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File No. 674361 · Adjudicated
Scott Moir
Athlete — Olympic ice dance, 5x Olympic medalist, partnership with Tessa Virtue
Born
1987
Birthplace
LONDON, 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
LONDON, 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
Co-owns a roller skating facility in London, Ontario where he first learned to skate as a kid.
The verdict
Olympic figure skating champion who won gold with Tessa Virtue at Vancouver 2010 and PyeongChang 2018. Born and raised in Ilderton, Ontario, trained his entire career in Canada, and is basically figure skating royalty in the Great White North. The nation collectively held its breath watching their ice dance performances, eh.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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References — en.wikipedia.org