{"id":1278695,"date":"2026-04-07T08:19:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T12:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stepstojustice.ca\/steps\/\/4-apply-for-canadian-citizenship\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T10:12:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T14:12:47","slug":"4-demande-de-citoyennete-canadienne","status":"publish","type":"steps","link":"https:\/\/stepstojustice.ca\/fr\/steps\/immigration\/4-demande-de-citoyennete-canadienne\/","title":{"rendered":"4. Demande de citoyennet\u00e9 canadienne\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>En \u00e9tant un citoyen canadien, vous pouvez passer tout le temps que vous voulez \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9tranger. Vous ne perdez pas votre citoyennet\u00e9 seulement pour avoir pass\u00e9 du temps \u00e0 l\u2019ext\u00e9rieur du pays, et vous avez le droit d\u2019y revenir.<\/p>\n<p>Un grand nombre de r\u00e9sidents permanents demandent la citoyennet\u00e9 d\u00e8s qu\u2019ils sont <a href=\"\/fr\/questions\/immigration\/suis-je-admissible-a-la-citoyennete-canadienne\/\">admissibles<\/a>. Il faut par exemple prouver qu\u2019on a pass\u00e9 assez de temps au Canada.<\/p>\n<p>En r\u00e8gle g\u00e9n\u00e9rale, il faut avoir v\u00e9cu <strong>au Canada<\/strong> pendant au moins <strong>3&nbsp;ans<\/strong> au cours des 5&nbsp;ann\u00e9es pr\u00e9c\u00e9dant la demande de citoyennet\u00e9. C\u2019est <strong>1&nbsp;095&nbsp;jours<\/strong>. Ces jours n\u2019ont pas besoin d\u2019\u00eatre cons\u00e9cutifs, et il existe des r\u00e8gles pour les <a href=\"\/fr\/resource\/presenter-une-demande-de-citoyennete-canadienne-adultes-et-enfants-mineurs\/\" target=\"_blank\">calculer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Raisons d\u2019\u00e9viter de demander la citoyennet\u00e9<\/h3>\n<p>Dans certaines situations, il y a <a href=\"\/fr\/steps\/immigration\/renseignez-vous-sur-les-risques-lies-a-une-demande-de-citoyennete\/\">de bonnes raisons d\u2019attendre ou de ne pas faire de demande de citoyennet\u00e9 du tout<\/a>. Par exemple, la demande de citoyennet\u00e9 pourrait vous faire perdre votre statut&nbsp;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>si vous n\u2019avez pas respect\u00e9 l\u2019obligation de r\u00e9sidence des r\u00e9sidents permanents au cours des 5&nbsp;derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es, ou<\/li>\n<li>si vous \u00eates une <strong>personne prot\u00e9g\u00e9e<\/strong> et vous \u00eates all\u00e9 dans le pays contre lequel vous avez demand\u00e9 la protection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"\/fr\/steps\/immigration\/renseignez-vous-sur-les-risques-lies-a-une-demande-de-citoyennete\/\">D\u2019autres situations<\/a> pourraient entra\u00eener un risque pour votre statut \u00e0 cause d\u2019une demande de citoyennet\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>Si vous n\u2019\u00eates pas certain de devoir ou non demander la citoyennet\u00e9, <a href=\"\/fr\/questions\/immigration\/ou-puis-je-demander-de-lassistance-juridique-pour-mon-statut-dimmigration\/\">demandez de l\u2019assistance juridique<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-1278695","steps","type-steps","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.9 (Yoast SEO v23.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>4. 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