Am I Canadian?? or Could I be Canadian??

Question

well I was born in 1989, but outside Canada. My father is Canadian by naturalization... does that still counts??--- He was Canadian when I was born---

Answer 1

Yes, you are a Canadian citizen by descent.  

Explanation (as found on Wikipedia):  "Any person born outside of Canada after 15 February 1977, who has a Canadian parent at the time of birth is automatically a Canadian by descent.  Any such person whose Canadian parent or parents were also not born in Canada and obtained their citizenship at birth by descent (second generation overseas) must apply to retain his/her Canadian citizenship by their [his/her]* 28th birthday or their [his/her]* Canadian citizenship will be lost."

Thus, you have earned by birth a status that many Americans traveling overseas sometimes claim in countries where the populace is shouting, "Americans, go home!"  "Me, I'm not an American.  I'm Canadian."

BTW, bastropc, Barack Obama is a citizen of the United States by birth because he was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, the son of an American mother, Ann Durham, a native of Wichita, Kansas, and a Kenyan father, Barack Obama, Sr. Hawaii, America's 50th state, joined the Union on August 21, 1959. Thus, he was an American citizen both by birth and by descent.  

Even if Hawaai was only a territory of the United States at the time of Obama's birth, he still would have been at birth an American citizen because one of his parents was an American.  John McCain, coincidentally, was born outside the Continental United States on an American military base in Panama, but he is also an American at birth because he was born to Americans living overseas.

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*A singular antecedent should have a singular pronoun following it.  [I'm an English composition and rhetoric teacher.]

Answer 2

yes

Answer 3

As defined by law there were no Canadian citizens before 1947.  The first Canadian identity was the immigration Act of 1910.  The main thrust of this act was to populate the Western areas of Canada.  The Naturalization Act of 1914 and the Canadian Nationals Act of 1921 provided people with a limited definition of Canadians.

So to be considered a Canadian citizen you have to have been born in Canada or be born to parents who are Canadian. There seems to be some sort of other rules about those who were born to Canadian citizens.  You can learn more at:

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/citizenship...

This web site will answer a lot of your questions about Canadian citizenship. How to search records and definitions of citizens.  Do keep in mind while many nations recognize dual citizenship, America is not one of those unless it is special circumstance.

Genzoli

founder California Genealogy Club

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/california...

Answer 4

You are of the citizenship for the area you were born in.

There are some exceptions, such as for Obamma. His parents were working for the government is therefore deemed an american citizen and can run for President

Those children born of US military members carry dual citizenship (if the other country allows that) and can choose their country of citizenship later.

So, no, you aren't Canadian just because your father is, unless, of course, there's some exception that automatically makes you one.

Answer 5

Then yeah, I suppose so.