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File No. 698514 · Adjudicated
Rex Harrington
Dancer — Greek-Canadian ballet dancer
Born
1962
Birthplace
PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO
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
PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO
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 — Ontario
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
Was the first Canadian male dancer to be promoted to principal dancer at the National Ballet of Canada.
The verdict
Born in Peterborough and became one of Canada's greatest ballet dancers, spending his entire career with the National Ballet of Canada. A national treasure who proved Canadian men could own the stage in tights and tutus.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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References — en.wikipedia.org