Parent (or grandparent) born in Canada? You’re Canadian!
In Canada Immigration NewsWas your mother or father born or naturalized in Canada? Under the 2009 and 2015 amendments to Canada's Citizenship Act, nearly everyone whose parent was born or naturalized in Canada is now a Canadian citizen. This is true even if your parent left Canada as a child; married an American citizen (or other non-Canadian); or became a U.S. citizen (or citizen of another country). There is no age limit on claiming your Canadian citizenship. If your parent was naturalized in Canada, the naturalization must have occurred before you were born. Until recently these laws applied only to the first generation born...
