Mastodawn

When I was researching and then pursuing obtaining my Spanish citizenship, I came to realize that citizenship laws are incredibly varied and changeable. They'll change with the political winds, for good and bad!

It looks like Canada has gone a little against the grain and opened up its citizenship requirements!

Now anyone with a proveable ancestral connection to Canada can apply, not just one generation back! This is even better than Spain “Historical Memory" changes that are now slowly expiring!

"“In January 2025, we had 32 requests for certified copies of vital records and this year in January 2026, we've had over 1,000,” she said, adding most of those requests were made by Americans.”

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/bill-c-3-canadian-citizenship-by-descent-american-interest-9.7112724
#Canada #CanPoli #CdnPoli #Heritage #Geneology

Millions of Americans can now claim Canadian citizenship by descent. But they have to prove it | CBC News

Amid rising tensions in the United States and increased global volatility, many Americans are looking to Canada — and their roots — for a possible way out following recent changes to Canada’s citizenship rules.

CBC

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Amgine Mar 9

@chris

Something to also remember - this was a repeal of the M Harper law removing citizenship from Candians abroad in an attempt to suppress the vote. You know, like the Republicans in the USA are doing.

In repealing it (which they took a good long time dragging feet to do to fulfill that campaign promise of 2015) the LPC did what has been done by Canada previously: they applied it retroactively to anyone who might have been hurt by the previous change.

It will not apply to newborns abroad.

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Jérôme Mar 9

@Amgine @chris Harper did not/could not remove citizenship from Canadians abroad.

He removed the right for citizenships for descendants of Canadians broad abroad

Right for citizenship of people not Canadian yet, and removing citizenship, are a bit different.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgkj8gpkgwo

New 'Lost Canadians' citizenship rules now in place

Bill C-3, which became law in November, makes it easier for children born or adopted abroad by Canadians to become Canadian citizens.

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Jérôme Mar 9

@Amgine @chris What he did do to repress voting is removing the right to vote if you lived abroad for 5 years

But you were still Canadian

https://globalnews.ca/news/4835155/supreme-court-expat-voting-rights/

Was Canada’s law banning expats from voting constitutional? The Supreme Court is set to weigh in

The ruling would potentially affect more than a million Canadians who live abroad.

Global News

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Amgine

@jerome @chris

It was also found unconstitutional immediately. In other words, although it was created law in 2009, it was known **at the time of its creation to be illegal**, yet still passed by the CPC majority. Furthermore, after being elected in 2015 it was defended by the LPC all the way to the SCOC in 2019.

https://decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/17446/1/document.do