Canada's Citizenship Surge: New Rules Attract Americans

0:00Canada's immigration folks are seeing a big jump in citizenship applications lately, mostly from Americans cashing in on fresh rules from Bill. C3. These changes let parents pass citizenship to kids born abroad more easily, scrapping the old first generation limit. In January alone, they got 8,900 applications for proof of citizenship, up almost 50% from the 5,000-9. A ton of those came from the U.S., about 2,470, making it the top spot. The U.K. followed with 290, Mexico with 235, and nobody else cracked more than 140. From mid-December last year through late January, total apps hit 12,430. This all stems from a court ruling last December that called the old citizenship limit unconstitutional and the government didn't fight it. Or 2009, no such limit existed, but a block second-gen kids born outside Canada from automatic

1:00citizenship if their parent was. Also born abroad. Now, under the new setup effective, December 15, 2025, second-gen or later folks, born abroad can claim citizenship if their Canadian parent logged at least 1,095 days, or three years in Canada before the birth or adoption. Some are even getting retroactive status, and if you don't want it, you can renounce. While Canada is opening up like this, other spots are going the opposite way. Italy kept dissent to grandparents last year, Finland bumped residency, take years, and Sweden's eyeing the same to push integration. Local news, powered by AI, this is Canada News Today. I'm Corey with the story.