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File No. 022152 · Adjudicated
Shay Mitchell
Actor — Pretty Little Liars, You, Dollface
Born
1987
Birthplace
MISSISSAUGA, 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
MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO
Canadian parentage — not scored
One Canadian parent
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
Has never brought it up
Canada claims them back — not scored
Claimed, enthusiastically
The verdict
Born in Mississauga, Ontario, to a Filipino-Canadian mother and an Irish-Scottish father, Shay Mitchell is best known for Pretty Little Liars. She has been open about her mixed Canadian heritage throughout her career and holds Canadian citizenship. Mississauga made the A-list. It was inevitable.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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