Yes, you can apply for German citizenship and be a dual citizen regardless of the fact if your mother was still a German citizen or not.
No, you can only apply for a passport if one of your parents has citizenship to one of these countries.
Entitlement to benefits depends on contibutions, not citizenship.
Citizenship law is complicated, so get advice in Germany or from your nearest German consulate.
No - where on earth did you get the idea from? The qualification for German citizenship is being born to a parent with German citizenship, or naturalization.
A passport does not constitute eligibility for citizenship in Britain. You must apply for a visa and apply for citizenship.
You need to contact the German consulate nearest you (or the German Embassy in Washington) for detailed instructions on how to document German heritage and apply for German citizenship. The rules have changed recently and are continually being updated.
Yes. It depends on what you mean. You may or may not be German in heritage, but legally you are a German if you have German citizenship. All depends you could have a split nationality meaning you have a dual citizenship.
Citizenship can be translated as:StaatsbürgerschaftNationalitätStaatsangehörigkeitBürgerschaftStaatsbürgerschaft
Yes, you can apply for dual citizenship in your home country.
When applying for German citizenship, you should ask them for a permission to retain foreign nationality. If they do not approve that, and you still want to become a German citizen, then you should renounce your Canadian nationality.
Contact your nearest German consulate. Citizenship questions are often complex.