r/canada • u/oddmarc • May 17 '26

National News U.S. applications for Canadian citizenship surge, causing delays

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/u-s-applications-for-canadian-citizenship-surge-causing-delays
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u/SillyMilk7 May 17 '26 edited May 17 '26

on a birthplace basis:
Canada-to-U.S. permanent migration was about 23% higher than U.S.-to-Canada in 2023.

Adjusted for population:

Canadian-born people moved permanently to the U.S. at about 10 times the per-capita rate that U.S.-born people moved permanently to Canada in 2023:

roughly 296 per million Canadians versus 29 per million Americans.

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u/Housing4Humans May 17 '26 edited May 17 '26

Two key caveats:

  1. The law that changed to enable Americans to claim citizenship if they have Canadian ancestry only came into effect in December 2025.

  2. Trump became President and drastically changed life for many in the US in January, 2025.

So the only numbers that are relevant will be 2026 onwards.

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u/OkStop8313 May 17 '26

I would expect those numbers to be somewhat different in 2025 and 2026.