File No. 401102 · Adjudicated

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

Athlete — Canadian basketball player (born 1998)

Born

1998

Birthplace

TORONTO, ONTARIO

Citizenships

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 soil

I. Origin

Born on Canadian soil

TORONTO, ONTARIO

Canadian parentage

No Canadian parents on record

Citizenship on record

Automatic by birth

II. Residency

Formative years spent in Canada

Raised — Ontario

Lived in Canada by choice

Residency on record as an adult

Worked or filmed in Canada

No Canadian credits on file

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

Says so, out loud

Canada claims them back

Claimed, enthusiastically

Fun fact

Represented Canada at the 2023 FIBA World Cup, helping the team secure a bronze medal—their first Olympic or World Cup medal in men's basketball.

The verdict

Born and raised in Toronto, trained at Hamilton Heights Christian Academy in Tennessee before becoming one of the NBA's elite guards with the Oklahoma City Thunder. Proudly reps Canada on the international stage and never misses a chance to shout out his hometown.

Adjudicated by

The Standings Committee

Status

Final — appealable