Can my Canadian Citizenship be lost?

[STT Resident]

Originally Posted by lifeexplorer

To lose your Canadian citizenship is pretty hard. As a born Canadian, it is even harder. You will have to renounce it in front of a government official.

Swear allegiance to US doesn't mean anything in Canadian citizenship law.

Exactly as I surmised.

Originally Posted by suzy_q2010

My sis in law gave up her British citizenship when she became a US citizen, but she later had the British reinstated, primarily because she travels a lot and it is easier to use her British passport in the EU. Her kids now have dual US / British citizenship, too.

The point I was making, though, is that she really didn't have to give it up in the first place because that entails actually renouncing it to the UK authorities. I know and have known loads of Brits over the years who've become US citizens and have retained their British citizenship for many reasons - including the frequent traveling angle. Many of them solved whatever minimal moral dilemma they had when joining a group of new US citizens chanting in unison that relevant section of the Oath by not actually saying it!

[matyoka]

To the OP,

I work on the US-Canadian border and a good percentage of the local travelers are dual citizens. They show us their US passports upon entry and their Canadian passports to CBSA. No worries, nobody cares about duality... I hope this helps.

[Frihed89]

The only practical way a person in Canada or the US can lose their citizenship is to voluntarily renounce it before a consular official of their country of citizenship. Of course, if you become a general in a foreign army, that will also suffice, but normal military service or even being elected to public office (as long as it is not considered "high") will not.

The problem is that a number of countries, other than the US and Canada, will not allow a person to hold double citizenship, unless the country of citizenship does not allow you to renounce your citizenship!

So, for example, a Canadian or US citizen can not become a double citizen of Denmark, since Denmark does not allow double citizenship.

[matyoka]

The only thing the OP is going to lose is her Canadian Social Insurance, unless she resides the required 180 days in Canada.