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File No. 046726 · Adjudicated
Shawn Mendes
Musician — Handwritten, Señorita, Illuminate
Born
1998
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
No Canadian parents on record
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
Got his start in Pickering, Ontario by posting six-second song covers on Vine in 2013.
The verdict
Started posting covers on Vine from his bedroom in Pickering, Ontario, and turned into one of Canada's biggest pop exports. Canada claims him proudly, and he returns the favour—he's never shy about repping Toronto and regularly comes home between world tours.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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