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File No. 908279 · Adjudicated
Michael Cera
Actor / Comedian — Barbie, Juno, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Born
1988
Birthplace
BRAMPTON, 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
BRAMPTON, 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
Has never brought it up
Canada claims them back — not scored
Claimed, enthusiastically
The verdict
Born and raised in Brampton, Ontario, Michael Cera is the king of awkward indie cinema and one of Canada's most quietly prolific exports. Arrested Development, Juno, Superbad, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World — that last one is set in Toronto, which felt very right. Brampton represent.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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References — en.wikipedia.org