Canada's Birth Tourism: The First Baby Born in Vancouver Was to Two Egyptian Parents That Had Never Set Foot In Canada

 As a sign of just how prevalent birth tourism has become in Vancouver, the city’s first baby of 2023 was born to a birth tourist. Hana Amr Fouad was born just before 3 a.m. on New Year’s Day at Vancouver’s St. Paul’s Hospital, according to a profile in Vancouver Is Awesome. Baby Hana’s parents are both Egyptian nationals who have never previously been to Canada, but they arranged for a Vancouver birth so that the baby would obtain instant Canadian citizenship under the country’s “jus soli” laws. “We chose Canada because the Canadian passport is better,” said Hana’s father Amr Fouad, explaining that it was a choice between Canada or the U.S. Several hundred such births occur in the Vancouver area every year. Richmond Hospital, in particular, has reported that as many as one quarter of its birthing mothers are non-residents looking to secure Canadian citizenship for their baby.

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