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File No. 043417 · Adjudicated
Jay Baruchel
Actor — How to Train Your Dragon, This Is the End, Goon
Born
1982
Birthplace
OTTAWA, 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
OTTAWA, ONTARIO
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 — 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
Films where he's had a starring role have grossed over $1.28 billion worldwide — mostly on the strength of a Viking teenager he voiced without ever appearing on screen.
The verdict
Born and raised in Ottawa, and about as unfiltered a Canadian as this file has on record. Voiced Hiccup across the entire How to Train Your Dragon franchise, held down two cult sitcoms along the way (Undeclared, Man Seeking Woman), and never really left. Born, raised, give'r. Five points.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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References — en.wikipedia.org