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File No. 018395 · Adjudicated
James C. Temerty
Entrepreneur — Canadian entrepreneur, business executive and philanthropist
Born
1941
Birthplace
DONBAS, UKRAINE
Citizenships
UKRAINE / 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 soilI. Origin
Born on Canadian soil — no
DONBAS, UKRAINE
Canadian parentage — no
No Canadian parents on record
Citizenship on record — yes
Held — by descent or naturalisation
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
His $250 million donation to the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine in 2020 was the largest single philanthropic gift in Canadian history.
The verdict
Immigrated to Canada at age nine after his family fled wartime Ukraine as refugees, built one of the country's most successful energy companies, and has donated hundreds of millions to Canadian institutions including the University of Toronto's medical school. The epitome of the Canadian dream, eh?
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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References — en.wikipedia.org