Canada to amend citizenship oath and guide to include Indigenous people The Canadian citizenship oath and guide will soon be amended to include Indigenous people.Indigenous people will soon be included in Canada’s citizenship oath, and guide. By Shelby Thevenot
How to get citizenship if your parent is Canadian If your parent is a Canadian citizen, you too may be eligible to become a citizen. Canadian citizens can pass on citizenship to their children who were born overseas. By Mohanad Moetaz
How Canadian citizenship processes may change in the future IRCC released details of its report on the citizenship program between 2013 and 2018.A recent immigration department self-evaluation highlights areas where Canadian citizenship processes could be improved. By Shelby Thevenot
Canada is resuming citizenship testing online Canada is now offering citizenship tests online after the pandemic forced testing to cease in March.Eight months after all citizenship tests were cancelled, Canada is now making the test available online. By Shelby Thevenot
Advocates calling on Canada to resolve citizenship application backlog At least 85,000 people are waiting to get Canadian citizenshipCitizenship-applicants and their supporters are calling on the federal government to address the backlog that is preventing thousands from becoming Canadian citizens. By Shelby Thevenot
Online Canadian citizenship testing is no quick fix ANALYSIS: The problem with offering citizenship tests online and the problem of having none at all.With citizenship tests suspended as part of Canada’s coronavirus response, tens of thousands of would-be Canadians are blocked from getting a passport and the right to vote. By Shelby Thevenot
How to get Canadian citizenship for U.S.-born children Canadians can pass on citizenship to their children who were born in the U.S. by applying for a “Proof of Citizenship.”U.S.-born children of Canadians can automatically get Canadian citizenship. By Shelby Thevenot
How foreign-born children of Canadians get citizenship Applying for a “Proof of Citizenship” will allow the foreign-born sons and daughters of Canadians to bypass the immigration process.Canadian parents automatically pass on citizenship to their children, no matter where they’re born. By Shelby Thevenot
Canada expects a 40 per cent increase in citizenship among immigrants by 2024 Policy changes made by Canada over the past decade have hurt naturalization rates, but recent reforms could change thatA new Statistics Canada study that shows fewer recent immigrants are gaining Canadian citizenship is cause for concern, but improvements are on the horizon. By Kareem El-Assal
