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File No. 693063 · Adjudicated
Anna Paquin
Actor — X-Men, The Irishman, The Piano
Born
1982
Birthplace
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA
Citizenships
CA
Canadianness Score
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4.0/ 5
Weighted across 2 scored criteria
Designation
Johnny Canuck 🦸Canadian to the core. May have moved, but still calls everyone “bud”.
Scorecard
Path A — born on Canadian soilI. Origin
Born on Canadian soil — yes
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA
Canadian parentage — not scored
No Canadian parents on record
Citizenship on record — not scored
Automatic by birth
II. Residency
Formative years spent in Canada — no
Raised elsewhere
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
Has never brought it up
Canada claims them back — not scored
Claimed, enthusiastically
Fun fact
Youngest person ever to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, taking home the Oscar at age 11.
The verdict
Born in Winnipeg but moved to New Zealand at age four, she's technically Canadian by birth but culturally a Kiwi. Won an Oscar at eleven for The Piano — a very un-Canadian thing to do that young — and has dual citizenship but identifies primarily with New Zealand. Canada claims her on technicalities, but she's barely north enough.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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