I made it to the 2:30 oath ceremony today (still going on). 96 people took the oath. About 300 people in audience. Judge Terrance omally had the oath takers stand in their seats and take the oath as a group. Then, one by one he called each individual to come up and shake his hand and get their certificate. They had to sign something at a side table after ward. The oath takers were middle aged people with families. Some young adults. Some single people. A uhandful of eastern Europeans, Phillipines and easy Indian and some African people. A real mixed group of cultures and ages. I spoke with three different people. First guy was Philippine and he had applied in august or 2013 and wrote his test in January from saskatoon.he had a wife and kids.
The second person was from saskatoon, forgot when they applied but had written their test in November.
The last guy was single from Russia and he wrote his test in January as well and was told at the time it would be 2-4 months before he got oath. So it took him the 2 months for oath. I left before everyone was finished being called up and it was ending with everyone singing the national anthem and the judge was willing to take pictures with everyone individually. It was all very casual and a formality. Cheers and good luck everyone!
