Prior to Bill C-3, An Act to Amend the Citizenship Act (2025), citizenship by descent for those born abroad was limited to the first generation.
But now, Canadian citizenship is being retroactively granted to people born before the new law came into effect on Dec. 15, 2025, who would have been citizens if not for the first-generation limit. Different criteria, however, apply to those born on or after that date.
I read it as dissent and was already gathering all my memes to prove it. What a let down 😦
My wife’s grandmother was born in Newfoundland in 1900. Before it was Canadian. I wonder if that counts.
If your grandmother was a Canadian citizen, it counts. Look into it now not tomorrow
I’ll have to find a birth certificate. She was born in an outport. And the church burned down. Not an easy task
Well, Canada would have record of her citizenship regardless of her birth certificate. Someone in the family must know that at least?
Outports were not part of the modern world. More like permanent waterside campsites. No water, power, roads. She was born in St. Kyrans. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Kyran's,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador It was part of the UK at the time.
I’m glad that those people can, but here I am with largely British heritage shit out of luck for getting anywhere out of Amerikkka. My wife’s Oma was French-Canadian, though, so I wonder if that’d work…
If she was a Canadian citizen, yes it counts. Look into it now not tomorrow. Martial law is in October, you will not be able to get out then.
Wait, what? Martial law? Thafuq did I miss?
You…. Didn’t really think this wasn’t going to turn into a total takeover of the entire country… did you?
You thought…. This was gonna end?
Oh boy, are you going to be really surprised.
Germany passed a similar law in 2021 allowing citizenship for folks that had otherwise been denied in the past. I missed it by one generation. My grandfather would have been eligible, and by proxy I would too, but he passed away right before the German law went into effect.
For those exploring the German one, there’s only a 10 year window beginning in 2021 to follow through with it. After that this path closes again.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe the Canadian one is even more broad. There’s nothing in it that seems to say that the relatives need to be alive, nor is there anything saying how many generations you can go back.
Edit:
“There’s no limit on how many generations you can go back, as long as you can prove it,” Fultz said.
So, if this goes back all the way to the colonies, then I probably can apply, since my great-great-great grandfather was born in Quebec. So long has his birth record still counts (it was logged in a church’s record book)
