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File No. 609692 · Adjudicated
Robbie Robertson
Musician — The Band, The Last Waltz, Music from Big Pink
Born
1943
Birthplace
TORONTO, 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
TORONTO, ONTARIO
Canadian parentage — not scored
One Canadian parent
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
His mother was Cayuga from the Six Nations Reserve, making him one of the most prominent Indigenous voices in rock music history.
The verdict
Grew up in Toronto and Scarborough, then spent his teenage years on Six Nations Reserve with his Cayuga mother's family. That mix of city streets and Indigenous roots shaped The Band's entire sound — distinctly North American, deeply Canadian, unmistakably his own.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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References — en.wikipedia.org