Honorary Canadian citizenship
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Honorary Canadian citizenship is a rare symbolic status granted by the Parliament of Canada to select foreign individuals in recognition of their extraordinary contributions to humanity or to Canadian values.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Honorary Canadian citizenship canonical | 2 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
honorary status
ⓘ
symbolic citizenship ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Canadian Honours System
ⓘ
surface form:
Canadian honours system
|
| canBeRevokedBy | Parliament of Canada ⓘ |
| category | Canadian national honour ⓘ |
| confers |
no regular Canadian citizenship rights
ⓘ
no right to a Canadian passport ⓘ no right to enter or remain in Canada ⓘ no right to vote in Canadian elections ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| createdBy | Act of Parliament ⓘ |
| decisionMaker |
House of Commons of Canada
ⓘ
Senate of Canada ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
citizenship by birth in Canada
ⓘ
naturalized Canadian citizenship ⓘ |
| eligibility |
foreign individual
ⓘ
non-Canadian citizen ⓘ |
| firstConferredInYear | 1985 ⓘ |
| firstRecipient | Raoul Wallenberg ⓘ |
| geopoliticalScope | international ⓘ |
| grantedBy | Parliament of Canada ⓘ |
| higherThan | most other symbolic honours of Canada ⓘ |
| isHonoraryTitle | true ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| legalStatus | symbolic only ⓘ |
| numberOfRecipients | very small ⓘ |
| officialNameInEnglish | Honorary Canadian citizenship self-link ⓘ |
| officialNameInFrench | Citoyenneté canadienne honoraire ⓘ |
| purpose |
recognition of contributions to Canadian values
ⓘ
recognition of extraordinary contributions to humanity ⓘ |
| rarity | rare distinction ⓘ |
| recipient |
The Aga Khan
ⓘ
surface form:
Aga Khan IV
Aung San Suu Kyi ⓘ Malala Yousafzai ⓘ Nelson Mandela ⓘ Raoul Wallenberg ⓘ Dalai Lama ⓘ
surface form:
Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
Volodymyr Zelenskyy ⓘ |
| requires | legislation passed by Parliament ⓘ |
| revocationMechanism | Act of Parliament ⓘ |
| revocationReason | concerns about human rights and Rohingya crisis ⓘ |
| revokedFrom | Aung San Suu Kyi ⓘ |
| selectionCriteria |
exceptional humanitarian contribution
ⓘ
extraordinary moral courage ⓘ promotion of human rights ⓘ promotion of peace and freedom ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Canada’s esteem for the recipient
ⓘ
alignment with Canadian values ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.