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File No. 268630 · Adjudicated
Samantha Bee
Comedian — The Daily Show, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Born
1969
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
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
She was The Daily Show's longest-tenured correspondent, joining in 2003 and staying on for twelve years before launching her own show.
The verdict
Born and raised in Toronto, the longest-serving correspondent in The Daily Show's history before she got her own desk on Full Frontal. Born, raised, five points.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
Related files
More from the files: Comedian · Ontario
References — en.wikipedia.org