Box 2: How many family members...
Write the total number of people included in your application, including yourself and any family
members, whether they are accompanying you to Canada or not.
Family members include your:
• Spouse: A husband or wife of the opposite sex
• Common-law partner: A person of the opposite or same sex with whom you have lived
in a conjugal relationship for at least one year
• Dependent children: Daughters and sons, including children adopted before the age of
18, who:
· are under the age of 22 and do not have a spouse or common-law partner;
· have been continuously enrolled as full-time students and financially supported by
their parents since turning 22 (or from the date of becoming a spouse or common-law
partner if this happened before the age of 22); or
· have substantially depended on the financial support of their parents since before
turning 22 and are unable to support themselves due to a medical condition.