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File No. 234264 · Adjudicated
David Clayton-Thomas
Musician — Blood, Sweat & Tears, Spinning Wheel, You've Made Me So Very Happy
Born
1941
Birthplace
KINGSTON UPON THAMES, ENGLAND
Citizenships
UK / CA
Canadianness Score
🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁
3.5/ 5
Weighted across 6 scored criteria
Designation
Ya No Ya 🤔Knows that bud → buddy → pal is not an escalation in friendliness.
Scorecard
Path B — not born on Canadian soilI. Origin
Born on Canadian soil — no
KINGSTON UPON THAMES, ENGLAND
Canadian parentage — yes
One Canadian parent
Citizenship on record — yes
Held — by descent or naturalisation
II. Residency
Formative years spent in Canada — yes
Raised — Canada
Lived in Canada by choice — yes
Residency on record as an adult
Worked or filmed in Canada — yes
Credits filed north of the 49th
III. Cultural evidence — not scored
Section III is recorded for the file only. It carries no weight under either path.
Publicly claims to be Canadian — not scored
Says so, out loud
Canada claims them back — not scored
Claimed, enthusiastically
Fun fact
Changed his name from David Thomsett to David Clayton-Thomas as a teenager in Toronto, taking his stepfather's surname.
The verdict
Born in Surrey, England, but raised in Toronto from age 13, he became the voice of Blood, Sweat & Tears and was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. Canada absolutely claims him — he's lived here most of his life and built his legendary career from Toronto.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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References — en.wikipedia.org