Martin Short

Actor / Comedian — Mars Attacks!, Father of the Bride, Only Murders in the Building

Born

1950

Birthplace

HAMILTON, ONTARIO

Citizenships

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 soil

I. Origin

Born on Canadian soil

HAMILTON, ONTARIO

Canadian parentage

No Canadian parents on record

Citizenship on record

Automatic by birth

II. Residency

Formative years spent in Canada

Raised — Ontario

Lived in Canada by choice

Residency on record as an adult

Worked or filmed in Canada

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

Says so, out loud

Canada claims them back

Claimed, enthusiastically

Fun fact

Joined Toronto's Second City in 1977, taking over the spot John Candy had just vacated — the Mount Rushmore of Canadian comedy passed through the same building, just not always at the same time.

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