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File No. 949121 · Adjudicated
Shawn Ashmore
Actor — X-Men, Smallville, The Following
Born
1979
Birthplace
RICHMOND, BRITISH COLUMBIA
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
RICHMOND, BRITISH COLUMBIA
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 — British Columbia
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
No claim lodged
Fun fact
He and his identical twin brother Aaron Ashmore have both had substantial acting careers, occasionally appearing in the same production playing entirely different characters.
The verdict
Born in Richmond, BC but raised mainly in St. Albert, Alberta and Brampton, Ontario, alongside his identical twin brother Aaron — both acting since childhood, with Shawn landing Iceman across the X-Men franchise. Born here, raised elsewhere in Canada, still five points.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
Related files
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References — en.wikipedia.org