An applicant received their PR confirmation portal email while still living in Montreal, having applied under a stream with declared intent to move out of Quebec, and asked whether it is fine to give the Montreal address for PR card delivery.
What experienced members advised:
- Give the address where you actually live right now. Members who knew many people in the same situation said giving the current Montreal address is fine - 'if they wanted you to move they would have asked by now.' One member's contact received both the PR card and later a passport without ever moving.
- Do NOT give an address in another province where you are not actually present. The clearest warning in the thread: don't give an Ontario address if you are not at that address, or at least not physically in Ontario. Mail can be missed and the mismatch creates its own problems.
- How much this matters depends on how you showed intent. One member noted the risk depends on how strongly your application relied on demonstrated intent to reside outside Quebec. If you are worried, the conservative option they suggested is to move temporarily, give that real address, and receive the card there - after the card arrives you can live anywhere, since mobility rights apply to permanent residents.
General caution: declared intent at application time is what officers assess; misrepresenting your address is never worth it. When in doubt, use your real current address.