Winnipeg Free Press · Oct 7, 2026
Jessie Reyez, Drake to be honoured for songwriting at SOCAN Awards
SOCAN is Canada's performing rights organization that recognizes songwriters and composers.
Photo: Eóin Noonan/Collision via Sportsfile - Collision Conf from New Orleans, Louisiana, USA via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
File No. 830917 · Adjudicated
Jessie Reyez
Musician — Before Love Came to Kill Us, Kiddo, Being Human in Public
Born
1991
Birthplace
TORONTO, 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
TORONTO, 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
Performed at the 2019 NBA Finals halftime show when the Raptors made Canadian basketball history
The verdict
Born and raised in Toronto to Colombian immigrant parents, she reps both sides of her heritage hard — but her sound is pure Toronto R&B, and she's never been shy about calling Canada home. That Drake co-sign didn't hurt either, eh?
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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