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File No. 891070 · Adjudicated
Raymond Burr
Actor — Rear Window, Perry Mason, Ironside
Born
1917
Birthplace
NEW WESTMINSTER, BRITISH COLUMBIA
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
NEW WESTMINSTER, BRITISH COLUMBIA
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 — British Columbia
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
Has never brought it up
Canada claims them back — not scored
Claimed, enthusiastically
Fun fact
Starred in 'Godzilla' (1956) as the American reporter inserted into the Japanese film for Western audiences.
The verdict
Born in New Westminster, BC, Burr spent most of his legendary career playing American icons like Perry Mason and Ironside, but came home to be buried in Fraser Cemetery. Hollywood loved him, but Canada quietly claimed him back in the end.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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References — en.wikipedia.org