Prior to Bill C-3, An Act to Amend the Citizenship Act (2025), citizenship by descent for those born abroad was limited to the first generation.
But now, Canadian citizenship is being retroactively granted to people born before the new law came into effect on Dec. 15, 2025, who would have been citizens if not for the first-generation limit. Different criteria, however, apply to those born on or after that date.
Outports were not part of the modern world. More like permanent waterside campsites. No water, power, roads. She was born in St. Kyrans. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Kyran's,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador It was part of the UK at the time.