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Publication Date: May 19, 2026 - 09:41

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Americans seek their Canadian ancestry – and citizenship

May 19, 2026
The Canadian Press spoke to Americans who are hoping to be confirmed as Canadian citizens, after recent law changes lifted the so-called 'first-generation limit' on citizenship by descent. Some are looking back hundreds of years, long before Confederation, to find an ancestor born in what is now Canada.


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