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File No. 625680 · Adjudicated
Nelly Furtado
Musician — Loose, All Good Things (Come to an End), Whoa, Nelly!
Born
1978
Birthplace
VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA
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
VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA
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 — British Columbia
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 in Victoria, British Columbia, to Portuguese-Azorean immigrant parents, Nelly Furtado burst onto the scene with 'I'm Like a Bird' and proved that Victoria, BC could produce a global pop star. She has done folk, R&B, and hip-hop — all while holding Canadian citizenship and making Victoria seem considerably cooler.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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References — en.wikipedia.org