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File No. 474933 · Adjudicated
Sarah Polley
Actor — Away from Her, Take This Waltz, Stories We Tell
Born
1979
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
Both parents Canadian
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
Discovered her biological father through her own documentary Stories We Tell, which she made about her family's secrets.
The verdict
Started as a child actor on Road to Avonlea, grew up to become one of Canada's most acclaimed directors with Stories We Tell and Women Talking. A Toronto lifer who never needed to leave to make it — Canada claims her as fiercely as she claims it.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
Related files
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References — en.wikipedia.org