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File No. 816153 · Adjudicated
Gordon Pinsent
Actor — The Rowdyman, Away from Her, The Red Green Show
Born
1930
Birthplace
GRAND FALLS, NEWFOUNDLAND
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
GRAND FALLS, NEWFOUNDLAND
Canadian parentage — not scored
Both parents Canadian
Citizenship on record — not scored
Automatic by birth
II. Residency
Formative years spent in Canada — yes
Raised — Newfoundland
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
Voiced the narrator for the Barenaked Ladies' children's album 'Snacktime!' and won a Gemini Award at age 78.
The verdict
Born in Grand Falls, Newfoundland, this titan of Canadian theatre, film, and television was as authentically Canadian as they come — a CBC stalwart who voiced the Barenaked Ladies' narrator and played everyone's favourite fictional prime minister. He spent his entire career championing Canadian stories and became a cultural institution himself, earning the Order of Canada and practically every other honour this country could bestow.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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References — en.wikipedia.org