Citizenship Applicants: English

Immigration Minister Jason Kenney Dept: The new requirements were unveiled last year and will see citizenship applicants given three ways to prove their proficiency, according to CTV. Knowledge of French or English has been a requirement to obtain citizenship since 1977, but Immigration Minister Jason Kenney had sought to find an objective way to prove proficiency and oTTAWA -- Would-be Canadians will be required to submit tangible proof of how well they speak English or French beginning this November. Applicants will have to submit results of a government-approved third-party language test, show they've finished high school or post-secondary education in English or French or prove they've received an appropriate level of language education via government-funded training programs. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.