Jim Carrey

Actor / Comedian — The Truman Show, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Mask

Born

1962

Birthplace

NEWMARKET, ONTARIO

Citizenships

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 soil

I. Origin

Born on Canadian soil

NEWMARKET, ONTARIO

Canadian parentage

Both parents Canadian

Citizenship on record

Automatic by birth

II. Residency

Formative years spent in Canada

Raised — Ontario

Lived in Canada by choice

Residency on record as an adult

Worked or filmed in Canada

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

Says so, out loud

Canada claims them back

Claimed, enthusiastically

Fun fact

One of the most famous stories about Carrey is that in the late 1980s he wrote himself a cheque for $10 million for acting services rendered and dated it for Thanksgiving 1995. He carried it in his wallet for years. Then, after films like Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask, and Dumb and Dumber, he started earning sums in that range.

The verdict

Jim Carrey has never received the Order of Canada — that claim doesn't check out. What is true: this is the guy who turned Ace Ventura, The Mask, and Dumb and Dumber into a Canadian comedy takeover of Hollywood, no honours needed.

Adjudicated by

The Standings Committee

Status

Final — appealable