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The Minister also may grant citizenship extraordinarily without any requirements to persons who are stateless, subject to "special and unusual hardship", or have made exceptional contributions to the country. [87] These atypical grants have been conferred more than 500 times since 1977, often on athletes competing for Canada internationally. [88]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 23 January 2025. Clause of the US Constitution specifying natural born US citizenship to run for President Status as a natural-born citizen of the United States is one of the eligibility requirements established in the United States Constitution for holding the office of president or vice president. This ...
In 1956, Parliament amended the Citizenship Act to retroactively grant citizenship to a small group of First Nations and Inuit who had entered Canada from Alaska at some point before 1947 but had not made formal application to enter Canada. [81]
The requirements are to be a current or recently serving (within 6–12 months) member of the UK, Australian, US or Canadian Armed Forces, have been a citizen of either the UK, Australia, US, or Canada for a minimum period of 10 years, or have been living in NZ for a minimum period of 5 years, be eligible for release from current service within ...
Historical annexationist movements inside Canada were usually inspired by dissatisfaction with Britain's colonial government of Canada. Groups of Irish immigrants took the route of armed struggle, attempting to annex the peninsula between the Detroit and Niagara Rivers to the U.S. by force in the minor and short-lived Patriot War in 1837–1838.
Before the war, Americans had been encouraged to settle in Upper Canada by generous grants of land. The Lieutenant Governors and military commanders in the province were concerned that in the event of war with America, the Americans would receive active help from many of these, and from Canadians whom they induced to support them.
Ian Laperrière – Born and raised in Canada. Became an American citizen in 2011. [230] Claude Lemieux – Born and raised in Canada. Became a U.S. citizen in 2009. [231] Mario Lemieux; Joel Quenneville - Born and raised in Canada. Became an American citizen in 2011. [232] Chico Resch; Ulf Samuelsson; Joe Thornton - Born and raised in Canada ...
After the American Civil War ended in 1865, the United States did not grant citizenship to former slaves until the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, whose grant of citizenship was subsequently confirmed by the Fourteenth Amendment. American Indian tribal members are not covered specifically by the constitutional guarantee.