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File No. 169867 · Adjudicated
Lynn Johnston
Artist — Canadian cartoonist
Born
1947
Birthplace
COLLINGWOOD, ONTARIO
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
COLLINGWOOD, ONTARIO
Canadian parentage — not scored
Both parents Canadian
Citizenship on record — not scored
Automatic by birth
II. Residency
Formative years spent in Canada — yes
Raised — Ontario
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
First woman to win the National Cartoonist Society's Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year.
The verdict
Creator of For Better or For Worse, the beloved comic strip that ran for three decades and chronicled the lives of the Patterson family in small-town Ontario. She's won every major cartooning award there is, including being the first woman to win the Reuben Award. Canada claims her with pride, and she's been just as proud to represent Canadian family life to the world.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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References — en.wikipedia.org