CIMM – Citizenship: In-Person and Video Oath Ceremonies – November 29, 2022
Key Messages
- Since April 2020, IRCC has been conducting video oath ceremonies as a means of adapting to the global pandemic while continuing to offer services to IRCC clients.
- Video oath ceremonies have helped improve client service by allowing citizenship processing to continue despite in-person service disruptions, and by providing flexibility to clients as they no longer need to travel to their citizenship ceremony.
- Between April 2022 and October 2022, on average close to 31,000 applicants took the oath of citizenship each month.
- In the month of October 2022 alone, over 32,000 applicants became new citizens, which includes adoptions, resumptions and grant applicants who may not require a ceremony.
- While in-person ceremonies are now taking place, video oath ceremonies will continue to be the primary method of service delivery to ensure efficient, timely and flexible client service.
- Between April 2022 and October 2022, 72 in-person ceremonies have taken place.
Background
- IRCC launched virtual ceremonies in April 2020, with proper safeguards in place to maintain clients’ privacy and ensure security.
- In line with its modernization agenda, IRCC continues to conduct ceremonies virtually, bringing the Citizenship Program closer to a complete digital processing model; some limited in-person events continue to be scheduled in certain offices, for example for clients requiring accommodation and for selected special events.
- Some in-person citizenship ceremonies are now taking place.
Citizenship Year/Month | Number of New Citizens |
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2022/04 | 29,017 |
2022/05 | 31,133 |
2022/06 | 30,934 |
2022/07 | 29,221 |
2022/08 | 35,540 |
2022/09 | 30,950 |
2022/10 (Oct. 1st – 12th) | 31,520 |
Monthly Average (April – October) | 31,188 |
Fiscal Year Total (April 1st – October 31th) | 218,315 |
Notes:
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Month/2022 | # of In-Person Ceremonies | # of Virtual Ceremonies |
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April | 0 | 309 |
May | 0 | 319 |
June | 0 | 318 |
July | 5 | 276 |
August | 11 | 296 |
September | 14 | 245 |
October | 42 | 229 |
Total | 72 | 1,992 |
Average # of ceremonies per month in 2022 (total \ 7 (# of months) |
10 | 285 |
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Source: IRCC CPPB Branch, Manually Tracked data as of November 7, 2022
DPU is relying on the quality assurance of CPPB for data accuracy.
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