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File No. 077577 · Adjudicated
Ivan Reitman
Director — Ghostbusters, Twins, Kindergarten Cop
Born
1946
Birthplace
KOMÁRNO, CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Citizenships
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Canadianness Score
🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁
2.0/ 5
Weighted across 6 scored criteria
Designation
Gets Yearly Letters from the CRA 📬Not born or raised there — but the CRA always knows where to find them.
Scorecard
Path B — not born on Canadian soilI. Origin
Born on Canadian soil — no
KOMÁRNO, CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Canadian parentage — no
No Canadian parents on record
Citizenship on record — no
None on record
II. Residency
Formative years spent in Canada — yes
Raised — Canada
Lived in Canada by choice — yes
Residency on record as an adult
Worked or filmed in Canada — yes
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 — not scored
Says so, out loud
Canada claims them back — not scored
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
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References — en.wikipedia.org