News release
April 20, 2026—Ottawa—Citizenship Week is an opportunity to reflect on what it means to be Canadian, celebrate the people who choose to call Canada home and recognize the Indigenous Peoples who have lived on this land since time immemorial.
The Honourable Lena Metlege Diab, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, marked the week by participating in ceremonies in Ottawa, Ontario, and in Lunenburg and Halifax, Nova Scotia, celebrating this important milestone alongside Canada’s newest citizens, their families and their communities.
From April 12 to 18, over 80 citizenship ceremonies were held across the country, welcoming approximately 6,000 new citizens from 40 countries as they took the oath of citizenship—the final step in their journey to becoming Canadian—and began a new chapter in their lives.