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File No. 499722 · Adjudicated
Mario Lemieux
Athlete — Pittsburgh Penguins
Born
1965
Birthplace
MONTREAL, 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
MONTREAL, 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
Saved the Pittsburgh Penguins from bankruptcy by buying the team in 1999, becoming the first player-owner in NHL history.
The verdict
Born in Montreal, drafted first overall by Pittsburgh, and spent his entire NHL career south of the border — yet never stopped repping Canada on the world stage. Won Olympic gold, World Championships, and multiple Canada Cups while becoming one of the greatest centres to ever lace up skates. Le Magnifique remains a Québécois hero who just happened to do his day job in Pennsylvania.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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References — en.wikipedia.org