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File No. 215620 · Adjudicated

Alanis Morissette

Musician — Jagged Little Pill, Ironic, Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie

Born

1974

Birthplace

OTTAWA, ONTARIO

Citizenships

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 soil

I. Origin

Born on Canadian soil

OTTAWA, ONTARIO

Canadian parentage

Both parents Canadian

Citizenship on record

Automatic by birth

II. Residency

Formative years spent in Canada

Raised — Ontario

Lived in Canada by choice

Residency on record as an adult

Worked or filmed in Canada

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

Says so, out loud

Canada claims them back

Claimed, enthusiastically

Fun fact

Got her start as a child actor on You Can't Do That on Television, a CJOH-TV Ottawa production that Nickelodeon later picked up for U.S. audiences.

The verdict

Born in Ottawa, raised in the capital region, and launched her career on Canadian television before becoming an alt-rock icon. She still holds dual citizenship and has never been shy about her Canadian roots, even when Hollywood came calling.

Adjudicated by

The Standings Committee

Status

Final — appealable

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