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File No. 187585 · Adjudicated
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif
Athlete — NFL offensive lineman, Super Bowl LIV champion, medical doctor
Born
1991
Birthplace
MONTREAL, QUEBEC
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
MONTREAL, QUEBEC
Canadian parentage — not scored
Both parents Canadian
Citizenship on record — not scored
Automatic by birth
II. Residency
Formative years spent in Canada — yes
Raised — Quebec
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
Only active NFL player to also be a medical doctor, and opted out of the 2020 season to work in a Quebec long-term care facility during COVID-19.
The verdict
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif is an offensive lineman who won a Super Bowl with the Kansas City Chiefs, then opted out to work as an orderly during the pandemic. Born in Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, he's a medical doctor who balanced NFL stardom with McGill med school. Proudly Canadian through and through, he carried the flag at the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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