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File No. 248690 · Adjudicated
Howie Mandel
Actor / Comedian — Bobby's World, St. Elsewhere, Deal or No Deal
Born
1955
Birthplace
TORONTO, 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
TORONTO, ONTARIO
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 — 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
Got his big break after being a carpet salesman in Toronto and performing at Yuk Yuk's, where he was discovered and moved to LA in 1978.
The verdict
Started doing stand-up in Toronto's Yuk Yuk's club before becoming America's Deal or No Deal host and germaphobe-in-chief. Despite decades in Hollywood, he's still unmistakably Toronto — that nervous energy, the self-deprecating humour, even his OCD feels distinctly Canadian in how apologetic he is about it.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
Related files
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References — en.wikipedia.org