Snowbird Days: Day Counter

Snowbird Days counts your days in the United States against the rules that matter to Canadian snowbirds, and warns you before you get close.

Snowbird Days is not a government app. It is made by Next Layer Technologies and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or acting for any provincial health plan, the IRS or Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). The limits below are taken from the official sources listed at the end of this description; always confirm your own situation with them.

PROVINCIAL HEALTH COVERAGE
• Ontario (OHIP): up to 212 days away in any 12 months
• Quebec (RAMQ): 183 days present per calendar year, with border days and short trips handled the RAMQ way
• British Columbia (MSP): six months present per calendar year
• Other provinces shown with a clear "not yet verified" warning

THE IRS SUBSTANTIAL PRESENCE TEST
• This year plus a third of last year plus a sixth of the year before, against 183
• A Form 8840 reminder when you meet the test with fewer than 183 actual days

REMINDERS AND YOUR LAST SAFE DAY
• While you're in the US, see the last day you can stay before each limit
• Reminders 30, 14 and 7 days before a limit

ONE TAP AT THE BORDER
• Log the day you cross, in either direction, with an optional note
• Permanent residents can track the 730-days-in-5-years residency obligation

PDF FOR YOUR ACCOUNTANT
• Every trip, every counter with the formula behind it, ready to share

FREE FOR 14 DAYS, THEN ONE PRICE
• Every feature is free for 14 days. After that, one in-app purchase unlocks it for good: no subscription
• Your records stay viewable, editable and deletable, and reminders keep working even if you never buy

Works offline. No account, no ads. Your trips stay on your phone. The app sends basic usage statistics (which features are used, never what you enter) through Google Analytics for Firebase so we can improve it.

Snowbird Days is a record-keeping tool, not legal, tax, immigration or health-insurance advice.

OFFICIAL SOURCES
• Ontario, OHIP coverage while outside Canada: https://www.ontario.ca/page/ohip-coverage-while-outside-canada
• Quebec, RAMQ, check eligibility during an absence from Québec: https://www.ramq.gouv.qc.ca/en/citizens/absence-quebec/check-eligibility-health-insurance
• Quebec, RAMQ, exceptions to the presence rule: https://www.ramq.gouv.qc.ca/en/citizens/absence-quebec/exceptions-presence-rule
• British Columbia, MSP, leaving B.C. temporarily: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/health/health-drug-coverage/msp/bc-residents/managing-your-msp-account/leaving-bc-temporarily
• IRS, closer connection exception to the substantial presence test: https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/closer-connection-exception-to-the-substantial-presence-test
• IRS, Form 8840: https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f8840.pdf
• IRS, Publication 519 (U.S. Tax Guide for Aliens): https://www.irs.gov/publications/p519
• IRCC, understand permanent resident status (residency obligation): https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/permanent-residents/status.html