Big news: Canada changed their citizenship rules and now if you've ever had a direct ancestor who was a citizen, you are now automatically a citizen too!
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@RachelThornSub That's not my read of it based on:
- "Second generation or later: Also born outside Canada to a first-generation person. This person is now Canadian in some situations."
- "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 rule also applies to you if you were born to someone who became Canadian because of these rule changes."The last point is the one that really seems like it applies to any direct ancestor. What do you think?
@rival_elf @RachelThornSub "Second generation or later"...'later' here seems ambiguous. Later as in more recent? Or later as in prior to second? Don't get me wrong, the more Canadians the better, but the wording is confusing.
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@rival_elf I've read the linked document and I don't see where it says that.
@cholling @rival_elf it seems to be recursive
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Big news: Canada changed their citizenship rules and now if you've ever had a direct ancestor who was a citizen, you are now automatically a citizen too! https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/act-changes/rules-2025.html
I've been sharing this around, and I know a few people who've discovered they're now Canadian citizens!
@rival_elf wait, what?? My grandfather was Canadian!!
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Some caveats:
1) You must have been born before December 15, 2025 for this to apply (which if you're reading this, you are), and
2) You (obviously) need to be able to be able to provide some proof of your claim@rival_elf it looks like there’s a little bit more to it: if your grandparent was a citizen but your parent never became one, you have to prove that your grandparent was a citizen and that your parent spent at least 1,095 days (3 years non consecutively) in Canada before you were born. This applies to my dad (my great-grandfather was a citizen), but I think even if my dad got citizenship now under this rule the same 1095 day requirement would still stand for him for me to get it
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Big news: Canada changed their citizenship rules and now if you've ever had a direct ancestor who was a citizen, you are now automatically a citizen too! https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/act-changes/rules-2025.html
I've been sharing this around, and I know a few people who've discovered they're now Canadian citizens!
@rival_elf If only an uncle counted! #Canada
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@rival_elf @RachelThornSub "Second generation or later"...'later' here seems ambiguous. Later as in more recent? Or later as in prior to second? Don't get me wrong, the more Canadians the better, but the wording is confusing.
@Bumblefish @rival_elf @RachelThornSub yes, I think second generation or later means second or first generation. A number of countries go back to grandparents.
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Big news: Canada changed their citizenship rules and now if you've ever had a direct ancestor who was a citizen, you are now automatically a citizen too! https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/act-changes/rules-2025.html
I've been sharing this around, and I know a few people who've discovered they're now Canadian citizens!
@rival_elf Huh. My grandmother was born in Canada (her family had just left Poland). But soon after she was born, they traveled to Florida (USA) where she was raised. I doubt she ever obtained citizenship, but it's worth it for me to investigate if I (and my son) qualify.
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Big news: Canada changed their citizenship rules and now if you've ever had a direct ancestor who was a citizen, you are now automatically a citizen too! https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/act-changes/rules-2025.html
I've been sharing this around, and I know a few people who've discovered they're now Canadian citizens!
@rival_elf Dang, I wish the EU would do the same
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Big news: Canada changed their citizenship rules and now if you've ever had a direct ancestor who was a citizen, you are now automatically a citizen too! https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/act-changes/rules-2025.html
I've been sharing this around, and I know a few people who've discovered they're now Canadian citizens!
@rival_elf now I need to ask my grandmother if she was a citizen when she lived in Toronto as a kid...
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Big news: Canada changed their citizenship rules and now if you've ever had a direct ancestor who was a citizen, you are now automatically a citizen too! https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/act-changes/rules-2025.html
I've been sharing this around, and I know a few people who've discovered they're now Canadian citizens!
@rival_elf OK, don't come crying to us when the flood of immigrants starts eating your dogs and cats! </sarcasm>
Sadly, I don't think anyone in my family was Canadian. Jealous.
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Big news: Canada changed their citizenship rules and now if you've ever had a direct ancestor who was a citizen, you are now automatically a citizen too! https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/act-changes/rules-2025.html
I've been sharing this around, and I know a few people who've discovered they're now Canadian citizens!
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Big news: Canada changed their citizenship rules and now if you've ever had a direct ancestor who was a citizen, you are now automatically a citizen too! https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/act-changes/rules-2025.html
I've been sharing this around, and I know a few people who've discovered they're now Canadian citizens!
@rival_elf Interesting! I'd have to check, but I might qualify on my maternal side.
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Big news: Canada changed their citizenship rules and now if you've ever had a direct ancestor who was a citizen, you are now automatically a citizen too! https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/act-changes/rules-2025.html
I've been sharing this around, and I know a few people who've discovered they're now Canadian citizens!
My mother was a Canadian. I applied and I should get my citizenship papers around September of this year.
I never knew I could be a citizen. But I am pretty sure one could be three generations and get papers. Unfortunately, one cannot get papers if the applicant is adopted. -
Some caveats:
1) You must have been born before December 15, 2025 for this to apply (which if you're reading this, you are), and
2) You (obviously) need to be able to be able to provide some proof of your claim@rival_elf I believe there’s one more caveat; your ancestor has to have already been a Canadian citizen at the time their child (who you descend from) was born.
For example, if your grandparent moved to Canada and became a citizen after your parent was born, then your parent would not become a citizen and it won’t pass down through you.
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Big news: Canada changed their citizenship rules and now if you've ever had a direct ancestor who was a citizen, you are now automatically a citizen too! https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/act-changes/rules-2025.html
I've been sharing this around, and I know a few people who've discovered they're now Canadian citizens!
@rival_elf@infosec.exchange one of my friends learned they were canadian because of this post, thank you!
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Big news: Canada changed their citizenship rules and now if you've ever had a direct ancestor who was a citizen, you are now automatically a citizen too! https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/act-changes/rules-2025.html
I've been sharing this around, and I know a few people who've discovered they're now Canadian citizens!
@rival_elf
In my case, I am 5th 6th and 7th generation Canadian, however, Canada was not a nation five generations before me (I'm 73 now). Hard to prove citizenship of a nation that wasn't a nation... -
@rival_elf I believe there’s one more caveat; your ancestor has to have already been a Canadian citizen at the time their child (who you descend from) was born.
For example, if your grandparent moved to Canada and became a citizen after your parent was born, then your parent would not become a citizen and it won’t pass down through you.
@ojarjur where is that on the page?
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@rival_elf it looks like there’s a little bit more to it: if your grandparent was a citizen but your parent never became one, you have to prove that your grandparent was a citizen and that your parent spent at least 1,095 days (3 years non consecutively) in Canada before you were born. This applies to my dad (my great-grandfather was a citizen), but I think even if my dad got citizenship now under this rule the same 1095 day requirement would still stand for him for me to get it
@janeadams where does it say that on the page?
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@ojarjur where is that on the page?
@rival_elf I didn’t get that from the page; I got it from reading through the citizenship laws that I could find online.
Here’s the best source I could find: https://lop.parl.ca/staticfiles/PublicWebsite/Home/ResearchPublications/LegislativeSummaries/PDF/45-1/PV_45-1-C3-E.pdf
From that doc: “Clause 1(8) of the bill amends section 3(3) of the Act to confer citizenship by descent
to persons born abroad after the first generation provided that, prior to that person’s
birth, their parent was a Canadian citizen who had a substantial connection to
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Big news: Canada changed their citizenship rules and now if you've ever had a direct ancestor who was a citizen, you are now automatically a citizen too! https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/act-changes/rules-2025.html
I've been sharing this around, and I know a few people who've discovered they're now Canadian citizens!
@rival_elf Oh good. My dad was born Canadian, and he remained Canadian until the French objected that he couldn't be part of the team negotiating the UK's entry into the EU because he wasn't a UK citizen.
