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File No. 754702 · Adjudicated
Al Waxman
Actor — The King of Kensington, Cagney & Lacey, Canadian television
Born
1935
Birthplace
TORONTO, ONTARIO
Citizenships
CA
Canadianness Score
🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁
5.0/ 5
Weighted across 2 scored criteria
Designation
Bleeds Maple Syrup 🍁Born, raised, and still says “out for a rip” unironically.
Scorecard
Path A — born on Canadian soilI. Origin
Born on Canadian soil — yes
TORONTO, ONTARIO
Canadian parentage — not scored
Both parents Canadian
Citizenship on record — not scored
Automatic by birth
II. Residency
Formative years spent in Canada — yes
Raised — Ontario
Lived in Canada by choice — not scored
Residency on record as an adult
Worked or filmed in Canada — not scored
Credits filed north of the 49th
III. Cultural evidence — not scored
Section III is recorded for the file only. Birth on Canadian soil already settles the matter.
Publicly claims to be Canadian — not scored
Says so, out loud
Canada claims them back — not scored
Claimed, enthusiastically
Fun fact
Won a Gemini Award for Best Actor in 1997 for the TV movie Net Worth — decades after King of Kensington first made him a household name.
The verdict
Beloved as King of Kensington for over a decade, he was Toronto born and raised, becoming one of Canadian television's most recognizable faces. A fixture in both Canadian and American productions, he never forgot his roots in the city's Jewish community and theatre scene. Canada embraced him as family, and he returned that love tenfold.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
Related files
More from the files: Actor · Ontario
References — en.wikipedia.org