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Canadian Citizenship The dream of virtually every immigrant to Canada if to finally become a neutralized Canadian citizen. Permanent residency is great but it must be maintained. You have to keep renewing your status every five years. Then there’s always the looming fact that you can easily lose your residency status at any time. a. Benefits of being a Canadian citizen In a nutshell, here are the benefits that Canadian citizens have over permanent residents:  Voting rights  Better protection in terms of losing their right to be in Canada. No matter how long, you have lived in Canada, you can be deported back to your country of citizenship is need be.  A chance at having a Canadian passport  Having one’s children born outside of Canada qualify as Canadian citizens by birth.