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
🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁
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
DANVILLE, 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
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
Says so, out loud
Canada claims them back — not scored
Claimed, enthusiastically
Fun fact
Invented the pie-in-the-face gag and the Keystone Cops while running his own studio in California.
The verdict
Born in Quebec but moved to Connecticut as a teenager, where he got his start in burlesque before revolutionizing Hollywood comedy. The King of Comedy built his empire south of the border, but Canada can still claim the blueprint.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
Related files
More from the files: Quebec · Bleeds Maple Syrup 🍁
References — en.wikipedia.org