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File No. 050030 · Adjudicated
Bobby Orr
Athlete — NHL, Boston Bruins, defenceman, 8x Norris Trophy winner
Born
1948
Birthplace
PARRY SOUND, 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
PARRY SOUND, ONTARIO
Canadian parentage — not scored
Both parents Canadian
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
Won eight consecutive Norris Trophies as the NHL's best defenceman and remains the only defenceman to ever win the Art Ross Trophy as the league's top scorer — twice.
The verdict
The greatest defenceman to ever lace up skates revolutionized hockey from his blue line in Boston, but he learned the game on frozen ponds in Parry Sound, Ontario. Born and raised in Canada, he never forgot his roots — even after transforming the Bruins into champions, he remained humble, gracious, and quintessentially Canadian. Hockey royalty doesn't get more north than this, eh.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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References — en.wikipedia.org