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Portrait
File No. 523312  ·  Adjudicated

Barbara Frum

TV Host — As It Happens, The Journal

Born
1937
Birthplace
NIAGARA FALLS, U.S.
Citizenships
US / CA

Canadianness Score

🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁
3.0/ 5
Weighted across 6 scored criteria

Designation

Ya No Ya 🤔

Knows that bud → buddy → pal is not an escalation in friendliness.

Scorecard

Path B — not born on Canadian soil
I. Origin
Born on Canadian soil — no
NIAGARA FALLS, 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 — yes
Raised — Canada
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.
Publicly claims to be Canadian — not scored
Says so, out loud
Canada claims them back — not scored
Claimed, enthusiastically

Fun fact

Her children David and Linda Frum both became prominent political commentators, continuing the family tradition of asking tough questions.

The verdict

Born in Niagara Falls, New York, but moved to Canada as a child and became one of the country's most respected broadcast journalists. Hosted CBC's The Journal for a decade, where she became known for her incisive interviews and unflappable professionalism — a true icon of Canadian journalism, eh.

Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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References — en.wikipedia.org