Michael Cohl

Entrepreneur — Musical artist

Born

1948

Birthplace

TORONTO, 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

TORONTO, 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

Promoted the Rolling Stones' tours for nearly two decades as their exclusive promoter, part of a career that's staged tens of thousands of concerts for over 150 artists.

The verdict

One of the most powerful concert promoters in the world, he revolutionized the live music industry by bringing stadium tours to unprecedented scale. Based in Toronto, he's the Canadian mogul behind massive Rolling Stones tours and Broadway productions like Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. The music industry definitely knows he's Canadian.

Adjudicated by

The Standings Committee

Status

Final — appealable