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File No. 612198 · Adjudicated
Charlene Choi
Musician — Twins, Hong Kong Film Awards
Born
1982
Birthplace
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA
Citizenships
CA
Canadianness Score
🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁
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
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA
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
Says so, out loud
Canada claims them back — not scored
No claim lodged
Fun fact
She's fluent in Cantonese, English, and Mandarin — a byproduct of a Hong Kong upbringing on top of a Canadian birth.
The verdict
Born in Vancouver, but the family moved to Hong Kong a few years later, where she grew up, trained, and became half of the Cantopop duo Twins. The birth certificate is Canadian; the childhood wasn't. Four points, Johnny Canuck.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
Related files
More from the files: British Columbia · Musician
References — en.wikipedia.org