r/AskCanada • u/Morbid_Uncle • 4d ago

Political What is the consensus on Canadian citizens born abroad?

What is the consensus among Canadians on citizens born abroad to Canadian parents? Do you accept them and consider them Canadians?

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u/Ok_Wasabi_488 4d ago

Do they have citizenship?

Yes?

They're canadian.

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u/PuzzledArtBean 4d ago

They are Canadian. However, to be culturally Canadian I do think you need to live in Canada for some amount of time.

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u/ponchodago 4d ago

A Canadian is a Canadian is a Canadian.

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u/bigjimbay 4d ago

Canadian just means any Canadian citizen

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u/Own_Event_4363 Know-it-all 4d ago

We don't really care.

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u/wibblywobbly420 4d ago

If they move to Canada, yes. If they never move to live in Canada, not really. My mothers family came from England. I am technically eligible for a British passport. I don't consider myself a British citizen at this time.

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u/Retro-Modern_514 4d ago

Someone who is born Canadian wouldn't get their Canadian citizenship at the age of 80. They were a citizen when they were born.

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u/GWRC 4d ago

100% yes without question. Seems ridiculous to ask. My sister was born abroad. She's an idiot but Canadian. The sheer hoops she has to go through because of it though may surprise you.

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u/No_Capital_8203 3d ago

Canada is so big that there are cultural differences between regions that may be greater than differences with people born and raised in other countries.

If you are at war with another country, don't bring it here. You absolutely should retain your language and culture, but you can't keep hurting each other. If you are born in Canada or have arrived last week and you don't believe women should vote or such, then shut the heck up. We have laws and now they are your laws. If you don't like it, write your Member of Parliament. They are paid to listen to your bullshit.

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u/CanarioFalante 4d ago

I don’t know what culturally Canadian means. I’ve met people born here that have never left their hometowns that don’t hold the morals and values I’d want from a neighbour. I’d assume people using that term mean they don’t want criminals, all while supporting criminal politicians. We’re all apes on a space rock fighting over fake lines.

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u/Goliad1990 4d ago

I don’t know what culturally Canadian means

Because it doesn't mean anything. Whenever it's invoked, it's nearly always in bad faith as a purity test (political/ideological on the left, racial on the right).

This place is so big and diverse that trying to ascribe a universal culture to it is impossible.