Millions of Americans are now eligible for Canadian citizenship and many are applying ‘just in case’

Boards of Canada are dropping a new album ✌🏼

Why should I move?? He’s the one who sucks!

No one in the comments has read the article apparently. This is specifically about Canadian citizens giving birth to a child elsewhere and them also having a child, and passing on their citizenship status to the kid. This has nothing to do with normal US citizens getting Canadian citizenship. It’s about descendants of Canadians getting citizenship easier.

me then: My family has been in the US since before there was a US on one side, and since the American Revolution on the other. Me now: goddammit couldn't someone have emigrated in the last century from \*anywhere\* else??

I think that any American that voted for Trump should not be eligible to be a Canadian. F*** off and enjoy your racist consequences.

Lotsa fear mongering in this thread. Most people looking into this will see how tedious all the red tape is and won’t bother filling it out.

So millions of vote affecting future Canadian elections then.

I'd like to see if there are America-specific questions in screening. "Are you, or have you ever been a supporter of MAGA"

As a Canadian, I'm not sure if I like it. And if you want to come to Canada, PLEASE leave your american values behind. Don't complain 5 years later that you have to pay taxes. For instance, free healthcare is not FREE. It's paid by all of us, for all of us. Edit: Your actions will speak for yourself. Even you're not like that individually, the perception of americans isn't good right now. You'll have to get used to it. People can't know if you're liberal, conservative, or in the middle...

I'm American but my grandmother was Canadian - currently I am gathering all the documents to prove my lineage and I should have those in a few weeks and be able to apply for proof of citizenship. Very exciting!! I'm already a Canadian permanent resident so this allows me to skip the citizenship test and just become a citizen.

Jealous of those who qualify

Canada: America's Plan B

My ancestors were deported from Canada in the 1700's, can I have one please?

"Just in case"? If I had the means, I'd be out of the USA in a heartbeat. I love the USA and the people in it, but holy shit. The amount of chaos I've seen in the last decade has been staggering, tiring, and has completely ruined the America I thought I knew. Too many people are busy fighting other people in their same tax bracket, instead of looking up at the 1% of people causing all the problems.

Threatening to move to Canada if your side loses an election is a time honored American tradition. Nice to see Canada calling people’s bluff.

They're applying so they can work in the US until retirement (more salary, less taxation), but then move to Canada in their old age when they need a lot of healthcare so they don't have to pay through the nose for it. As a Canadian taxpayer in the highest bracket, I sure am looking forward to all these people, who have never paid taxes to Canada in their life, coming up and bankrupting the healthcare system while I still wait in line to maybe get a family GP before I'm in my 50s.

Anyone with a skill that isnt MAGA is welcome to come here imho.  There should be a social media search done on people saying they voted trump though, and obviously they can stay home

My dad is Canadian and grew up in Canada his entire childhood but moved to the United States (VT) at 19. He was born in the US as a child so I was never able to apply and he wasn’t able to pass it down to me due to first generation limit. I’m currently waiting for my proof after sending in his proof and should be able to apply for my passport soon. As someone who lives near by in the US and often travels to Canada for work/Habs games/family… this is such a great change. Yes I’m applying as a what if, but it also should have been available to me from the time I was born.

Id love to move to a country where I don't need to worry about bankruptcy if I have a health situation

I saw earlier today there's a representative (from Ohio IIRC) who's trying (indirectly) to block this by introducing legislation outlawing dual citizenship.

The perception of Canada as some utopia despite it having many similar issues to the US right now is entertaining

Yeesh, sorry for you Canada

More third world refugees!

The grass is always greener on the other side, but without wealth, a job, or secure income, living there is a struggle.

If you a trump fellatiating MAGA shite, stay the F*** outta Canada.

“Go back to your own country, we don’t want low class people to bring their inherently violent and oppressive cultures here.”

I wonder if the US wishes to be the 11th province? /s

To anyone thinking about running. The country needs you...the world needs you to stand your ground for a couple more years. Just look what happened in Hungary. After 16 years, The Hungarians tossed out their authoritarian, right wing government. If they can do it, so can we. Just Imagine if 1/4 of us can convince 1 person to abandon MAGA, we can end this hateful movement.

So inquiries have surged all the way to 100 a month. Wow………

Better close that f****** loophole.

*”When Donald Trump was first elected in 2016, New York State resident Ellen Robillard briefly looked into getting Canadian citizenship. **Her mother, after all, was born in Nova Scotia**.”* *”As a Democrat, ‎[Ellen‎] Robillard was despondent at the election results, but she abandoned the idea after realizing that her young son wouldn’t be eligible for citizenship under a law that barred Canadians born abroad from passing their citizenship to children if they were also born outside Canada.”* *”In 2023, however, the Canadian courts ruled that law unconstitutional and the changes to eligibility came into effect in December, suddenly opening up a pathway to Canadian citizenship for many Americans at a time of political upheaval, violence and uncertainty in the US.”* *”Robillard, 52, is applying for citizenship with her son now that the first-generation rule has been scrapped...”* *”Since criteria for citizenship expanded with the passage of Bill C-3 of Canada’s Citizenship Act, millions of Americans have become eligible to claim Canadian citizenship. The amendment reverses a “first-generation” limit imposed by Canada’s Conservative government in 2009. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, the government department that oversees immigration in Canada, says it expects tens of thousands of applications…”* ***”As long as applicants can provide proof of direct lineage from a parent or grandparent or even great-grandparent who became a Canadian citizen on or after January 1, 1947, they can make claims (the date varies for the province of Newfoundland). If an ancestor renounced citizenship, rights to Canadian citizenship end there.”*** The devil is in the details, folks!… EDITED: For more clarity.

Any childless Canadians out there looking to adopt? I know of a 46yo, pretty average American dude who’s looking for a good home in a sane country. Housebroken, up to date on shots, fluent in Stepbrothers quotes. Open to top or bottom bunk.

If you are MAGA, f*** right off. You are not welcome in Canada. We have enough idiots here already and we don't need you knuckle draggers lowering our collective IQ.

Little do they know that Canada actually sucks now so come one come all and find out for yourselves

Hah good luck with Canada's also recent anti immigration wave

Question for any Canadians out there. Do you *want* this? Because I thought you were having a housing crisis without a bunch of people now suddenly having the right to claim your homeland because of an ancestor from the 1800s. Not to mention how more people might impact your social safety net is whatever resources have to magically be stretched thinner. And I don't know about your job market, but if there's a similar amount of fuckery going on over there, is more competition like that in your best interest? To the Americans who can benefit, this is great. But as a random outsider who, if anything, has seen people say there's been too much immigration in recent years, is this something that Canadians think will actually make their lives better?

Upset Canadians born in Canada should understand that MAGA Americans ain't going through this long process and moving to Canada. You can relax.

fuuuuuuuck that noise, keep their toxic culture asses south of the border please, unless they got a specific skill we need. we already have a maple maga issue here, we don't need to add potentially new fuel to that particular dumpster fire.

Fix your own f****** country. You all are just going to come up here and f*** puts up.

most of them are trying to take advantage of canada healthcare. I wish the court had not overturned the case. we are in enough debt and dont need people who have not contributed to living here for the past 20 years

Must be nice to have the ability to pack up and move. Why not fight to make this country better?

I looked into it when the new change was first announced. Unfortunately after talking to my mom, I've learned all 4 of my grandparents were from the US as well as all 8 of my great-grandparents, all 16 of my great-great-grandparents are either from the US or Europe. No Canadian citizenship for me. 😓

All 8 of my great grandparents are canadian. So is my husband. I live 7 miles from the border, my whole family has for a century.

They want that tax base

Uh... Canadians, what do you figure happens if all the people who want to stop Trump just flee to Canada instead?