“We didn’t see this coming”: New Brunswick Archives encourages patience as Americans rush to secure documents needed for Canadian passport

The Canadian province of New Brunswick has seen genealogy-related requests quadruple after Canada passed a bill that made millions of Americans eligible for Canadian citizenship. Bill C-3, which took effect on December 15, 2025, eliminated Canada’s first-generation limit on citizenship by descent. Anyone born before that date can now claim Canadian citizenship, provided they can […]

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