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File No. 726463 · Adjudicated
Dan Aykroyd
Actor — Actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer
Born
1952
Birthplace
OTTAWA, 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
OTTAWA, 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
His great-grandfather was a Kingston dentist and spiritualist who corresponded with Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle about the paranormal — a family fascination Aykroyd carried straight into Ghostbusters.
The verdict
Born in Ottawa, raised in Canada, and proudly Canadian through and through — this Blues Brother is about as north as they come. Co-founded the House of Blues but never forgot his roots, and still maintains strong ties to Kingston, Ontario, where he spent much of his childhood.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
Related files
More from the files: Actor · Ontario
References — en.wikipedia.org