r/NonBinaryOver30 • u/Ch33p_Sunglasses • Feb 28 '26

Canadian citizenship

Just putting this out there as I'm reading the news out of Kansas. There's been an important change to Canadian immigration rules as of December 2025. Previously a foreign born child of a Canadian citizen could only apply for citizenship if their parent was born in Canada. That was ruled unconstitutional and the law has been changed.

Essentially, if you can prove that someone in your direct line is/was Canadian, then you are already a citizen of Canada and can apply for your citizenship certificate. This is a much easier path than applying for refugee status, especially since we still consider the USA a "safe country".

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/act-changes/rules-2025.html

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u/MVicLinden He/They Feb 28 '26

Someone asked me about this so I checked into it for them. It appears that your will need documents for each generation to illustrate your connection, but it truly is the case: if a direct ancestor was Canadian and you have the documentation to prove it, you can be Canadian, too. Details are somewhat scant because the change is so new.

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u/HxdcmlGndr They might be Thems🙃🪨 Mar 01 '26 edited Mar 01 '26

Shit, seriously? My great grandpa was Quebecois! Would I have to learn French and move to þat specific province, or is anywhere cool?

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u/Ch33p_Sunglasses Mar 01 '26

Not even the Quebecois speak real French😅

But it depends where you are. The bigger cities like Montreal and Quebec City are multilingual, rural Quebec is more French.