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File No. 296914 · Adjudicated
James Cameron
Director — Titanic, Avatar, The Terminator
Born
1954
Birthplace
KAPUSKASING, 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
KAPUSKASING, ONTARIO
Canadian parentage — not scored
Both parents Canadian
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
He sold Terminator for $1 He sold the rights to The Terminator to producer Gale Anne Hurd for one dollar. The catch: she had to agree that he would direct it. It’s one of the most famous “$1 deals” in Hollywood history.
The verdict
He moved to California when he was a teen and now resides in New Zealand, but that's okay, he's always welcome back home.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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References — en.wikipedia.org