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In order to obtain proof of Canadian citizenship, you would need to document your line of descent through historical documents and birth records.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 :) 🍁
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.
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.
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
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
The ice mines of Quebec need more fresh meat.
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
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!
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.
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Calling it “Canadian Bacon” is an automatic fail.
shredded cheese
May your gravy forever be too cold to melt the cheese.
fuckin’ just tell me im living in Interesting Times why doncha
Shredded cheese?
What about chopped up string cheese?
Straight to jail.
If you use shredded cheese then it’s just cheesy fries, not poutine
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.
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.
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.
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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.
I didn’t qualify as a kid (which is interesting because one of the things I was considering was moving to Montreal for university which would probably have lead to a very different life than I have now), but the law changes allowed me to later claim citizenship (under the 2009 change, IIRC). There is (or at least was when I did) a fair amount of documentation to write and provide about all your relatives so be ready for that.
