(2025) Bill C-3 (45-1) Status: Royal assent received Type: House Government Bill Sponsor: Lena Metlege Diab, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship (Halifax West) Latest stage: Royal assent

Legislative

summary <div>A legislative

summary is currently being prepared for this bill by the Parliamentary Information, Education and Research Services of the Library of Parliament. Meanwhile, the following executive

summary is available.<br/><br/>On 5 June 2025, the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship introduced Bill C-3,

An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (2025) and it was given first reading. <br/><br/>Bill C-3 amends the Citizenship Act to, among other things,<br/><br/>(

a) ensure that citizenship by descent is conferred on all persons who were born outside Canada before the coming into force of this enactment to a parent who was a citizen;<br/><br/>(

b) confer citizenship by descent on persons born outside Canada after the first generation, on or after the coming into force of this enactment, to a parent who is a citizen and who had a substantial connection to Canada before the person’s birth;<br/><br/>(

c) allow citizenship to be granted under

section 5.1 of that Act to all persons born outside Canada who were adopted before the coming into force of this enactment by a parent who was a citizen;<br/><br/>(

d) allow citizenship to be granted under

section 5.1 of that Act to persons born outside Canada who are adopted on or after the coming into force of this enactment by a parent who is a citizen and who had a substantial connection to Canada before the person’s adoption;<br/><br/>(

e) restore citizenship to persons who lost their citizenship because they did not make an application to retain it under the former

section 8 of that Act or because they made an application under that

section that was not approved; and<br/><br/>(

f) allow certain persons who become citizens as a result of the coming into force of this enactment to access a simplified process to renounce their citizenship.</div> House of Commons — First reading: Completed (2025-06-05) House of Commons — Second reading: Completed (2025-09-22) House of Commons — Consideration in committee: Completed (2025-10-09) House of Commons — Report stage: Completed (2025-11-03) House of Commons — Third reading: Completed (2025-11-05) Senate — First reading: Completed (2025-11-06) Senate — Second reading: Completed (2025-11-06) Senate — Consideration in committee: Completed (2025-11-18) Senate — Third reading: Completed (2025-11-19)

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