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'Honorary Canadian citizenship' is an honour bestowed by the Parliament of Canada to foreigners of exceptional merit. It is a symbolic honour and does not give the recipient any rights, privileges or duties typically held by a Canadian citizen.
The honour requires the unanimous approval of parliament. As of , three people have had this honour bestowed upon them.


★ Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat and Holocaust hero, 1985 (posthumously awarded).

★ Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid activist and former president of South Africa, 2001.^[1]

★ Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, 2006.

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★ Canadian Immigration and Citizenship Indexing Terms - H
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