Prior to Bill C-3, An Act to Amend the Citizenship Act (2025), citizenship by descent for those born abroad was limited to the first generation.
But now, Canadian citizenship is being retroactively granted to people born before the new law came into effect on Dec. 15, 2025, who would have been citizens if not for the first-generation limit. Different criteria, however, apply to those born on or after that date.
If your grandmother was a Canadian citizen, it counts. Look into it now not tomorrow
I’ll have to find a birth certificate. She was born in an outport. And the church burned down. Not an easy task
Well, Canada would have record of her citizenship regardless of her birth certificate. Someone in the family must know that at least?
Outports were not part of the modern world. More like permanent waterside campsites. No water, power, roads. She was born in St. Kyrans. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Kyran's,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador It was part of the UK at the time.