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File No. 410311 · Adjudicated
Rich Little
Comedian — 'Man of a Thousand Voices', Richard Nixon impression
Born
1938
Birthplace
OTTAWA, 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
OTTAWA, 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
Performed his impressions at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in 2007, becoming the first impressionist to headline the event since 1996.
The verdict
Born and raised in Ottawa, this master of mimicry spent decades doing spot-on impressions of American presidents while maintaining dual citizenship. Now retired in Las Vegas, he's still proudly Canadian — just prefers the desert to the snow, eh?
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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