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File No. 080103 · Adjudicated
Sarah McLachlan
Musician — Angel
Born
1968
Birthplace
HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA
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
HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA
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 — Nova Scotia
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
Founded Lilith Fair in 1997, one of the most successful all-female music festivals that proved female artists could headline and sell out tours.
The verdict
Founded the Lilith Fair music festival celebrating female artists, won multiple Junos, and built her entire career from Vancouver. Canadians know her voice from both her ballads and those heartbreaking SPCA commercials that made everyone cry.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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References — en.wikipedia.org