Re: Canadian citizenship questions
You have to have stayed in Canada for at least 3 years before you can apply for Canadian citizenship. Any absence of yours, even if it’s in the US is still an absence from Canada. They will check your absences anyways to see if they correlate with the correct dates you have entered in your residency calculator form. So try to be as precise as possible because any discrepancies or errors will cause a delay in your file and they might also send you a residency questionnaire for additional information which can further delay your case.
Given that it hasn’t been 3 years for you yet, you still have some time before you can apply. What you can do is just verify your absences and write them down so when it comes time to apply you don’t forget. You can also gather any other pertinent information so when your 3 years is up, you can apply quickly.
Your relatives that are coming from Pakistan can bring stuff for you - that shouldn’t even be a problem. Customs hardly opens up suitcases like that unless they have any suspicion too, like bringing in goods to sell without declaring or other illegal items. So it should be fine, even if the officer does ask them, they can say it’s a gift, so it’s not a big deal.