Application for a citizenship certificate (adults and minors)

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Get help to open an application form or to complete an application form in the Help Centre.

Important: If your application is incomplete or missing information, it will be returned to you.

This application includes the following items:

Optional:

Statutory Declaration – Request for a Change of Sex Designation (CIT 0404), if applicable
Support for a change of sex designation on an IRCC document (CIT 0552), if applicable

This application is for Canadian citizens residing inside or outside Canada who wish to apply for a citizenship certificate as proof of Canadian citizenship. For minors (under 18 years old), please refer to the CIC policy. If you are applying for a minor, remember that the questions apply to the minor.

We have stopped issuing citizenship cards

As of February 1, 2012, the citizenship certificate replaced the plastic wallet sized citizenship card as proof of citizenship. We no longer give out citizenship cards or the commemorative certificates that came with them. If you apply to update or replace your citizenship card, we will send you a citizenship certificate.

In Canada and the United States.

Read your instruction guide and download your application forms
Complete, sign and date your application forms
Pay the fees
Mail your fully completed application to the Case Processing Centre in Sydney, Nova Scotia

Outside Canada and the United States. Contact the nearest Canadian embassy, high commission or consulate.