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Canadian Citizenship

4 official facts · checked 4 Nov 2026

Cost
C$653
Time
12 months
Stay
to confirm
Canada CA-CITIZEN

Canadian Citizenship

4 verified facts

Cost
Adult application: CAD 653, including the processing fee and the right of citizenship fee.
Time
IRCC estimate for new citizenship grant applications: about 12 months.
Stay
Not applicable
Leads to
To be confirmed with IRCC before applying.
Time needed

Usually after 1,095 days

Long-term · no %

You get this after living in Canada on another visa. So we don't give a %. The rules are below and on the Long-term page.

The details

What the official rules say

Each line links to its official source and the date we checked it. Anything we could not check is marked.

Cost

C$653

Adult application: CAD 653, including the processing fee and the right of citizenship fee.

Applies to Adult (18 and over).

≈ USD 467 — indicative only, at the ECB reference rate of 3 Nov 2026. Not an official fee.

ircc.canada.ca ↗ · checked 4 Nov 2026

How long it takes

IRCC estimate for new citizenship grant applications: about 12 months.

The government's estimate, not a promise

canada.ca ↗ · checked 4 Nov 2026

How long you can stay

Not applicable

Can it lead to living there permanently?

To be confirmed with IRCC before applying.

Rules

Physically present in Canada for at least 1,095 days (3 years) in the 5 years before applying.

canada.ca ↗ · checked 4 Nov 2026

These are the official rules we have so far. There may be more. Read the official page before you apply.

Official page

Apply for Canadian citizenship: adults and minor children — IRCC

canada.ca ↗ · checked 4 Nov 2026

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