Canada visitor visaTrip Cost Checker

IRCC says: “The amount of money you will need depends on how long you will stay and if you will stay in a hotel, or with friends or relatives.” They name no dollar. A $5,000 table on another site is not theirs. This page adds accommodation + tickets + daily × days + other, then sets that total next to the balance. (1) Enter the stay and the costs. (2) Enter the balance. (3) Read short, tight, or what is left.

Tight means the leftover is under the larger of $500 and 15% of the trip. A $10,000 trip is tight with under $1,500 left. A $2,000 trip is tight with under $500 left. Shorten the stay, or drop a cost the host already pays, then run it again. Do not add a lump deposit to clear the line.

Size is not source. The June 2026 note asks for source, availability, and ongoing income. Akindumila v. Canada, 2025 FC 1382, calls that source, nature, and stability. A higher balance with the same gap fails again. (1) This page is the size. (2) The Source of Funds Checker is the trail. (3) The full analysis is ties, and whether the trip looks temporary.

Three steps. (1) The low balance before the lump is what failed, not the closing number. (2) A document has to name where the lump came from. (3) If the statement is a parent’s, show you can use the money. Akindumila v. Canada, 2025 FC 1382. That pasted note was a study permit. The same account pattern is what a visitor note calls source, availability, and ongoing income.

(1) Read the shortfall. (2) Do not park money in the account before filing. (3) Cut days, or set accommodation to 0 if a host pays it, then run it again. IRCC answer 1485 says applying again with the same information will likely not change the decision. A deposit larger than one month of income, with no document, fails the source check.