Honorary Canadian citizenship

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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.[1]

Recipients of honorary Canadian citizenship

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# Name Image Award date Country Notes
1 Raoul Wallenberg
(born 1912, disappeared 1945) 		File:Raoul Wallenberg.jpg 1985
(posthumous) 		File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Diplomat and humanitarian. Posthumous recipient of the U.S. Congressional Gold Medal, and posthumous honorary citizen of the United States.[2][3]
2 Nelson Mandela
(1918-2013) 		File:Nelson Mandela-2008 (edit).jpg 2001 File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa Anti-apartheid activist, first post-apartheid President of South Africa, and recipient of the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize.[4]
3 Tenzin Gyatso
(born 1935) 		File:Tenzin Gyatso - Trento 2013 01.JPG 2006 File:Flag of India.svg India
(born in File:Flag of Tibet.svg Tibet) 		14th Dalai Lama and recipient of the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize.[5]
4 Aung San Suu Kyi
(born 1945) 		File:Aung San Suu Kyi 17 November 2011.jpg 2007 File:Flag of Myanmar (1974–2010).svg Myanmar Opposition leader and recipient of the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize.[6] Revoked by parliamentary vote in 2018 in response to the Rohingya genocide.[7]
5 Prince Karim al-Husseini
(1936-2025) 		File:Agha-Khan-IV.jpg 2010 File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
(born in File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland) 		49th Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims and Honorary Companion of the Order of Canada.[8][9]
6 Malala Yousafzai
(born 1997) 		File:Malala Yousafzai at Oval Office 2013 cropped.jpg 2014[10]Template:Efn File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan Women's rights and education activist, and recipient of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize.[11]
7 Vladimir Kara-Murza
(born 1981) 		File:Vladimir V. Kara-Murza (2017).jpg 2023 File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom (born in File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia) Political activist, journalist, author, filmmaker.[12]

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.[13][14] This included an online Change.org petition addressed to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the House of Commons of Canada.[15] The House of Commons voted unanimously on September 27, 2018, to revoke her honorary citizenship.[16] The Senate of Canada approved a motion to the same effect unanimously on October 2, 2018.[7] With revocation motions passed by both houses, the Government of Canada stated that it recognized Parliament's decision to revoke the honour.[7]

See also

Notes

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References

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