Canadian Citizenship

In a move that is likely to be of great benefit to immigrants to Canada who ultimately wish to obtain Canadian citizenship, the Liberal government of Canada has proposed a range of sweeping [...]

Written by New Canadian Media by Leah Bjornson in Vancouver In this week’s round-up of what’s been making headlines in Canada’s ethnic media: The Liberal government is set to repeal Bill C-24; [...]

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister John McCallum recently introduced An Act to Amend the Citizenship Act. The changes in the proposed legislation would provide greater flexibility for [...]

Minister McCallum Delivers the Oath of Citizenship for the first time. The Honourable John McCallum, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, welcomes 100 new Canadians from 28 [...]

Statement from Citizenship and Immigration Canada Passport integrity Ottawa, September 23, 2015 – Recent suggestions in media reports that passport security has in any way been compromised are [...]

To celebrate Canada Day 2015, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) will be holding 52 special citizenship ceremonies across Canada. These ceremonies will welcome new citizens and highlight [...]

In celebration of the Journée internationale de la Francophonie, Minister Alexander welcomes new citizens at a special citizenship ceremony Canada is a destination of choice for many Francophones [...]

Toronto, Ontario — One hundred new citizens from 58 countries were sworn in as new Canadians today at a special sport-themed citizenship ceremony that kicked off the 100-day countdown to the [...]

Record number of new citizens welcomed in 2014 Ontario — Canada welcomed more than 260,000 new Canadian citizens this year, thanks to the government’s improvements to the citizenship [...]