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File No. 198563 · Adjudicated
John Candy
Actor / Comedian — Home Alone, The Blues Brothers, Spaceballs
Born
1950
Birthplace
NEWMARKET, 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
NEWMARKET, 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
Co-owned the Toronto Argonauts CFL team and was a die-hard fan of the Chicago Cubs.
The verdict
Grew up in Newmarket, trained at Second City Toronto, and became one of Canada's most beloved comedic exports. Even after Hollywood success, he remained deeply tied to his roots — SCTV was filmed in Canada, and he never lost that warm, self-deprecating Canadian charm that made him impossible not to love.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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References — en.wikipedia.org