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Photo: McCaughey, Hugh H. via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
File No. 939489 · Adjudicated
Alex Colville
Other — Infantry, near Nijmegen, Holland
Born
1920
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
No Canadian parents on record
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
Served as a war artist during World War II, documenting Canadian military operations in Europe before returning home to paint horses, trains, and the stark beauty of Atlantic Canada.
The verdict
Born in Toronto, educated at Mount Allison in New Brunswick, and painted Canadian life until his death in Wolfville, Nova Scotia at 92. His meticulous realist works captured the quiet intensity of Maritime existence and earned him a Companion of the Order of Canada. Bleeds maple syrup through every brushstroke, eh.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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References — en.wikipedia.org