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File No. 220886 · Adjudicated

Louis B. Mayer

Director — Co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Born

Not on record

Birthplace

LAZAR MEIR JULY 12, RUSSIAN EMPIRE

Citizenships

RUSSIAN EMPIRE

Canadianness Score

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2.0/ 5

Weighted across 6 scored criteria

Designation

Gets Yearly Letters from the CRA 📬

Not born or raised there — but the CRA always knows where to find them.

Scorecard

Path B — not born on Canadian soil

I. Origin

Born on Canadian soil

LAZAR MEIR JULY 12, RUSSIAN EMPIRE

Canadian parentage

No Canadian parents on record

Citizenship on record

None on record

II. Residency

Formative years spent in Canada

Raised — Canada

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. It carries no weight under either path.

Publicly claims to be Canadian

Has never brought it up

Canada claims them back

No claim lodged

Fun fact

Started his entertainment career reopening a rundown theatre in Haverhill, Massachusetts, before building the MGM empire in Hollywood.

The verdict

Co-founded Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer after moving to Canada as a child, where his family settled in Saint John, New Brunswick. Built his first theatre empire in Massachusetts before heading further into Hollywood, where he became one of the most powerful moguls in film history. Canadians claim him as a hometown success story, even if he built the empire itself stateside.

Adjudicated by

The Standings Committee

Status

Final — appealable