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File No. 198440 · Adjudicated
Paul Anka
Musician — Love Never Felt So Good, Diana, Gilmore Girls
Born
1941
Birthplace
OTTAWA, 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
OTTAWA, 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
Wrote the theme for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, which played for 30 years straight.
The verdict
Ottawa's golden boy became a teen idol at 16 with 'Diana,' then spent decades writing hits for everyone from Sinatra to Tom Jones while bouncing between LA and Vegas. He's dual citizenship now, but he'll always be the kid from the Glebe who made it big.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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References — en.wikipedia.org