Question about citizenship

[FarukFS]

Hello, I hope that you are having a nice day.

I have a question. I know it is something really unlikely, but, my great grandfather born in 1912 was a Canadian citizen (By birth), my grandmother was born outside Canada in 1943, my father also born outside Canada in 1972, and myself, born in 2000.

Can I or my father become a Canadian citizen? If so, how?.

Thanks.

 

[zardoz]

Hello, I hope that you are having a nice day.

I have a question. I know it is something really unlikely, but, my great grandfather born in 1912 was a Canadian citizen (By birth), my grandmother was born outside Canada in 1943, my father also born outside Canada in 1972, and myself, born in 2000.

Can I or my father become a Canadian citizen? If so, how?.

Thanks.

I believe that the answer for both is no. However, there are some members of the forum who have studied the legislation in detail and can provide a reasoned response. Wait for one of these to answer the question.

Please provide more information about each generation, including country of birth, marital status at the time of children's birth etc.

 

[hawk39]

Hello, I hope that you are having a nice day.

I have a question. I know it is something really unlikely, but, my great grandfather born in 1912 was a Canadian citizen (By birth), my grandmother was born outside Canada in 1943, my father also born outside Canada in 1972, and myself, born in 2000.

Can I or my father become a Canadian citizen? If so, how?.

Thanks.

Provided that your great-grandfather did not voluntarily renounce his British subject status, became a Canadian citizen in 1947, and maintained it since then, and your grandmother applied for retention of her Canadian citizenship before her 24th birthday, the only way for you to be eligible for citizenship by descent today is if your father had applied for a special grant of citizenship under 5(2)(b) of the 1977 Citizenship Act before your birth in 2000.

If your father applied for this grant after your birth but before its discontinuation in 2004, then he would be a citizen today but you would not, because the grant was not retroactive to his date of birth.

If your grandmother did not apply for retention, then citizenship by descent ends with her as the 2009 Act restored citizenship that was lost due to previous legislation (i.e. failure to apply for retention) to date of loss, but also implemented the first generation limit on citizenship by descent.