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File No. 908297 · Adjudicated
Luc Plamondon
Musician — Starmania, Notre-Dame de Paris, Céline Dion collaborations
Born
1942
Birthplace
SAINT-RAYMOND, 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
SAINT-RAYMOND, 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
His rock opera Starmania has been performed over 3,000 times and was the first French-language musical to crack the international market.
The verdict
The lyricist behind Starmania and Notre-Dame de Paris is as Québécois as they come — born in Saint-Raymond-de-Portneuf and raised entirely in Quebec. His poetry shaped francophone musical theatre across the world, but his roots are pure maple syrup. Quebec claims him as a cultural treasure, and he's never pretended to be anything but pur laine.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
Related files
More from the files: Musician · Quebec
References — en.wikipedia.org