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File No. 812588 · Adjudicated
Nathan Fillion
Actor — Firefly, Castle, Guardians of the Galaxy
Born
1971
Birthplace
EDMONTON, ALBERTA
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
EDMONTON, ALBERTA
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 — Alberta
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
No claim lodged
Fun fact
He was a teacher at his old Edmonton high school for a period before his acting career took off — subbing English classes, by his own account.
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
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References — en.wikipedia.org