hello expats
we need advice and we really do not know where to turn and someone suggested your site! so here goes.
we are PR and can put in for our citizenship application (at least to start the process) in march next year. however, we may have a challenge!
we have an 18 year old, who has chossen to not live with us anymore and will be 19 at the turn of the year! they have not completed thier schooling and is not in work! will they be able to do citizenship on thier own, or will they have to get PR on thier own? will they be deported? will we be reasponsible for them once they turns 19? and how does that effect our citizenship application?
we are very confused and any help would be good. thank you.

Firstly, your offspring does not affect your citizenship application. If you have completed the required number of years you can apply for citizenship regardless of what (s)he does.

If your child was part of your application for PR then (s)he is a PR too. (S)he will remain so as long as (s)he keeps up the 2 out of 5 year residency requirement, or decides to apply for citizenship on his/her own.

Assuming you are in BC (from your username) your child will be an adult once (s)he turns 19 and you no longer have any legal responsibility to support him/her. (S)he can choose to apply for citizenship on his/her own or remain a PR or leave the country. I don't see anything from your post to suggest (s)he would be deported.

thank you joneboy
we live in vernon, yes.
what will happen when they are 19 and need to apply for pr on thier own and can not fullfil the regualations? that is what i understand to happen; they will be deported, no? they have no skills for canada goverment and not working! and if they ever leave canada, they will not get back into canada!

They are a PR, they don't need to apply for it, so long as they maintain the residency requirements would retain that. They can acquire citizenship on their own at anytime in the future. They should apply for citizenship as soon as they are eligible. The age of majority in BC is 19, federally and for federal programs an adult is at age 18. Whether they live with you or not, at 18 they would have to make their own application for citizenship as an adult.

If they choose not to acquire citizenship and do not maintain the residency requirements for PR they would lose it and have to reapply. This would be a foolish thing to do. The chances of getting it would depend on the immigration climate at the time.

Presumably they are already a Permanent Resident, so no need to reappply and they would just have to keep the '2 years out of every 5 years in Canada' rule in mind to maintain their PR, as above.