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The history of Canadian nationality law dates back over three centuries, and has evolved considerably over that time.. During the early colonial period, residents of the French colonies were French subjects, governed by French nationality law, while residents of British colonies were British subjects, governed by British law.
First Canadian Citizenship ceremony on 3 January 1947 at the Supreme Court of Canada. Canadian citizenship, as a status separate from British nationality, was created by the Canadian Citizenship Act of 1946, which came into effect on 1 January 1947. (Although passed in 1946, it is often referred to as the "1947 Citizenship Act" because it came ...
The Canadian Citizenship Act, 1946 comes into force creating a new, separate, Canadian legal citizenship for all British subjects born, raised, or resident in Canada and automatic citizenship for all those born in Canada after this date. [113] [114] 1949: 31 March
The first law defining a "Canadian citizen" is the Immigration Act, 1910. [20] A citizen under this definition did not hold a substantive Canadian citizenship and the term was only a label for those who had the right to enter and remain in Canada; Canadians continued to be British subjects.
The history of immigration to Canada details the movement of people to modern-day Canada.The modern Canadian legal regime was founded in 1867, but Canada also has legal and cultural continuity with French and British colonies in North America that go back to the 17th century, and during the colonial era, immigration was a major political and economic issue with Britain and France competing to ...
The following is a timeline of the former Canadian legal system, both federal and provincial, as it relates to immigration: [3] An Act to Regulate the Carrying of Passengers in Merchant Vessels (1828) — the first legislative recognition of the Canadas ' responsibility over the safety and well-being of migrants leaving the British Isles .
Prior to 1947, Canadian law continued to refer to Canadian nationals as British subjects, [4] despite the country becoming independent from the United Kingdom in 1931. As the country shared the same person as its sovereign with the other countries of the Commonwealth, people immigrating from those states were not required to recite any oath upon immigration to Canada; those coming from a non ...
May 14 – The Canadian Citizenship Act, 1946 is passed. It creates Canadian citizenship separate from the British. May 31 – All Japanese-Canadians ordered deported to Japan. April 12 – Sir Harold Alexander appointed the new Governor General of Canada, replacing the Earl of Athlone.