Americans keep flooding IRCC with proof of citizenship applications

Data shared by IRCC showed that in January 2026, a month after the changes came into effect, the government received 8,900 proof of citizenship applications. This compares with 5,940 applications the previous January, an increase of almost 50 per cent. Of those applications, the largest portion, at 2,470 or 28 per cent, were from the U.S.