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File No. 265942 · Adjudicated
Ramin Karimloo
Musician — The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables
Born
1978
Birthplace
TEHRAN, IRAN
Citizenships
IRAN / CA
Canadianness Score
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2.5/ 5
Weighted across 6 scored criteria
Designation
Gets Yearly Letters from the CRA 📬Not born or raised there — but the CRA always knows where to find them.
Scorecard
Path B — not born on Canadian soilI. Origin
Born on Canadian soil — no
TEHRAN, IRAN
Canadian parentage — no
No Canadian parents on record
Citizenship on record — yes
Held — by descent or naturalisation
II. Residency
Formative years spent in Canada — yes
Raised — Ontario
Lived in Canada by choice — yes
Residency on record as an adult
Worked or filmed in Canada — no
No Canadian credits on file
III. Cultural evidence — not scored
Section III is recorded for the file only. It carries no weight under either path.
Publicly claims to be Canadian — not scored
Says so, out loud
Canada claims them back — not scored
No claim lodged
Fun fact
He's played the lead role in both of the West End's longest-running musicals — the title role in The Phantom of the Opera and Jean Valjean in Les Misérables.
The verdict
Born in Tehran, his family emigrated to Richmond Hill, Ontario, while he was young — he grew up there before West End and Broadway theatre took him to London. Raised here, citizen, lived here: 2.5, gets yearly letters from the CRA.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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References — en.wikipedia.org