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File No. 087797 · Adjudicated
Joni Mitchell
Musician — Both Sides Now, Big Yellow Taxi, Carey
Born
1943
Birthplace
FORT MACLEOD, ALBERTA
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
FORT MACLEOD, ALBERTA
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 — Alberta
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
Has never brought it up
Canada claims them back — not scored
Claimed, enthusiastically
The verdict
Born in Fort Macleod, Alberta, and raised in Saskatchewan, Joni Mitchell is arguably the greatest singer-songwriter Canada has ever produced — and given the competition, that's saying something. Big Yellow Taxi, Both Sides Now, A Case of You. She moved to California decades ago. Canada never let her go, and she never really left.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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References — en.wikipedia.org