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File No. 940785 · Adjudicated
Andrea Martin
Actor / Comedian — Wag the Dog, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Black Christmas
Born
1947
Birthplace
PORTLAND, U.S.
Citizenships
US / CA
Canadianness Score
🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁
2.0/ 5
Weighted across 6 scored criteria
Designation
Gets Yearly Letters from the CRA 📬
Not born or raised there — but the CRA always knows where to find them.
Scorecard
Path B — not born on Canadian soil
I. Origin
✗
Born on Canadian soil — no
PORTLAND, U.S.
✗
Canadian parentage — no
No Canadian parents on record
✓
Citizenship on record — yes
Held — by descent or naturalisation
II. Residency
✗
Formative years spent in Canada — no
Raised elsewhere
✓
Lived in Canada by choice — yes
Residency on record as an adult
✓
Worked or filmed in Canada — yes
Credits filed north of the 49th
III. Cultural evidence — not scored
Section III is recorded for the file only. It carries no weight under either path.
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Publicly claims to be Canadian — not scored
Says so, out loud
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Canada claims them back — not scored
Claimed, enthusiastically
Fun fact
Won two Tony Awards on Broadway while being a cornerstone of Canadian sketch comedy on SCTV.
The verdict
Spent decades making Canadians laugh on SCTV before finally making it official with citizenship in 2017. A comedy institution in both countries who proved you don't need to be born somewhere to become part of its cultural fabric.
