Claiming Canadian Citizenship:  Step One Canada Flag & Stars from Getty via Unsplash: Free In September,   Leah Larkin told us about her complicated effort to claim Canadian citizenship* through one of her Acadian ancestors who were forced out of Canada centuries ago. While inspiring, most of us would not strive to complete such a huge project. My goal should be much easier to accomplish because my paternal grandfather was born in Ontario, Canada, and his birth registration is already linked in my tree. Due to a recent change in Canadian law, those who can prove descent from a Canadian are eligible to claim Canadian citizenship . This change has opened a flood of requests to all Canadian archives to provide the certified documents needed in this quest. Larkin told us in September the wait would be three years for her filed claim! My reason for claiming citizenship is that one of my sons is urging me to do so. Our daughter-in-law, his wife, is Canadian because ...