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Photo: Robert Markowitz via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
File No. 755909 · Adjudicated
Chris Hadfield
Astronaut — ISS commander, first Canadian spacewalker, Space Oddity music video from orbit
Born
1959
Birthplace
SARNIA, 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
SARNIA, 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
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
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References — en.wikipedia.org