Shay Mitchell

Actor — Pretty Little Liars, You, Dollface

Born

1987

Birthplace

MISSISSAUGA, 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

MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO

Canadian parentage

One Canadian parent

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

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

Says so, out loud

Canada claims them back

Claimed, enthusiastically

Fun fact

Her mother is Filipino-Canadian and her father is Scottish-Irish, making her a perfect example of the multicultural mosaic Canada loves to celebrate.

The verdict

Born in Mississauga and raised around the GTA before the family moved to Vancouver when she was ten, she's got Ontario roots but a West Coast upbringing. Made her name on American TV but still reps Canada proudly, even launching her travel brand BÉIS from her Toronto-adjacent origins. A true Johnny Canuck who made it big south of the border but never forgot where she came from.

Adjudicated by

The Standings Committee

Status

Final — appealable