Donald Sutherland

Actor — The Hunger Games, Pride & Prejudice, The Italian Job

Born

1935

Birthplace

SAINT JOHN, NEW BRUNSWICK

Citizenships

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 soil

I. Origin

Born on Canadian soil

SAINT JOHN, NEW BRUNSWICK

Canadian parentage

Both parents Canadian

Citizenship on record

Automatic by birth

II. Residency

Formative years spent in Canada

Raised — New Brunswick

Lived in Canada by choice

Residency on record as an adult

Worked or filmed in Canada

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

Says so, out loud

Canada claims them back

Claimed, enthusiastically

Fun fact

Made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1978 and promoted to Companion — the country's highest civilian honour — in 2019, plus an honorary degree from the University of Toronto.

The verdict

Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, he became one of Canada's greatest cultural exports, starring in everything from MASH to The Hunger Games. A fierce defender of Canadian identity who never forgot his roots, even as Hollywood came calling.

Adjudicated by

The Standings Committee

Status

Final — appealable