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File No. 195565 · Adjudicated
Rosalie Abella
Jurist — Canadian jurist
Born
1946
Birthplace
STUTTGART, ALLIED-OCCUPIED GERMANY
Citizenships
ALLIED-OCCUPIED GERMANY / CA
Canadianness Score
🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁
3.0/ 5
Weighted across 6 scored criteria
Designation
Ya No Ya 🤔Knows that bud → buddy → pal is not an escalation in friendliness.
Scorecard
Path B — not born on Canadian soilI. Origin
Born on Canadian soil — no
STUTTGART, ALLIED-OCCUPIED GERMANY
Canadian parentage — no
No Canadian parents on record
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
First Jewish woman appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada and youngest ever judge in Canadian history when appointed to family court at age 29.
The verdict
Born in a displaced persons camp in post-war Germany, she arrived in Canada as a refugee at age four and went on to become one of the country's most influential Supreme Court justices. A trailblazer who shaped Canadian law for decades, she's as Canadian as they come—just with an origin story that reflects the best of what Canada stands for.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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References — en.wikipedia.org