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Portrait
File No. 504053  ·  Adjudicated

Heather Reisman

Entrepreneur — Canadian businesswoman

Born
1948
Birthplace
MONTREAL, QUEBEC
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 soil
I. Origin
Born on Canadian soil — yes
MONTREAL, QUEBEC
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 — Quebec
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

Co-founded Kobo, the e-reader company that became Canada's answer to Amazon's Kindle.

The verdict

Founded Canada's largest bookstore chain and turned it into a cultural institution where Canadians browse for hours without buying anything. McGill-educated and Montreal-born, she's been shaping how Canadians read and gather for decades, eh.

Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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