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File No. 815141 · Adjudicated
Neil Young
Musician — Heart of Gold, Harvest, Crazy Horse, Buffalo Springfield
Born
1945
Birthplace
TORONTO, 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
TORONTO, ONTARIO
Canadian parentage — not scored
Both parents Canadian
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
Says so, out loud
Canada claims them back — not scored
Claimed, enthusiastically
Fun fact
Co-founded Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young while maintaining Canadian citizenship his entire career.
The verdict
Born in Toronto, raised across Ontario and Manitoba, then headed south to make his mark on rock and roll history. Proudly Canadian his whole life, with dual citizenship and a farm in Ontario where he still records. Canada claims him as hard as he claims us, eh.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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References — en.wikipedia.org