Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler says he had to wear a denim B次元官网网址淐anadian tuxedoB次元官网网址� and assured fans that Mounties are real in a social media post announcing his Canadian citizenship.

The Instagram post shows Butler standing behind a cake decorated like a Canadian flag alongside officials, an RCMP officer and others during the ceremony.

Butler says he has lived in Montreal for half of his life so it feels B次元官网网址渧ery naturalB次元官网网址� to hold both Canadian and American passports.

Citizenship Minister Ahmed Hussen is shown in a second post saying he believes Montrealers have B次元官网网址渧ery muchB次元官网网址� adopted Butler and he has adopted Montreal.

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He says the members of Arcade Fire have made B次元官网网址渆xtraordinary contributionsB次元官网网址� to a number of humanitarian causes over the years, including supporting health care improvements in Haiti.

Hussen says those efforts have had a long-lasting positive impact not only in that country, but in the larger Haitian community in Canada.

B次元官网网址淰ery Honored to finally be a Canadian Citizen,B次元官网网址� Butler said on Instagram Tuesday.

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Butler told reporters in March 2018 that he was applying for his Canadian citizenship, after playing a Canadian-accented version of himself on B次元官网网址淪aturday Night Live.B次元官网网址�

He is married to bandmate Regine Chassagne, who was born in Montreal, but wedlock is only part of the qualification for becoming a Canadian citizen.

An applicant must also be physically present in the country for at least 1,095 days within five years, according to the Government of Canada website.

Butler said last year the B次元官网网址渋nternational achievementB次元官网网址� Juno Award organizers recognized him for B次元官网网址渋ronicallyB次元官网网址� hindered him from meeting those requirements.

He has evidently overcome that obstacle.

Amy Smart, The Canadian Press

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