An OINP-nominated member planned a short soft landing through Vancouver (returning after 3 days) even though their COPR listed Toronto as the destination, and asked whether landing at a different city than the one on their COPR would cause any issue.
What the thread offered — with some disagreement:- One view: you need to land directly at the city listed on your COPR (Toronto in this case) and complete all formalities there, treating the destination address as fixed.
- A conflicting real example: another member, nominated by Alberta, actually landed in Toronto and completed all their landing formalities there simply because it was their first port of entry — suggesting formalities are tied to wherever you first land, not necessarily a specific address on the COPR.
- This wasn't fully resolved in the thread, and questions about using AVR (Automated Vehicle/traveler re-entry systems, referenced regarding US re-entry from Vancouver) were left unanswered.
The practical takeaway: there's genuine uncertainty and conflicting real experience on whether your COPR's listed destination address restricts which city you can land in for your first port of entry — given the ambiguity, confirm directly with IRCC or a licensed consultant before planning a soft landing at a city different from your COPR's listed destination.