I’ll be curious to see how your application goes! I have a somewhat closer connection (my mother’s mother’s parents were both born in British Columbia) but my read of C-3 was it only applies beyond the first generation if each subsequent ancestor was “physically present in Canada for at least 1,095 days” before procreating. My grandmother and mother didn’t live in Canada at all, so my conclusion was that I’m not Canadian. I’d be excited to be wrong, though!
Not a lawyer, but I think the 1,095 day thing applies only to people (babies) born after Bill C-3 came into effect in December 2025.
Assuming your grandmother was born before 1947, she became a Canadian citizen either when Canadian citizenship came into existence on 1st Jan 1947 (if she was under 21 on 1st Jan 1947 and her father was born in Canada and never naturalized to the US), or retroactively became a citizen 1st Jan 1947 under 3(1)(o) and 7(k) (if her Canadian mother married a non-Canadian before 1933 or her Canadian father naturalized to the US or her parents otherwise lost their British subject status) or she retroactively became a citizen 1st Jan 1947 under 3(1)(q)(if she was over 21 on Jan 1st 1947 and her father never naturalized to the US or otherwise lost his British subject status). Your mother would then retroactively be a citizen since her birth under 3(1)(g) and 7(e) (assuming she was born between 1947 and 1977) and you would be a citizen under 3(1)(b) (assuming you were born between 1977 and 2025). Phew!
I’ll be curious to see how your application goes! I have a somewhat closer connection (my mother’s mother’s parents were both born in British Columbia) but my read of C-3 was it only applies beyond the first generation if each subsequent ancestor was “physically present in Canada for at least 1,095 days” before procreating. My grandmother and mother didn’t live in Canada at all, so my conclusion was that I’m not Canadian. I’d be excited to be wrong, though!
Not a lawyer, but I think the 1,095 day thing applies only to people (babies) born after Bill C-3 came into effect in December 2025.
Assuming your grandmother was born before 1947, she became a Canadian citizen either when Canadian citizenship came into existence on 1st Jan 1947 (if she was under 21 on 1st Jan 1947 and her father was born in Canada and never naturalized to the US), or retroactively became a citizen 1st Jan 1947 under 3(1)(o) and 7(k) (if her Canadian mother married a non-Canadian before 1933 or her Canadian father naturalized to the US or her parents otherwise lost their British subject status) or she retroactively became a citizen 1st Jan 1947 under 3(1)(q) (if she was over 21 on Jan 1st 1947 and her father never naturalized to the US or otherwise lost his British subject status). Your mother would then retroactively be a citizen since her birth under 3(1)(g) and 7(e) (assuming she was born between 1947 and 1977) and you would be a citizen under 3(1)(b) (assuming you were born between 1977 and 2025). Phew!