Ceremony formats

If we invite you to the ceremony, you’ll attend

• a virtual ceremony or
• an in-person ceremony

 Virtual ceremony

We may invite you to attend a virtual ceremony by video conference.

Check your ceremony invitation for the date, time and video conference link.

Here’s what a virtual ceremony is like:

The virtual Canadian citizenship ceremony

 In-person ceremony

We may invite you to attend an in-person ceremony.

Check your ceremony invitation for details on date, time and location.

Here’s what an in-person ceremony looks like:

The in-person Canadian citizenship ceremony

 Changing the ceremony format

You can request to reschedule your ceremony if

• we invite you to a virtual ceremony, but you want to attend one in person
• we invite you to an in-person ceremony, but you want to attend a virtual one

Find out how to reschedule the ceremony.