Nathan Fillion

Actor — Firefly, Castle, Guardians of the Galaxy

Born

1971

Birthplace

EDMONTON, ALBERTA

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

EDMONTON, ALBERTA

Canadian parentage

Both parents Canadian

Citizenship on record

Automatic by birth

II. Residency

Formative years spent in Canada

Raised — Alberta

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

Both his parents were English teachers at his old Edmonton high school — Fillion himself went into acting instead of following them into the classroom.

The verdict

Born and raised in Edmonton, Captain Malcolm Reynolds himself, and the closest thing genre television has to a lucky charm — Firefly's cult status alone would be enough, and that's before Castle ran eight seasons. Born, raised, five points, and he still can't stop being on your favourite show.

Adjudicated by

The Standings Committee

Status

Final — appealable