What's the difference between Canadian immigrants keeping maple leaf cards and naturalization?

Maple leaf card is a common name for Canadian permanent resident card, which can be obtained after obtaining a permanent residence visa in Canada. With a maple leaf card, you can travel freely between your country and Canada within the validity period of 5 years, and you can enjoy the welfare of Canadian residents. However, if you want to continue to apply after the expiration, you must fill in at least 2 years (730 days) in Canada within the previous 5 years.

Canadian citizenship is no different from maple leaf card in welfare, except that there is no problem of "expiration renewal" after naturalization. In addition, obtaining Canadian citizenship means gaining political rights (such as voting rights) in Canada, and holding a Canadian passport to travel to other countries may have the advantage of visa-free right or relatively easy visa application.

Of course, the naturalization of overseas people in Canada can only be carried out on the premise of obtaining a maple leaf card and living in Canada for a long time, and because some countries do not recognize dual citizenship (such as China), obtaining Canadian citizenship on this premise means giving up the original nationality.