On December 15, 2025, Bill C-3 changed who counts as Canadian. Since it took effect, Americans who had never thought much about their Canadian grandmother or great-grandfather became dual US-Canadian citizens overnight. Many have been searching for birth records since and then applying for Canadian citizenship certificates to fully avail of their rights as Canadian […]
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