Resumption of Canadian citizenship
Former Canadian citizens who lost their citizenship as adults are generally required to obtain landed immigrant (permanent resident) status under normal rules and live in Canada for one year in order to resume Canadian citizenship.
As of 5 May 2005, a special concession has been made to those who lost Canadian citizenship as minors between 1 January 1947 and 14 February 1977 based on a parent’s loss of Canadian citizenship. These persons now have an unqualified right to resume Canadian citizenship without actually residing in Canada.
Former Canadians who lost British subject status before 1947 have no specific rights to Canadian citizenship, except in the case of women who lost British subject status on marriage to a foreign man.
Andrea Johnson said,
June 17, 2007 @ 3:33 am
I had a question ….if my american husband ( born in the US, never lived in Canada) can aquire his canadian citizenship. His materanal grandmother was canadian. She birthed his mother in the US, so she was technically also canadian but did not realize it so never obtained the certificate. She would have turned 28 in 1975 and my husband was born in 1973. Is he eligeable to obtain canadian citizenship through this avenue?
Jana Zimmer said,
August 9, 2007 @ 1:02 pm
I acquired Canadian citizenship in about 1953 (immigrated from Czechoslovakia as a refugee). I obtained green card for U.S. in 1963 (I was under age), lost my Canadian citizenship in about 1973. Can my U.S. born son (1967) obtain Canadian citizenship through this provision? I was still a Canadian citizen living in the U.S. when he was born.