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Drake

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File No. 844909  ·  Adjudicated

Drake

Musician — Scorpion, God's Plan, Views

Born
1986
Birthplace
TORONTO, ONTARIO
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 soil
I. Origin
Born on Canadian soil — yes
TORONTO, ONTARIO
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 — Ontario
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
Has never brought it up
Canada claims them back — not scored
Claimed, enthusiastically

The verdict

Born Aubrey Drake Graham in Toronto's Forest Hill neighbourhood, Drake attended Vaughan Road Academy and Degrassi: The Next Generation before becoming the most commercially successful rapper alive. He has made Toronto the most name-dropped Canadian city in hip-hop history. Still very much from the 416. The city thanks him. Sort of.

Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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