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File No. 587011 · Adjudicated
Oscar Peterson
Musician — 8 Grammy Awards, 200+ recordings, 'Maharaja of the keyboard'
Born
1925
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
Claimed, enthusiastically
Fun fact
Received a state funeral in Canada, with his casket draped in the Canadian flag and carried by Canadian Forces pallbearers.
The verdict
Born and raised in Montreal's Little Burgundy neighbourhood, this jazz legend put Canada on the map in a genre dominated by Americans. Trained at the Montreal High School of Music and mentored by his Canadian railway porter father, he became one of the most recorded pianists in history while never forgetting his roots — he'd return home between world tours and always identified as a proud Montrealer.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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References — en.wikipedia.org