Glenn Ford

Actor — Gilda, The Big Heat, Blackboard Jungle

Born

1916

Birthplace

SAINTE-CHRISTINE-D'AUVERGNE, QUEBEC

Citizenships

Canadianness Score

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4.0/ 5

Weighted across 2 scored criteria

Designation

Johnny Canuck 🦸

Canadian to the core. May have moved, but still calls everyone “bud”.

Scorecard

Path A — born on Canadian soil

I. Origin

Born on Canadian soil

SAINTE-CHRISTINE-D'AUVERGNE, QUEBEC

Canadian parentage

Both parents Canadian

Citizenship on record

Automatic by birth

II. Residency

Formative years spent in Canada

Raised elsewhere

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

No claim lodged

Fun fact

His father worked for the Venice Electric Tram Company after the family emigrated to Santa Monica, a detail Ford rarely brought up once he was one of the highest-paid stars in Hollywood.

The verdict

Born in Quebec, but the family emigrated to Santa Monica when he was six — early enough that his whole formative stretch was American. One of Hollywood's biggest box-office draws for two decades running, but Canada only got the birth certificate. Four points, Johnny Canuck.

Adjudicated by

The Standings Committee

Status

Final — appealable