John Richardson, J.D. – August 13, 2026

Introduction

This is the second post in a series of posts designed to explore Canadian citizenship generally and Canada’s citizenship by descent rules specifically. The first post (which I suggest you read first) explained how Canada’s citizenship by descent rules work. If you haven’t read it, I suggest that you read it now.

Understanding The Citizenship By Descent Provisions Of Bill C-3 – The Canada Citizenship Act

For those who prefer a visual blueprint to determine whether you ARE a Canadian citizen see:

Bill_C3_Citizenship_Blueprint

This post is organized in the following parts:

Part A – The difference between knowing what to do and doing what you know!

Part B – Proving your parent was a Canadian citizen

Part C – Proving 1095 days of physical presence

Let’s begin.

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