Joshua Jackson

Actor — Fringe, Cruel Intentions, Dawson's Creek

Born

1978

Birthplace

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA

Citizenships

Canadianness Score

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4.0/ 5

Weighted across 2 scored criteria

Designation

Johnny Canuck 🦸

Canadian to the core. May have moved, but still calls everyone “bud”.

Scorecard

Path A — born on Canadian soil

I. Origin

Born on Canadian soil

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA

Canadian parentage

No Canadian parents on record

Citizenship on record

Automatic by birth

II. Residency

Formative years spent in Canada

Raised elsewhere

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

Became a Canadian citizen again as an adult after letting it lapse, specifically so he could vote in Canadian elections.

The verdict

Born in Vancouver, raised in California from age 8, but has never stopped identifying as Canadian — actively holds dual citizenship and reps the maple leaf at every opportunity. Hollywood knows him as Pacey, but Canada still claims him as one of our own.

Adjudicated by

The Standings Committee

Status

Final — appealable