Hi neighbours,
You've probably heard about the new Canadian Bill C-3 An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (2025)?
Essentially, if you can trace and prove your ancestral roots back to Canada, you can gain Canadian citizenship. More details
But my point today is, if at the end of the process you or your kids receive a Canadian passport, you are entitled to pay domestic tuition rates at most Canadian universities, and avoid all the paperwork and extra costs of being an international student.
For example, tuition and fees (including health and dental care) for the Bachelor of Business Administration program at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton will be $12,226.50 CDN for the 2026-27 academic year. That's less than $9,000 USD.
Total fees for international students would be $24,847 CDN, or around $18,200 USD. So half the cost for domestic (Canadian) students. At UNB a Canadian passport makes a student eligible for domestic tuition rates.
Like most New Brunswickers I have distant relatives in Maine, and hopefully they will work their way through the paperwork, even if they don't personally plan to move here.