Canadian citizenship did not exist as a legal status until January 1, 1947. Before that date, people born in Canada held the status of British subject. If the ancestor your claim runs through died before that year, no Canadian government during their lifetime ever recognized them as a citizen. The line looks like it ends […]

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Updated temporary residence processing estimates published by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) on September 16 show wait times are largely on the rise. The most significant increases seen in IRCC’s latest update include: Work permits: 1 week for U.S. applicants; Study permits: 1 week for in-Canada, Nigeria-based applicants; and Super visas: 7+ weeks for […]

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Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has issued more invitations to apply (ITA) through the Express Entry system. The immigration department issued 250 ITAs in a draw for senior managers with Canadian work experience. To be considered in this draw, candidates needed to have: A minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 389; and Created an […]

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There was a time when a Canadian-born woman who married a foreign national was cut out of her citizenship status. This means that, if you have a Canadian-born grandmother, great-grandmother or other female ancestor, and she got married before a certain date, she may have historically been excluded from passing her Canadian citizenship status to […]

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Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) finalized just 2,420 proof of citizenship applications in July, continuing a downward trend in month-to-month processing. Finalizing in this context means the certificates were approved, since the department labels this figure as “proofs issued since January 1, 2026”. Between January and May of 2026, the department issued 28,940 citizenship […]

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In the two-week period between August 30 and September 13, the Express Entry pool increased by a modest 120 profiles, even with 2,085 fewer profiles reported in the 471–500 range, according to the latest data released by Canada’s immigration department. Concurrently, the number of top-scoring profiles within the pool increased by 1,257 profiles, from 20,101 […]

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Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has issued more invitations to apply (ITA) through the Express Entry system. The immigration department issued 2,000 ITAs in a draw for Canadian Experience Class candidates. To be considered in this draw, candidates needed to have: A minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 519; and Created an Express Entry candidate […]

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Newfoundland and Labrador has been greenlighted to put 1,000 more workers on its permanent residence track. The boost provides “greater capacity to respond to the workforce and demographic needs of employers, particularly in rural communities throughout the province and for government itself, especially related to healthcare, education, and social support activities,” according to a statement […]

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In Clinton County, New York, 6,988 residents told the U.S. Census Bureau they have Canadian or French Canadian ancestry. The county holds 78,493 people, working out to one in every 11. Franklin County runs close behind at one in 14, and St. Lawrence County sits at one in 17. Clinton, Franklin and St. Lawrence rank […]

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Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has issued more invitations to apply (ITA) through the Express Entry system. The immigration department issued 576 ITAs in a draw for Express Entry candidates with a provincial nomination. To be considered in this draw, candidates needed to have: A minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 734; and Created […]

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