Pending applications for proof of Canadian citizenship stood at roughly 56,000 in April. By May, they had reached 70,400. Today they sit at 121,800, and the posted processing time has doubled since spring, from 12 to 25 months. This is the fastest-growing channel of potential newcomers to Canada, and it appears nowhere in the immigration levels plan the Carney government cites as proof it has the file under control.
A 121,800-person citizenship queue is punching a hole in Ottawa’s immigration plan
Bill C-3 has opened an unlimited ancestry route to Canadian citizenship—one the Carney government neither predicted nor counts against its own targets
