Elon Musk's Canadian Citizenship?
Yes, Elon Musk has Canadian Citizenship, African, and United States. The timeline of citizenship is the following:
- Elon Musk was born in South Africa – granting his African citizenship.
- In 1989, Elon Musk applied for and was granted Canadian citizenship, as his mother was born in Saskatchewan. According to Wikipedia, Musk applied for Canadian citizenship to avoid mandatory African military service.
- Elon was granted United States citizenship in 2002.
On February 22, 2025, Charlie Angus, a Canadian Member of Parliament, will support a petition to have Elon Musk's Canadian citizenship revoked.
The petition only requires 500 signatures to be certified and brought forward to the Canadian House of Commons. As of 5:00 pm EST, over 34,000 signatures have been captured (in under six hours).
What are the grounds for the request to have Elon Musk's Canadian citizenship revoked? Every Canadian pledges that they will “pledge their allegiance to the Sovereign of Canada, who represents the country as a whole.” In Elon Musk's case, he would have had to make this pledge at the ceremony when he became a Canadian citizen.
So, can Elon Musk lose his Canadian citizenship? Well, we are not immigrant lawyers, but between both the pledge to “their allegiance to the Sovereign of Canada, who represents the country as a whole” and past cases where there was serious misconduct or disloyalty to Canadian Sovereignty and Procedural Non-Compliance.
While no one can estimate the number of Canadians who will sign the petition, a recent survey shows that 90% of surveyed Canadians are against Canada becoming part of the United States.
In addition, Canadian Tesla sales dropped 65% from January 2024 through February 2025, which does not match any other declines. Tesla did not meet its earnings expectations for quarter four of 2024, with actual earnings of $25.70 Billion (versus earnings estimates of $27.25 Billion) or a revenue drop of 8%. As of Friday's market closing, Telsa is trading at $337.30 per share, which is showing a (16.35%) loss in share price year to date. Other key financial data from Tesla (as of Friday, February 21, 2025) are (Click image to enlarge):
In the preparation of this article, we utilized the following sources:
- Petition e5353 – Revocation of Elon Musk's Canadian Citizenship (Click to View)
- Tesla Q4 Financial Report (from Tesla Investor Relations)
- Government of Canada – Revocation of Citizenship
- MarketWatch – Tesla Market Data – News (Subscription required)
- On Thin Ice Cartoon courtesy of Graeme Mackay Editorial Cartoonist.