Gordon Pinsent

Actor — The Rowdyman, Away from Her, The Red Green Show

Born

1930

Birthplace

GRAND FALLS, NEWFOUNDLAND

Citizenships

Canadianness Score

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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

GRAND FALLS, NEWFOUNDLAND

Canadian parentage

Both parents Canadian

Citizenship on record

Automatic by birth

II. Residency

Formative years spent in Canada

Raised — Newfoundland

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

Claimed, enthusiastically

Fun fact

Won the Genie Award for Best Actor at 77, for Away From Her — a career-topping honour more than half a century after he started.

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 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