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Portrait
File No. 247304  ·  Adjudicated

Timothy Findley

Author — The Wars, Not Wanted on the Voyage, Famous Last Words

Born
1930
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 soil
I. Origin
Born on Canadian soil — yes
TORONTO, ONTARIO
Canadian parentage — not scored
Both parents Canadian
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

Won the Governor General's Award for Fiction twice and was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1985.

The verdict

Not just an actor but one of Canada's most celebrated novelists and playwrights, he crafted deeply Canadian stories like The Wars and Not Wanted on the Voyage from his Ontario roots. A true cultural icon who captured the Canadian experience with unflinching honesty and literary grace.

Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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References — en.wikipedia.org