Pierre Berton

Author — The National Dream, The Last Spike, Klondike

Born

1920

Birthplace

WHITEHORSE, YUKON

Citizenships

Canadianness Score

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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

WHITEHORSE, YUKON

Canadian parentage

No Canadian parents on record

Citizenship on record

Automatic by birth

II. Residency

Formative years spent in Canada

Raised — Yukon

Lived in Canada by choice

Residency on record as an adult

Worked or filmed in Canada

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

Says so, out loud

Canada claims them back

Claimed, enthusiastically

Fun fact

Won the Governor General's Award for non-fiction four times over his long career.

The verdict

Born in the Yukon, he spent eight decades chronicling Canada's history with the dedication of a Tim Hortons regular showing up at 5 AM, and his ashes were scattered at his beloved home in Kleinburg, Ontario. 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