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File No. 681570 · Adjudicated
K.D. Lang
Musician — Constant Craving, Hallelujah, Ingénue, 4x Grammy winner
Born
1961
Birthplace
EDMONTON, 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
EDMONTON, ALBERTA
Canadian parentage — not scored
Both parents Canadian
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
Says so, out loud
Canada claims them back — not scored
Claimed, enthusiastically
Fun fact
Performed 'Hallelujah' at the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics
The verdict
Born in Consort, Alberta, and raised on the prairies, this Grammy-winning singer-songwriter has been a proud voice for Canadian identity her whole career. Whether crooning 'Constant Craving' or covering Leonard Cohen, she's as authentically Canadian as they come, eh.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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References — en.wikipedia.org