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Liona Boyd

Photo: Liona Boyd (rights-holder) / Keith Williamson (photographer) via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

File No. 471136  ·  Adjudicated

Liona Boyd

Musician — 'First Lady of the Guitar', Carnegie Hall debut, three platinum albums

Born
1949
Birthplace
LONDON, ENGLAND
Citizenships
UK / CA

Canadianness Score

🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁
3.0/ 5
Weighted across 6 scored criteria

Designation

Ya No Ya 🤔

Knows that bud → buddy → pal is not an escalation in friendliness.

Scorecard

Path B — not born on Canadian soil
I. Origin
Born on Canadian soil — no
LONDON, ENGLAND
Canadian parentage — no
No Canadian parents on record
Citizenship on record — yes
Held — by descent or naturalisation
II. Residency
Formative years spent in Canada — yes
Raised — Canada
Lived in Canada by choice — yes
Residency on record as an adult
Worked or filmed in Canada — yes
Credits filed north of the 49th
III. Cultural evidence — not scored
Section III is recorded for the file only. It carries no weight under either path.
Publicly claims to be Canadian — not scored
Says so, out loud
Canada claims them back — not scored
Claimed, enthusiastically

Fun fact

Performed at the White House more times than any other Canadian classical musician and was romantically linked to both Pierre Trudeau and Gordon Lightfoot.

The verdict

Moved to Canada as a teenager and became the country's classical guitar ambassador to the world, earning the title 'First Lady of the Guitar' and performing for everyone from the Queen to multiple Prime Ministers. She's lived in Toronto for over five decades, holds Canadian citizenship, and is a Member of the Order of Canada — about as Canadian as a London-born guitarist can get, eh?

Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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References — en.wikipedia.org