A question to Canadians: what does it take to become a civilian?

I'm an American that's about to enter college. After I graduate, I plan on moving to Canada. Is it difficult to become a civilian there? What must be done?
 
I really hope this isn't a dumb question.

I'm guessing you actually mean citizen?

I'm guessing you actually mean citizen?

I'm guessing you actually mean citizen?

@Muerthoz said:

@McGhee_the_Insomniac said:

I'm guessing you actually mean citizen?

Hopefully that's something he'll learn in college.

If he needs college to learn that, I'm afraid our education system has already failed.

You have to wrestle down a moose with your bare hands.

Knife fight a bear.

Just get a green card when coming in, prove that you provide something valuable to this place, and getting citizenship shouldn't be too hard. Or just get married to a Canadian.

Speak French, every single person in Canada speaks it because we are all bilingual.

Add "Eh" to your daily vocabulary.

HERE IS YOUR ANSWER

Use google, it fucking works wonders.

1) Jump the border
2) Find employment in the marijuana industry
3) ???
4) Profit

@LiquidS: FUCK THAT

@Dany said:

HERE IS YOUR ANSWER

Use google, it fucking works wonders.

I hadn't heard of that website. That's funny and pretty cool.

You might want to look more into renouncing American citizenship cause that is way fucking harder.  They assume you're just trying to get out of paying taxes and will try to get you to be a citizen of both countries.  Its a really time consuming thing.

listen to last weeks Tested.com podcast. If your a tech buff, Canada is scary.

@McGhee_the_Insomniac said:

@Dany said:

HERE IS YOUR ANSWER

Use google, it fucking works wonders.

I hadn't heard of that website. That's funny and pretty cool.

Thanks. Also, wikipedia is helpful.

My wife went through this process and just became a Canadian.
In short: You need to first apply for Permanent Residence status. After you have that, you must live in Canada for a certain amount of time (I don't know the exact amount, but I think it's a couple of years), before you can apply for citizenship. They will set a date when you must write a "citizenship test", a MC test that is based on a short booklet they provide you. After you pass that you go to a ceremony, where you swear an oath to the queen and country. 

@Dany said:

HERE IS YOUR ANSWER

Use google, it fucking works wonders.

But then he'd deprive himself the joy of publicly stating "fuck this country, I'm out" like I think he's trying to say.

Or maybe he just really digs maple syrup. In which case: props.

@bigsmoke77: @Jason_Bourne: Ya I'm only joking. I live in Calgary where no one speaks French and you don't even have to take it in school anymore. Besides airplanes I have heard that some people still speak it out east.

You need to wrestle a polar bear with one arm tied behind your back so we know you can survive, build an igloo so we know you have a place to live, and like hockey. Or you could show up on a rusty old boat with 5000 Chinese refuges in a shipping container then claim sanctuary and just get in.

Did anyone say play hockey? Yeah, that's a stipulation.

@Dany said:

@McGhee_the_Insomniac said:

@Dany said:

HERE IS YOUR ANSWER

Use google, it fucking works wonders.

I hadn't heard of that website. That's funny and pretty cool.

Thanks. Also, wikipedia is helpful.

Wikipedia is helpful, but where is the sarcasm here? I was being quite genuine. One should know that sarcasm does not work on the internet without being blatant and extremely overdoing it.

HERE IS YOUR ANSWER

Use google, it fucking works wonders.

@LiquidS: Oh yeah i got the joking part but I would flip out if that was instituted.

Last time I checked, in Stony Plain (just outside of Edmonton) they still have mandatory french up to grade 9.    This just bringing up a whole bunch of memories, reminding me how much i hated french class.

I moved here from Germany. But hell if I know how I get citizenship. I was 1.

You have to wrestle various wild animals, drink 9 liters of maple syrup, eat 8 pounds of poutine, and engage in fisticuffs with Don Cherry. 
 
In all seriousness, it doesn't seem that hard.  Around half of my friends are immigrants and they all seemed to think it was straight forward, but they didn't do the actual applying themselves, their parents did.

@Tru3_Blu3 said:

I'm an American that's about to enter college. After I graduate, I plan on moving to Canada. Is it difficult to become a civilian there? What must be done? I really hope this isn't a dumb question.

First you must slay a polar bear, then you must use "eh" after every sentence. After that, you need to get free health care and make a doctor's appointment that the rest of the country will pay for.

@Jason_Bourne: @Three0neFive: Mandatory French was eliminated in public schools in Calgary in April: http://www.calgaryherald.com/French+classes+longer+mandatory+Calgary+public+schools/4678342/story.html

@Jason_Bourne said:

 Alberta and B.C. all the way.  

I agree with BC but Alberta is an awful homophobic, racist place. Do not go to Alberta

Canada is a country?
But no seriously, you just have to learn how to play hockey. Oh, and i almost forgot, you need a flannel shirt and an axe.

I'm guessing you actually mean citizen?

@tfsteefs said:

@Jason_Bourne said:

 Alberta and B.C. all the way.  

I agree with BC but Alberta is an awful homophobic, racist place. Do not go to Alberta

Alberta is Canada's equivalent to the US Midwest and the South combined into one shithole.

@Xerxes8933A said:

@mosespippy said:

@tfsteefs said:

@Jason_Bourne said:

 Alberta and B.C. all the way.  

I agree with BC but Alberta is an awful homophobic, racist place. Do not go to Alberta

Alberta is Canada's equivalent to the US Midwest and the South combined into one shithole.

Oi, what the hell man.  What are you basing this on?  I've lived in Edmonton for the past 14 years and have had no experiences like that. 

A majority of Alberta's residents believe marriage "should only between a man and a woman", fuck them.

@tfsteefs said:

@Xerxes8933A said:

@mosespippy said:

@tfsteefs said:

@Jason_Bourne said:

 Alberta and B.C. all the way.  

I agree with BC but Alberta is an awful homophobic, racist place. Do not go to Alberta

Alberta is Canada's equivalent to the US Midwest and the South combined into one shithole.

Oi, what the hell man.  What are you basing this on?  I've lived in Edmonton for the past 14 years and have had no experiences like that. 

A majority of Alberta's residents believe marriage "should only between a man and a woman", fuck them.

The only person I have ever met who believes that is my Grandfather.  Are you quoting a survey of some sort?

Sweet! Alberta sounds like my kinda place!

I'm guessing they think you're a dumb American who doesn't know the difference between a civilian and a citizen, so there's no hope for you now. Maybe if you marry a Canadian chick.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/publications/howto.asp

Patience to put up with all the obnoxious Americans making the same stupid jokes every time the topic of Canada comes up.

@bigsmoke77: @Jason_Bourne: Ya I'm only joking. I live in Calgary where no one speaks French and you don't even have to take it in school anymore. Besides airplanes I have heard that some people still speak it out east.