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File No. 691342 · Adjudicated
Daniel Lanois
Musician — U2's The Joshua Tree, Bob Dylan's Time Out of Mind, producer for Peter Gabriel and Emmylou Harris
Born
1951
Birthplace
HULL, QUEBEC
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
HULL, QUEBEC
Canadian parentage — not scored
Both parents Canadian
Citizenship on record — not scored
Automatic by birth
II. Residency
Formative years spent in Canada — yes
Raised — Quebec
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
Co-produced U2's The Joshua Tree and won a Grammy for Album of the Year for his work on the record.
The verdict
A legendary music producer and musician who helped shape the sound of U2, Bob Dylan, and countless others. Born in Hull, Quebec and raised in Ancaster, Ontario, he's as Canadian as they come — bringing that distinct northern sensibility to some of the biggest albums in rock history. A true Canadian export who made the world sound better.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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References — en.wikipedia.org