In this article, we explore citizenship and identity through the experiences of the English-language minority of Gatineau, Quebec's 4th largest city, located in the National Capital Region of Canada. The geography of the group's everyday practices, its spaces of belonging and places of involvement make this an interesting case study in light of ongoing debates regarding the flexible nature of contemporary citizenship. The position of this minority population is unique because while residing in Quebec, it is in proximity geographically and culturally to Ottawa, the capital of Canada, where an English-speaking majority resides. We analyze the particular ways of "living" in space among the Anglophone minority of Gatineau and its claims to citizenship by reflecting on the effects of the border on its daily space between Gatineau and Ottawa. Its unique transborder experience reveals an unusual form of citizenship which we call "affinity" citizenship. It is ethnically exclusive in that its affinity is limited to the Anglophone collectivity; nevertheless, it is geographically flexible insofar as it encompasses different spatial scales: between the neighborhood and its local community, and the broader space of the city lying on both side of the border. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]