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File No. 024631 · Adjudicated
Craig Kielburger
Entrepreneur — WE Charity, We Day, Me to We
Born
1982
Birthplace
THORNHILL, 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
THORNHILL, ONTARIO
Canadian parentage — not scored
No Canadian parents on record
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
Started his first charity at age 12, making him one of the youngest people ever to lead an international organization.
The verdict
Founded Free The Children at age 12 after reading about child labour, making him one of Canada's youngest activists. Educated at Trinity College and York, he's spent his life building social enterprises from his home base in Ontario. Canada claims him as a homegrown changemaker, controversy and all.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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