How do i find out if i am Canadian?

Question

I have some relatives from Lousiana, could they be Canadian?

Answer 1

Are you mixing up Acadian and Canadian? From 1755 to 1763, the British deported between 4,000 to 5,000 Acadians (or French colonists) from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. While some exiles eventually moved to Maine, a sizable portion of them ended up in southern Louisiana where they are known today as "Cajuns". Some Cajuns, in turn, moved to the Beaumont and Port Arthur, Texas, area to work in the petroleum industry.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote a fictionalized account of "The Great Upheaval", or "Le Grand Derangement" in the novel Evangeline (1847). Notable Cajuns include former Dallas Cowboys football coach, Tom Landry, as well as present and past Louisiana governors, Kathleen Blanco and Edwin Edwards.

On the other hand, from January 1, 1947, onward, you are a Canadian citizen if you were born in Canada, or at least one of your parents is a Canadian citizen, or if as a permanent resident alien, you have lived in Canada for three out of four years before applying for citizenship, and you can speak French or English.

Answer 2

Start educating yourself in genealogy.

Next, interview your relatives for what they know about the family tree. From there, with the names and locations they give you, look at Census records. Now I don't know what is available in the US, but I traced my family--on my father's side--as far back as possible with what I knew and microfilm records of the 1891 Census in Canada. That particular year I found my great grandfather who was one at the time, and his parents reported they were born in Canada but that their parents were born in England. So I could easily trace my family that far back (insofar as who was "Canadian").

Something else you might find. At the National Archives of Canada, and the Archives Nationale du Quebec (don't mistake Nationale there, it doesn't mean country), there are many dossiers on family names that have been in Canada for a long time. For example, I am married to a woman who's family lineage goes back to 17th-century New France. We have a National Archives booklet on the family history that covers the name into the 20th century.

I would guess that the family members in Louisiana might have a French last name? Again, start by asking them some questions, then if you have some names, maybe look for a geneaologist in Quebec (Montreal or Quebec City perhaps) who could help you trace them.

Hope that helps.

R P

Answer 3

If you mean Acadian, possibly. But, no, a relative from Lousinana is not very likely Canadian. It is possible that they had Acadian (Cajun) descendants who were canadian, but they themsleves are most likely not Canadian.

Answer 4

Do you like hockey for no reason? Do you say eh? Do you like maple leafs? Do you enjoy freezing you *** off? If yes you are Canadian.

Answer 5

If you can contact your relatives they would be the only one that can give you an answer .

Answer 6

Apply for a passport, then you'll have your answer, jeeeeeez.

Answer 7

ask them