (French: résidence temporaire) applies to those who are not Canadian citizens but are legally in Canada for a temporary purpose, including international students, foreign workers, and tourists.

Whereas "Permanent Residence" (PR) is a requirement for Canadian citizenship, temporary residency has little to do with citizenship, in that one cannot go from temporary resident to citizen without first going through another program. More specifically, the classes of Temporary Resident Documents under IMM1442 are as follows:

Canadian nationality law details the conditions in which an individual is a national of Canada. The primary law governing these regulations is the Citizenship Act, 1976, which commenced in 1977.

Individuals born anywhere within the provinces and territories of Canada are default citizens at birth, with few exceptions. Foreign nationals may naturalize after living in Canada for at least three years after holding permanent residency status and showing written and oral proficiency in the English or French language.