If you can trace your ancestry in Canada back several generations — and you’re not already Canadian — you may be able to apply to become a Canadian citizen. At least, that’s what a team of immigration lawyers says.
In November, the Canadian government took the final steps to overhaul its citizenship by descent rules, officially passing Bill C-3, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (2025). The new legislation removes the first-generation limit.
This means that going forward a Canadian parent born or adopted abroad will be able to pass citizenship on to their child born or adopted outside Canada
However, according to an article in Juno News, the new law does not set a limit on how far back the Canadian ancestor can be.
The article indicates that a number of celebrities, such as Madonna and Hillary Clinton, are now eligible for Canadian citizenship.
You can learn more about the new bill on Immigration.ca, which is an online Canadian immigration platform run by lawyers.
I was unable to find a specific reference about proving one’s Canadian ancestry through several generations in Immigration Canada’s announcement about Bill C-3.
In this case an old adage very much applies, i.e. “Consider the source.” The new law doesn’t do what the article’s writer claims, as he ties it to liberal Hollywood “elites” with a false narrative that serves to gin up anti-immigration animus with a political agenda. The biased source (Juno News owned by True North) is a right-wing equivalent of Fox News.