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File No. 074361 · Adjudicated
Ron MacLean
TV Host — Hockey Night in Canada, Coach's Corner
Born
1960
Birthplace
ZWEIBRÜCKEN, WEST GERMANY
Citizenships
DE / CA
Canadianness Score
🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁
4.0/ 5
Weighted across 6 scored criteria
Designation
Johnny Canuck 🦸Canadian to the core. May have moved, but still calls everyone “bud”.
Scorecard
Path B — not born on Canadian soilI. Origin
Born on Canadian soil — no
ZWEIBRÜCKEN, WEST GERMANY
Canadian parentage — yes
Both parents Canadian
Citizenship on record — yes
Held — by descent or naturalisation
II. Residency
Formative years spent in Canada — yes
Raised — Canada
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
He's hosted Hockey Night in Canada continuously since 1986 — longer than some NHL franchises have existed.
The verdict
Born in West Germany to Canadian military parents and raised in Canada from infancy, Ron MacLean has hosted Hockey Night in Canada since 1986 — as close to a national institution as a broadcaster gets. Born abroad, raised here from the cradle, and inseparable from Saturday nights in this country. Five points.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
Related files
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References — en.wikipedia.org