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Pamela Anderson
Actor — Baywatch, Home Improvement, Barb Wire
Canadianness Score
Designation
Bleeds Maple Syrup 🍁Born, raised, and still says “out for a rip” unironically.
Scorecard
Path A — born on Canadian soilFun fact
She was discovered on the Jumbotron at a BC Lions game at BC Place, wearing a Labatt's Beer t-shirt. The crowd went up, Labatt signed her as a spokesmodel, and Playboy called not long after — quite possibly the most Canadian launch to a career anywhere in this registry.
The verdict
Born in Ladysmith, British Columbia on July 1, 1967 — Canada's hundredth birthday — which got her christened the Centennial Baby before she'd done a single thing to earn it. Raised on Vancouver Island, discovered at a BC Lions game, and gone to California by twenty-two. Hollywood kept her for thirty years, but Canada got her back: a star on the Walk of Fame in 2006, the Junos hosting gig that same spring, and her grandmother's Island property that she came home to restore. Born, raised, and returned. Five points, no argument.