Chris Hadfield

Astronaut — ISS commander, first Canadian spacewalker, Space Oddity music video from orbit

Born

1959

Birthplace

SARNIA, ONTARIO

Citizenships

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 soil

I. Origin

Born on Canadian soil

SARNIA, ONTARIO

Canadian parentage

Both parents Canadian

Citizenship on record

Automatic by birth

II. Residency

Formative years spent in Canada

Raised — Ontario

Lived in Canada by choice

Residency on record as an adult

Worked or filmed in Canada

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

Says so, out loud

Canada claims them back

Claimed, enthusiastically

Fun fact

First Canadian to walk in space and command the International Space Station.

The verdict

Commander Hadfield recorded the first music video from space — a cover of Bowie's 'Space Oddity' — while orbiting Earth aboard the International Space Station. Born in Sarnia, Ontario, and raised on a corn farm, he became the first Canadian to walk in space and command the ISS. Canada doesn't just claim him; we consider him a national treasure who made the whole country look up.

Adjudicated by

The Standings Committee

Status

Final — appealable