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File No. 262403 · Adjudicated
Nikki Yanofsky
Musician — Olympic anthem singer, jazz vocalist, I Believe album
Born
1994
Birthplace
MONTREAL, QUEBEC
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
MONTREAL, QUEBEC
Canadian parentage — not scored
Both parents Canadian
Citizenship on record — not scored
Automatic by birth
II. Residency
Formative years spent in Canada — yes
Raised — Quebec
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
Became the youngest headliner ever at Montreal's Jazz Festival, at age 12.
The verdict
Jazz vocalist who sang 'O Canada' at the Vancouver Olympics opening ceremony when she was just 16, and whose 2010 album Nikki reached #1 on Canada's jazz charts. Montreal born and raised, she's as authentically Canadian as poutine at 2am.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
Related files
More from the files: Musician · Quebec
References — en.wikipedia.org