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File No. 566916 · Adjudicated
Eugene Levy
Actor / Comedian — American Pie, Schitt's Creek, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Born
1946
Birthplace
HAMILTON, 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 soilI. Origin
Born on Canadian soil — yes
HAMILTON, 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 in Hamilton, Ontario, Eugene Levy spent decades on SCTV and in the Christopher Guest mockumentary universe before Schitt's Creek made him a global phenomenon. He has the Order of Canada, a Canadian Comedy Award, and an Emmy. Hamilton, Ontario's greatest export. We will not be taking questions.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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