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File No. 148941 · Adjudicated
Phil Hartman
Actor / Comedian — Saturday Night Live, Jingle All the Way, Small Soldiers
Born
1948
Birthplace
BRANTFORD, ONTARIO
Citizenships
CA
Canadianness Score
🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁
4.0/ 5
Weighted across 2 scored criteria
Designation
Johnny Canuck 🦸Canadian to the core. May have moved, but still calls everyone “bud”.
Scorecard
Path A — born on Canadian soilI. Origin
Born on Canadian soil — yes
BRANTFORD, ONTARIO
Canadian parentage — not scored
Both parents Canadian
Citizenship on record — not scored
Automatic by birth
II. Residency
Formative years spent in Canada — no
Raised elsewhere
Lived in Canada by choice — not scored
Residency on record as an adult
Worked or filmed in Canada — not scored
No Canadian credits on file
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
Designed album covers for bands like Poco and America before becoming one of SNL's most versatile cast members
The verdict
Born in Brantford but moved to the States at age 10, he built his entire legendary career on SNL and American sitcoms. Canada proudly claims him as one of our exports to comedy royalty, even if he spent most of his life south of the border.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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References — en.wikipedia.org