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Portrait
File No. 860632  ·  Adjudicated

Pierre Berton

Author — The National Dream, The Last Spike, Klondike

Born
1920
Birthplace
WHITEHORSE, YUKON
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 soil
I. Origin
Born on Canadian soil — yes
WHITEHORSE, YUKON
Canadian parentage — not scored
No Canadian parents on record
Citizenship on record — not scored
Automatic by birth
II. Residency
Formative years spent in Canada — yes
Raised — Yukon
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

Won the Governor General's Award for non-fiction four times — more than any other Canadian author.

The verdict

Born in the Yukon and buried in Ontario, he spent eight decades chronicling Canada's history with the dedication of a Tim Hortons regular showing up at 5 AM. The country returned the favour by making him a Companion of the Order of Canada and giving him four Governor General's Awards.

Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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References — en.wikipedia.org