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Bill S-245

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 12, 2023
An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (granting citizenship to certain Canadians)
  • This bill changes the Citizenship Act so that certain people who have lost their Canadian citizenship can regain it. It applies to those who previously applied to keep their citizenship but were rejected, and to those born outside Canada after February 14, 1977, who would be citizens if they had applied before April 17, 2009. There is an exception for those who were citizens on June 11, 2015. This bill only affects certain individuals and does not change the requirements for obtaining Canadian citizenship.
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First Session, Forty-fourth Parliament,

70-71 Elizabeth II, 2021-2022

SENATE OF CANADA

BILL S-245
An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (granting citizenship to certain Canadians)
AS PASSED
BY THE SENATE
May 17, 2022
4412022


SUMMARY

This enactment amends the Citizenship Act to permit certain persons who lost their Canadian citizenship to regain it.

Available on the Senate of Canada website at the following address:
www.sencanada.ca/en


1st Session, 44th Parliament,

70-71 Elizabeth II, 2021-2022

SENATE OF CANADA

BILL S-245

An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (granting citizenship to certain Canadians)

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

R.‍S.‍, c. C-29

Citizenship Act

1 (1) Subparagraph 3(1)‍(f)‍(iii) of the Citizenship Act is replaced by the following:

  • (iii) the person made an application to retain his or her citizenship under section 8 as it read before April 17, 2009, that subsequently was not approved;

(2) Subsection 3(1) of the Act is amended by adding the following after paragraph (g):

  • (g.‍1) the person was born outside Canada after February 14, 1977, and would be a citizen if he or she had made an application to retain his or her citizenship under section 8 as it read before April 17, 2009;

(3) Subsections 3(4) and (4.‍1) of the Act are replaced by the following:

Exception

(4) Subsection (3) does not apply to a person who was a citizen on June 11, 2015.

2 Subparagraph 27(1)‍(j.‍1)‍(i) of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • (i) who are citizens under paragraph 3(1)‍(f), (g) or (g.‍1),

Published under authority of the Senate of Canada