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Photo: Fred Hartsook (1878-1930) via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
File No. 244546 · Adjudicated
Mack Sennett
Director — Keystone Cops, silent film comedy, slapstick pioneer
Born
1880
Birthplace
DANVILLE, QUEBEC
Citizenships
CA
Canadianness Score
🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁
4.0/ 5
Weighted across 2 scored criteria
Designation
Johnny Canuck 🦸Canadian to the core. May have moved, but still calls everyone “bud”.
Scorecard
Path A — born on Canadian soilI. Origin
Born on Canadian soil — yes
DANVILLE, QUEBEC
Canadian parentage — not scored
Both parents Canadian
Citizenship on record — not scored
Automatic by birth
II. Residency
Formative years spent in Canada — no
Raised elsewhere
Lived in Canada by choice — not scored
No adult residency on record
Worked or filmed in Canada — not scored
No Canadian credits on file
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
Has never brought it up
Canada claims them back — not scored
No claim lodged
Fun fact
Invented the Keystone Kops and pretty much created slapstick comedy as we know it, but left Canada before he could walk.
The verdict
Born in Quebec but whisked away to Connecticut as a toddler, the King of Comedy built his slapstick empire entirely in Hollywood. He kept quiet about his Canadian roots for decades, likely because silent film stars weren't big on backstory. Canada claims him anyway — we're generous like that, eh?
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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References — en.wikipedia.org