Canadian Citizenship Act, 1946

The Canadian Citizenship Act (French: Loi sur la citoyenneté canadienne) was a statute passed by the Parliament of Canada in 1946 which created the legal status of Canadian citizenship. The Act defined who were Canadian citizens, separate and independent from the status of the British subject and repealed earlier Canadian legislation relating to Canadian nationals and citizens as sub-classes of British subject status.

This article is about the first Canadian statute dealing with citizenship. For the current law relating to Canadian citizenship, see Canadian nationality law. For the history of Canadian citizenship, see History of Canadian nationality law.
Canadian Citizenship Act, 1946
Parliament of Canada
Long title
  • An Act Respecting Citizenship, Naturalization and the Status of Aliens
CitationSC 1946, c. 15
Enacted byParliament of Canada
Assented to27 June 1946
Commenced1 January 1947
Repealed15 February 1977
Legislative history
Introduced byPaul Martin, Sr., Secretary of State for Canada
First reading2 April 1946
Repealed by
Citizenship Act, 1976
Status: Repealed
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The Act came into force on 1 January 1947 and was in force for thirty years, until replaced on 15 February 1977 by a new statute, the Canadian Citizenship Act, 1976, now known as the Citizenship Act.

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