File No. 077577 · Adjudicated

Ivan Reitman

Director — Ghostbusters, Twins, Kindergarten Cop

Born

1946

Birthplace

KOMÁRNO, CZECHOSLOVAKIA

Citizenships

CZECHOSLOVAKIA / CA

Canadianness Score

🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁

3.0/ 5

Weighted across 6 scored criteria

Designation

Ya No Ya 🤔

Knows that bud → buddy → pal is not an escalation in friendliness.

Scorecard

Path B — not born on Canadian soil

I. Origin

Born on Canadian soil

KOMÁRNO, CZECHOSLOVAKIA

Canadian parentage

No Canadian parents on record

Citizenship on record

Held — by descent or naturalisation

II. Residency

Formative years spent in Canada

Raised — Canada

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. It carries no weight under either path.

Publicly claims to be Canadian

Says so, out loud

Canada claims them back

Claimed, enthusiastically

Fun fact

Directed all his early films in Canada including Meatballs, which was shot entirely in Ontario and became the highest-grossing Canadian film at the time.

The verdict

Born in Czechoslovakia but moved to Canada as a child, he grew up in Toronto and launched his career at McMaster before becoming one of Hollywood's most successful comedy directors. Gave us Ghostbusters, Stripes, and a whole generation of laughs while claiming Canada as home base throughout his life.

Adjudicated by

The Standings Committee

Status

Final — appealable