That includes great, great grandparents.
In order to obtain proof of Canadian citizenship, you would need to document your line of descent through historical documents and birth records.
This is real! I’m one of these people and my family is working on assembling the documentation!
Hell yeah get up here bud!
I’m already from Michigan, so I feel right at home in the cold north :) 🍁
Holy shit congrats buddy.
This means that in most cases you’re automatically a Canadian citizen if you were born
- before December 15, 2025
- outside Canada to a Canadian parent
This rule also applies to you if you were born to someone who became Canadian because of these rule changes.
I wonder if I, too, could be a citizen by recursion.
That can’t be right. That’s infinitely recursive…
Canada has only existed since 1867, so not exactly.
The law looks back further than Confederation. This was addressed in previous amendments to the Act.
It has to since Canada didn’t have independent citizenship legislation until 1947.
The citizenship law looks back before Confederation.
In fact, Canadian citizenship only came into existence in 1947. Canada has the separate constitutional authority from the 1930s but WW II held up the legislation.
Before 1947, Canadians were British subjects domiciled in Canada.
So, if I understand this correctly, if I can prove that one of my ancestors was a Canadian citizen, then all their descendants have automatically been made Canadian citizens, including me?
Yes it seems so, but only up to people born before Dec 15 2025. Anyone born after require that their Canadian parent had spent at least 3 years in Canada, in order to also be Canadian
Ugh, just missed it. I was born on the 16th
Welcome in! I’m sorry you’re here, now
Inductively so, if they’re still alive.
I was hopeful for a moment then realized that my Canadian ancestors would have been British.
If they had status as British subjects domiciled in Canada pre1947, or domiciled in a predecessor colony before Confederation, that would be considered Canadian.
For example, they could have been born in the colony of Nova Scotia before 1867, or they could have moved from the UK to Nova Scotia and, effectively, become British subjects domiciled in Nova Scotia.
It’s worth the deep dive genealogically if you’re seriously considering applying for a certificate of citizenship.
Very interesting. I’ll have to look into it. Fortunately, I have family on both sides who were very into family history; they were diehard Mormons.
Even if you and others don’t want to get citizenships in place for yourselves, it would be important to get it in place and document time in Canada, as future generations born after December 15, 2025 will have to have parents who spent 1095 in Canada.
Guess we’re going to be Canada
Not me! My great great great great grandmother died in Quebec, but that’s about my only connection to Canada :P
The ice mines of Quebec need more fresh meat.
Am I the only one that read this as an incest joke?
If it’s a joke, I don’t understand my own joke :P
Anyone want to be my parent? Asking for a friend.
Holy shit, I might be a Canadian citizen!
My genealogy might finally pay off! I have a lot of French Canadians back in my family tree. Now to track down the documents to prove it
BanQ is an official archival database from the province of Quebec.
The subreddit has information in its ‘How to find Documents’ FAQ.
For Quebec you can find a lot of birth records here
Looks like my 2nd great grandfather was born in Hawkesbury, Ontario in 1881! I think that means I qualify!
You’ll want to start here for a birth record.
https://www.archives.gov.on.ca/topic/birth-marriage-and-death/
Lots of details captured here on how to apply and what forms you need https://www.reddit.com/r/Canadiancitizenship/wiki/index/
Hawkesbury has a really good Taco Bell. Probably didn’t in 1881 though.
Thank you!
I like poutine. Will that work?
Depends if you use real cheese curds or shredded cheese.
Do people use shredded cheese?! What the fuck?
The curds at the grocer here are 12USD for an 8oz pack and they don’t squeak. I don’t blame them, but I wouldn’t call it poutine.
They don’t squeak because they have been refrigerated. Heathens!!!
Shredded cheese on poutine is an automatic life sentence without parole.
There weren’t no cheese curd purveyors in rural Alberty when I was growin’ up 😞. Sometimes ya gotta make due.
It should be the single question on our citizenship test. “Do you put shredded cheese on poutine?” If yes, you get shot on the spot. Sorry, this is Canada, you get hung.
I wouldn’t mind being hung. Did you mean hanged?
He forgot a word… they hang you on a goal and you get SLAP shot.
Worst case you also get drafted… for the Ottawa Sens!
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Calling it “Canadian Bacon” is an automatic fail.
Shredded cheese?
shredded cheese
May your gravy forever be too cold to melt the cheese.
fuckin’ just tell me im living in Interesting Times why doncha
If you use shredded cheese then it’s just cheesy fries, not poutine
What about chopped up string cheese?
Straight to jail.
My brother lives an hour from the border, is that close enough?!?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aroostook_War
If your family has been living in part of that yellow area for a long time, maybe.
Unfortunately no, my bro is a “flatlander” who moved to Vermont 25 years ago or so. I was just kidding. Well, minus the sentiment, I just know I have no shot.
I strongly believe that the yellow should have all been Canadian. It’s dumb having to drive over Maine when heading to the east coast if you don’t want to go through the US
What if my ex was 1/4 Canadian? Do I have to re-marry her?
Can I marry your ex? I want out of here.
If she is there and so are the kids, you probably have some kind of path to citizenship or at least residency, even if it is not immediate. Being the parent / guardian of a citizen is something to start with in most places, at least. But only if they are actually there.
If there are no kids involved and you are no longer married, I would guess that you have nothing to work with.
I did my genealogy a couple of summers ago, and found out that my maternal grandmother’s family came from Canada to Syracuse for factory work, in the late 19th century.
I am definitely going to be looking into this.
Canadians and I both come from chimps does that qualify me for Canadian citizenship \s
That includes great, great grandparents.
Two of my great, great grandparents (my grandfather’s grandparents) were born in Canada. Reading through the law, I’m having trouble identifying exactly where this makes me eligible. Can I ask for a bit of help pointed in the right direction?
I have my birth certificate linking me to my father, his birth certificate linking him to my grandfather. Then US census records linking my grandfather to my great grandmother, and US census records linking her to her (Canadian born) parents. I guess I need to find proof of their Canadian births…
Go read the FAQ on this… you are probably reading some old info. The law changed due to the old law being ruled unconstitutional. You are most likely eligible based on what you’ve stated.
What I would do is pay a lawyer in Canada to get their birth certificates.
I would look at the FAQ on finding n documentation in the subreddit.
Family Search and Ancestry will help find Census records, birth certificates and baptismal records (for periods before civil registration which came quite late in several provinces).
Once you know where and when your Canadian ancestors were born, you will be in a good place to get a baptismal record from the appropriate provincial archives.
For this, it’s unlikely that you’ll need a lawyer.
However, if you’re looking for legal expertise, the two most experienced in citizenship by descent (practising in BC and Quebec) were guests on this recent Borderlines Podcast.
Come, friends.
Hey, it’s the person that taught me to make paper!
Hey paper person!
I really wish I could.
Hi! Did you make paper yet? Maybe some day.
Yes! Went out that day and got everything for like $20. Still haven’t gotten down the transfer from the screen to couch, but that’s alright! Honing a skill is like half the fun right?
Totally, and such a cheap hobby. I’m glad you’re inspired!
Plus you can just remake all the sheets you fuck up.
I’ve experimented with so many methods, best I’ve found for pure plant fibre sheets (if you don’t want to spend forever sponging) is to just flip your whole screen with the sheet onto whatever drying surface you use(as long as it’s smooth and flat) sponge the back through the screen, wait for it to dry a bit until the paper holds together on its own, then peel the screen off with a butter knife.
I’m sure you’ll figure out your own thing, though. Some people just leave them on the screens till dry.
That gives me a good idea! Sponge it during the flip!
Like you get the fibers on the screen, let drain, flip onto drying surface, but before lifting the screen sponge it on the back.
New skill unlocked! :: Pokemon evolution fanfare plays::
Edit: anyone seeing this later, that does not work! You end up pulling fibers into to screen and making it harder to lift up cleanly.
Exactly! Have fun!
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nvm… only applies to people born after law took effect.
You don’t seem to understand the effect of C-3 coming into force.
If you were born to or adopted by any parent who can trace a line of descent back to a Canadian by birth or naturalization (or a British subject domiciled in Canada pre1947), then you are probably a Canadian citizen as of December 15, 2025.
For persons born or adopted after December 15, 2025, their Canadian parent born or adopted outside Canada will need to demonstrate 1095 days of presence in Canada prior to their birth or adoption.
Oh, that’s interesting. My father had our lineage researched and learned that an ancestor took the side of the British during the USA revolutionary war. He had to move to Canada after the colonies won their independence due to a campaign of harassment in which his barn was burned down.
The most interesting thing about it before now was that someone in my family history had supported the other team. Now it might have actual bearing on my life instead of just being a fun story.
So it’s blood only? My mum was Canadian, but I’m adopted.
This is a straightforward case as long as you were adopted when your mother had citizenship status and the adoption took place before December 15, 2025.
Whether your mum was born in Canada or a Canadian citizen by descent, you’ll need go through a two-step process with some help from your mum.
Step 1 - Your mother’s citizenship status needs to be confirmed by IRCC. When this is done, an identifier will be created so you can complete step 2.
Step 2 - your adoption is documented so that IRCC can provide a grant of citizenship.
Here is the page with the forms - they haven’t all been updated yet to say that the first generation limit doesn’t apply to your parent.
If you were born or adopted before December 15, 2025
Citizenship may have been restored or given to people who were born outside Canada in the second generation or later before December 15, 2025.
This means that in most cases you’re automatically a Canadian citizen if you were born
- before December 15, 2025
- outside Canada to a Canadian parent
This rule also applies to you if you were born to someone who became Canadian because of these rule changes.
If this change made you a Canadian automatically, but you don’t want to be one, you can apply to give up (renounce) your Canadian citizenship.
Adopted people are likely eligible to apply for Canadian citizenship through a direct grant for adopted people if they were born and adopted outside Canada in the second generation or later before December 15, 2025.
I’m not a lawyer, but I think it is worth investigating further from your end.
Damn. My wife and I were just talking about this. My Great grandmother was Canadian and I thought it was too far out for me to consider going for citizenship.
You’re probably Canadian, just need to submit for your certificate
