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Honorary Canadian citizenship

Title of honor conferred by the Parliament of Canada

Summary

Title of honor conferred by the Parliament of Canada

FieldValue
nameHonorary Canadian citizenship
awarded_byCanada Parliament of Canada
typeHonorary citizenship
established1985
countryCanada
first_induction1985
total7

Honorary Canadian citizenship (French: citoyenneté canadienne honoraire) is an honour bestowed on foreigners of exceptional merit following a joint resolution by both Houses of the Parliament of Canada.

Honorary Canadian citizenship is purely symbolic; the recipient does not receive any of the rights, privileges, or duties typically held by a Canadian citizen.

Recipients of honorary Canadian citizenship

: Honorary Canadian citizenship revoked by parliamentary vote

#NameImageAward dateCountryNotes
1Raoul Wallenberg
(born 1912, disappeared 1945)[[File:Raoul Wallenberg.jpg100px]]1985
(posthumous)SwedenDiplomat and humanitarian. Posthumous recipient of the U.S. Congressional Gold Medal, and posthumous honorary citizen of the United States.
2Nelson Mandela
(1918–2013)[[File:Nelson Mandela-2008 (edit).jpg100px]]2001South AfricaAnti-apartheid activist, first post-apartheid President of South Africa, and recipient of the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize.
3Tenzin Gyatso
(born 1935)[[File:Tenzin Gyatso - Trento 2013 01.JPG100px]]2006India
(born in Tibet)14th Dalai Lama and recipient of the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize.
4Aung San Suu Kyi
(born 1945)[[File:Aung San Suu Kyi 17 November 2011.jpg100px]]2007MyanmarOpposition leader and recipient of the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize. Revoked by parliamentary vote in 2018 in response to the Rohingya genocide.
5Prince Karim al-Husseini
(1936-2025)[[File:Agha-Khan-IV.jpg100px]]2010United Kingdom
(born in Switzerland)49th Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims and Honorary Companion of the Order of Canada.
6Malala Yousafzai
(born 1997)[[File:Malala Yousafzai at Oval Office 2013 cropped.jpg100px]]2014PakistanWomen's rights and education activist, and recipient of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize.
7Vladimir Kara-Murza
(born 1981)[[File:Vladimir V. Kara-Murza (2017).jpg125x125px]]2023United Kingdom (born in Russia)Political activist, journalist, author, filmmaker.

Revocations

Canadian civil society groups and other protestors called for the revocation of Aung San Suu Kyi's honorary citizenship in response to UN allegations that the 2017 persecution by the Burmese military against the Rohingya, an ethno-religious minority group in Burma, was a form of ethnic cleansing. This included an online Change.org petition addressed to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the House of Commons of Canada. The House of Commons voted unanimously on September 27, 2018, to revoke her honorary citizenship. The Senate of Canada approved a motion to the same effect unanimously on October 2, 2018. With revocation motions passed by both houses, the Government of Canada stated that it recognized Parliament's decision to revoke the honour.

Notes

References

References

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  4. (2001-06-12). "NELSON MANDELA".
  5. (2006-06-22). "Dalai Lama".
  6. (2007-10-17). "Aung San Suu Kyi".
  7. (2009-06-19). "Hon. Jay Hill (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, CPC):".
  8. (22 June 2009). "Mawlana Hazar Imam is made an honorary citizen of Canada". TheIsmaili.org.
  9. "Senate of Canada - Debates".
  10. CAMPION-SMITH, BRUCE. (April 12, 2017). "Malala Yousafzai has become an honorary Canadian citizen {{!}} Toronto Star".
  11. (October 15, 2013). "Malala Yousafzai to get honorary Canadian citizenship". CBC.
  12. Robertson, Dylan. (June 14, 2023). "House, Senate vote to give Russian dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza honorary citizenship".
  13. Safi, Michael. (September 11, 2017). "Myanmar treatment of Rohingya looks like 'textbook ethnic cleansing', says UN". The Guardian.
  14. Tang, Justin. (September 17, 2017). "Protesters call for Canada to revoke Aung San Suu Kyi's honorary citizenship". The Globe and Mail.
  15. Abedi, Maham. (October 17, 2017). "43,000 sign petition demanding Canada revoke Myanmar leader’s honorary citizenship". Global News.
  16. (September 27, 2018). "MPs vote to revoke Aung San Suu Kyi's honorary Canadian citizenship". CTV News.
  17. (October 2, 2018). "Senate votes unanimously to strip Aung San Suu Kyi’s honorary Canadian citizenship". The Globe and Mail.
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