The government announced Thursday that it will allow non-biological Canadian parents who are a child's legal parent at birth to pass down their citizenship.

Dr. Adolf Ng, a professor at the University of Manitoba, was granted Canadian citizenship so he could start his federally-funded research on supply chain management.

45 newly minted citizens from 13 countries had just read aloud the oath of citizenship they were surprised by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday.

Tareq Hadhad, founder of Peace by Chocolate in Antigonish, N.S., took part in a citizenship ceremony at Pier 21 in Halifax on Wednesday.

Tareq Hadhad, the founder and CEO of Antigonish-based Peace by Chocolate, will be among 50 people taking part in a citizenship ceremony Jan. 15 at Pier 21 in Halifax.

“This is a point in time in a person's life when they become a Canadian citizen and you know they are morally legally bound to do their best for Canada.”

The decrease was part an overall trend in declining citizenship rates among those who have been in Canada less than 10 years, despite the fact the actual citizenship rate in Canada is among the highest in the Western world.

Immigration has become a sensitive topic as people debate Canada's intake of refugees. For some in Calgary this will mark their first time voting in this country.

Jack Letts is being held in a jail in northern Syria after being captured by Kurdish forces in 2014.

Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler says he had to wear a denim "Canadian tuxedo" and assured fans that Mounties are real in a social media post announcing his Canadian citizenship.