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Ms. Toad

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7. Looks like Bill C-3 changed that.

Reply to Coloradan4Truth (Reply #3)

Sun Mar 1, 2026, 06:29 PM

Sunday

It is now any ancestor, not just a parent.

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/2025/12/bill-c-3-an-act-to-amend-the-citizenship-act-2025-comes-into-effect.html

Bill C-3 extends access to citizenship to these remaining “Lost Canadians,” their descendants and those born abroad to or adopted abroad by a Canadian parent in the second or later generation before the new law came into effect.

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I will be applying for this sometime this year EdmondDantes_ Sunday #1

That is what we usually do. Hope22 Sunday #2

Rules about parent Coloradan4Truth Sunday #3

Looks like Bill C-3 changed that. Ms. Toad Sunday #7

I'm a Canadian citizen it seems ornotna Sunday #19

If I were in your shoes, I would. Ms. Toad Sunday #20

According to family lore EverHopeful Sunday #4

We were Canadian for 3 generations. My dad was born there. MaryMagdaline Sunday #5

Yay senseandsensibility Sunday #6

Here's the Canadian site about it EdmondDantes_ Sunday #11

Thanks! senseandsensibility Sunday #12

I'm doing this now because of the changes. Justice Sunday #8

One of my grandmothers came in through Canada from Ireland. Hassin Bin Sober Sunday #9

I'm Canadian by birth via Bill C-3. roamer65 Sunday #10

Lucky you! erronis Sunday #13

Literally a dream come true. roamer65 Sunday #15

Does that include First Nations people? wnylib Sunday #14

Great question. I hope the First Nations areas are also counted. erronis Sunday #16

Interesting! shanti Sunday #17

Acadian ventuckian Sunday #18

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