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File No. 535786 · Adjudicated
Martin Short
Actor / Comedian — Mars Attacks!, Father of the Bride, Only Murders in the Building
Born
1950
Birthplace
HAMILTON, 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
HAMILTON, ONTARIO
Canadian parentage — not scored
No Canadian parents on record
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
Started his career at Toronto's Second City alongside John Candy, Eugene Levy, and Catherine O'Hara — the Mount Rushmore of Canadian comedy.
The verdict
From Hamilton's steel city grit to Hollywood's comedy elite, this McMaster grad made SCTV legendary before conquering Saturday Night Live and Broadway. Still proudly rocks his Canadian passport alongside three others, and references his Ontario upbringing constantly in interviews.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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References — en.wikipedia.org