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File No. 146173 · Adjudicated
Robert Munsch
Author — The Paper Bag Princess, Love You Forever
Born
1945
Birthplace
PITTSBURGH, U.S.
Citizenships
US / CA
Canadianness Score
🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁
2.0/ 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
PITTSBURGH, U.S.
Canadian parentage — no
No Canadian parents on record
Citizenship on record — yes
Held — by descent or naturalisation
II. Residency
Formative years spent in Canada — no
Raised elsewhere
Lived in Canada by choice — yes
Residency on record as an adult
Worked or filmed in Canada — yes
Credits filed north of the 49th
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
Claimed, enthusiastically
Fun fact
Despite being born American, he's authored over 50 books that have shaped Canadian childhood for generations, selling over 80 million copies worldwide.
The verdict
Moved to Canada in his twenties, became a citizen in 1983, and went on to write some of the most beloved Canadian children's books of all time — from The Paper Bag Princess to Love You Forever. He's been writing for Canadian kids since 1979, studied at the University of Guelph, and raised his family here. Canada has fully claimed him as our own, eh.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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References — en.wikipedia.org