Responsibilities of Permanent Residents Compared to Canadian Citizens

As a Permanent Resident in Canada you have many of the same rights and responsibilities as a Canadian citizen.

These rights include:

• Right and responsibilities of Citizenship
• Obeying the law
• Protecting and enjoying our heritage and environment
• As a permanent resident
• Legal rights
• Equality rights
• Mobility rights
• The right to peaceful assembly
• The right to vote
• Freedom of thought
• Freedom of speech
• Freedom to practice religion
• Freedom of conscience and religion;
• Freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of speech and of the press;
• Freedom of peaceful assembly; and
• Freedom of association.