Corey Hart

Musician — Sunglasses at Night, Boy in the Box, Singles

Born

1962

Birthplace

MONTREAL, QUEBEC

Citizenships

Canadianness Score

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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

MONTREAL, QUEBEC

Canadian parentage

No Canadian parents on record

Citizenship on record

Automatic by birth

II. Residency

Formative years spent in Canada

Raised — Quebec

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

Never Surrender is certified platinum in Canada, and his career album sales run into the millions, among the biggest of any Canadian solo artist of his era.

The verdict

Wore his sunglasses at night all the way to becoming one of Canada's biggest pop stars of the 1980s, with Never Surrender becoming a certified anthem. Still tours and records, and Canadians of a certain age will absolutely belt out his hits at karaoke.

Adjudicated by

The Standings Committee

Status

Final — appealable