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File No. 612988 · Adjudicated
Diana Krall
Musician — The Look of Love, When I Look in Your Eyes, Love Scenes
Born
1964
Birthplace
NANAIMO, 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
NANAIMO, BRITISH COLUMBIA
Canadian parentage — not scored
Both parents Canadian
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
She's the only jazz artist to have eight albums debut at the top of the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.
The verdict
Born and raised in Nanaimo, BC, she's brought Canadian cool to jazz clubs worldwide while maintaining deep ties to her Vancouver Island roots. A multiple Grammy winner who's never forgotten where she came from, she still performs in Canada regularly and proudly reps the West Coast jazz scene.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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References — en.wikipedia.org