{"id":260409,"date":"2020-07-03T21:47:43","date_gmt":"2020-07-04T01:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=260409"},"modified":"2020-07-03T21:53:31","modified_gmt":"2020-07-04T01:53:31","slug":"virtual-citizenship-ceremony-welcomes-immigrants-on-canada-day-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/07\/03\/virtual-citizenship-ceremony-welcomes-immigrants-on-canada-day-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual citizenship ceremony welcomes immigrants on Canada day (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Since April 1, Canada has held over 1,000 virtual\u00a0citizenship\u00a0ceremonies.\u00a0The in-person ceremonies scheduled for late March were cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak. (Pexels photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is the first time immigrants are being sworn in as Canadian citizens across the country all at the same time.
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Nineteen immigrants across Canada became citizens in an online ceremony this Canada day.<\/p>\n

<\/span>This is the first time in history that people would take the oath of citizenship from coast to coast to coast at the same time.<\/p>\n

Since April 1, Canada has held over 1,000 virtual\u00a0citizenship<\/a>\u00a0ceremonies.\u00a0The in-person ceremonies scheduled for late March were cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak.<\/p>\n

The 19 new Canadian citizens range in age from six to 66, and represent 13 different countries of origin. They came to the ceremony that was live-streamed on Vimeo from their homes in B.C., Yukon, Northwest Territories, the Atlantic provinces and others.<\/p>\n

In lieu of a post-ceremony luncheon, the new citizens received a delivery from Tim Hortons to their respective homes.<\/p>\n

Watch the video ceremony.<\/p>\n