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File No. 812944 · Adjudicated
David Foster
Musician — St. Elmo's Fire, Christmas, I Have Nothing
Born
1949
Birthplace
VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA
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
VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA
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 — British Columbia
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
Won 16 Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 2010.
The verdict
Born in Victoria and started his musical career there in the '60s before conquering the world with hits for Céline, Whitney, and basically everyone else who's ever held a microphone. Lives in LA now but still holds dual citizenship — once a Canuck, always a Canuck, eh?
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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References — en.wikipedia.org