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File No. 161060 · Adjudicated
Farley Mowat
Author — Never Cry Wolf, The Dog Who Wouldn't Be, People of the Deer
Born
1921
Birthplace
BELLEVILLE, 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
BELLEVILLE, ONTARIO
Canadian parentage — not scored
Both parents Canadian
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
Says so, out loud
Canada claims them back — not scored
Claimed, enthusiastically
Fun fact
His book 'Never Cry Wolf' challenged government wolf-killing policies and became a bestseller that changed how North Americans viewed wolves.
The verdict
Born and raised in Belleville, Ontario, Farley Mowat spent his life chronicling Canadian wilderness and wildlife with a novelist's flair and an activist's temper — 'Never Cry Wolf' and 'The Dog Who Wouldn't Be' among the classics. Canada doesn't just claim him — we treasure him as a national literary icon. Born, raised, five points.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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References — en.wikipedia.org