honorary Canadian citizenship

{{Short description|Title of honor conferred by the Parliament of Canada}}

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| name = Honorary Canadian citizenship

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| type = Honorary citizenship

| established = 1985

| country = Canada

| first_induction = 1985

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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.{{Cite news|url=http://globalnews.ca/news/1628005/five-things-to-know-about-honorary-canadian-citizenship/|title=Five things to know about honorary Canadian citizenship|last=Levitz|first=Stephanie|date=October 22, 2014|work=Global News|access-date=2017-04-12|agency=The Canadian Press|language=en}}

Recipients of honorary Canadian citizenship

:{{Color box|pink|border=darkgray}} Honorary Canadian citizenship revoked by parliamentary vote

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align="center" |1

| align="center" |Raoul Wallenberg

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| align="center" |1985
(posthumous)

| align="center" |{{flag|Sweden}}

| align="center" |Diplomat and humanitarian. Posthumous recipient of the U.S. Congressional Gold Medal, and second honorary citizen of the United States.[http://www.pch.gc.ca/newsroom/index_e.cfm?fuseaction=displayDocument&DocIDCd=2N0361 Government of Canada Honours Canadian Honorary Citizen Raoul Wallenberg], Department of Canadian Heritage News Release, January 16, 2003 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019024451/http://www.pch.gc.ca/newsroom/index_e.cfm?fuseaction=displayDocument&DocIDCd=2N0361 |date=October 19, 2014 }}{{cite news |title=Who are the honorary Canadians? |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/who-are-the-honorary-canadians-1.1155903 |access-date=24 February 2020 |work=CBC News |date=8 March 2012}}

align="center" |2

| align="center" |Nelson Mandela

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| align="center" |2001

| align="center" |{{flag|South Africa}}

| align="center" |Anti-apartheid activist, first post-apartheid President of South Africa, and recipient of the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize.{{cite hansard|url=http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?DocId=2332124&Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=37&Ses=1#LINK243|date=2001-06-12|title=NELSON MANDELA|house=House of Commons}}

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| align="center" |Tenzin Gyatso

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| align="center" |2006

| align="center" |{{flag|India}}
(born in {{flag|Tibet}})

| align="center" |The 14th Dalai Lama and recipient of the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize.{{cite hansard| url=http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?pub=hansard&mee=46&parl=39&ses=1&language=E&x=1#SOB-1619342 |title=Dalai Lama|date=2006-06-22|house=House of Commons}}

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| align="center" |4

| align="center" |Aung San Suu Kyi

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| align="center" |2007

| align="center" |{{flag|Myanmar|1974}}

| align="center" |Opposition leader and recipient of the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize.{{cite hansard|url=http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=39&Ses=2&DocId=3078171#SOB-2175517|title=Aung San Suu Kyi|date=2007-10-17|house=House of Commons}} Revoked by parliamentary vote in 2018 in response to the Rohingya genocide.

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| align="center" |Karim Aga Khan IV

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| align="center" |2010

| align="center" |{{flag|United Kingdom}}

| align="center" |49th Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims. Honorary Companion of the Order of Canada.{{cite hansard|url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=40&Ses=2&DocId=4012641#SOB-2849627|title=Hon. Jay Hill (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, CPC): |date=2009-06-19|house=House of Commons}}{{cite web | url=http://www.theismaili.org/cms/732/Update-Mawlana-Hazar-Imam-is-made-an-honorary-citizen-of-Canada | title=Mawlana Hazar Imam is made an honorary citizen of Canada | date= 22 June 2009 |publisher=TheIsmaili.org |access-date= 26 May 2010}}

align="center" |6

| align="center" |Malala Yousafzai

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| align="center" |2014{{Cite web|url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/Content/Sen/Chamber/412/Debates/087db_2014-10-21-e.htm#44|title=Senate of Canada - Debates|website=Senate of Canada|language=en-CA|access-date=2017-04-12}}{{efn|Received award in 2017{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/04/12/malala-yousafzai-to-receive-canadian-citizenship-delayed-by-parliament-hill-shooting-in-2014.html|title=Malala Yousafzai has become an honorary Canadian citizen {{!}} Toronto Star|last=CAMPION-SMITH|first=BRUCE|last2=BOUTILIER|first2=ALEX|date=April 12, 2017|website=Toronto Star|access-date=2017-04-12}}}}

| align="center" |{{flag|Pakistan}}

| align="center" |Women's rights and education activist, and recipient of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize.{{Cite news| url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/malala-yousafzai-to-get-honorary-canadian-citizenship-1.2055704| title=Malala Yousafzai to get honorary Canadian citizenship| date=October 15, 2013| publisher=CBC| access-date=October 16, 2013}}

7

|Vladimir Kara-Murza

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|2023

|{{flag|United Kingdom}} (born in {{flag|Russia}})

|Political activist, journalist, author, filmmaker.{{Cite web |last=Robertson |first=Dylan |date=June 14, 2023 |title=House, Senate vote to give Russian dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza honorary citizenship |url=https://www.thestar.com/amp/politics/federal/2023/06/14/house-senate-vote-to-give-russian-dissident-vladimir-kara-murza-honorary-citizenship.html |access-date=June 16, 2023 |website=Thestar.com}}

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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/11/un-myanmars-treatment-of-rohingya-textbook-example-of-ethnic-cleansing|title=Myanmar treatment of Rohingya looks like 'textbook ethnic cleansing', says UN|last=Safi|first=Michael|date=September 11, 2017|work=The Guardian}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/protesters-call-for-canada-to-revoke-aung-san-suu-kyis-honorary-citizenship/article36285290/|title=Protesters call for Canada to revoke Aung San Suu Kyi's honorary citizenship|last=Tang|first=Justin|date=September 17, 2017|work=The Globe and Mail}} This included an online Change.org petition addressed to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the House of Commons of Canada.{{Cite news|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/3807978/trudeau-myanmar-leader-honorary-canadian-citizenship-petition/|title=43,000 sign petition demanding Canada revoke Myanmar leader’s honorary citizenship|last=Abedi|first=Maham|date=October 17, 2017|work=Global News}} The House of Commons voted unanimously on September 27, 2018, to revoke her honorary citizenship.{{cite news |last1=Aiello |first1=Rachel |title=MPs vote to revoke Aung San Suu Kyi's honorary Canadian citizenship |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/mps-vote-to-revoke-aung-san-suu-kyi-s-honorary-canadian-citizenship-1.4112163 |access-date=March 10, 2019 |work=CTV News |date=September 27, 2018}} The Senate of Canada approved a motion to the same effect unanimously on October 2, 2018.{{cite news |last1=Curry |first1=Bill |title=Senate votes unanimously to strip Aung San Suu Kyi’s honorary Canadian citizenship |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-senate-votes-unanimously-to-strip-aung-san-suu-kyis-honorary-canadian/ |access-date=March 10, 2019 |work=The Globe and Mail |date=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.

See also

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