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File No. 468666 · Adjudicated
James Doohan
Actor — Star Trek
Born
1920
Birthplace
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA
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
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA
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 — British Columbia
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
No claim lodged
Fun fact
He landed on Juno Beach with the Canadian Army on D-Day and was hit by six machine-gun rounds, losing a finger — an injury he hid from Star Trek producers for years so it wouldn't affect casting.
The verdict
Born and raised in Vancouver, and Scotty from Star Trek — a role so thoroughly his that most fans assumed the accent was real. Served in the Canadian Army and lost a finger on D-Day before any of it. Born, raised, five points, beam him up.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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References — en.wikipedia.org