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File No. 520788 · Adjudicated
Tommy Chong
Comedian — Cheech & Chong, Up in Smoke, That '70s Show
Born
1938
Birthplace
EDMONTON, ALBERTA
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
EDMONTON, ALBERTA
Canadian parentage — not scored
Both parents Canadian
Citizenship on record — not scored
Automatic by birth
II. Residency
Formative years spent in Canada — yes
Raised — Alberta
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
Before comedy, he was a working musician in Vancouver, co-writing a Motown hit ('Does Your Mama Know About Me') that reached the Billboard Hot 100.
The verdict
Born and raised in Edmonton to a Chinese-Canadian father and Scots-Irish Canadian mother, and half of the most successful stoner-comedy act ever put on film. Born, raised, five points, no argument, man.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
Related files
More from the files: Alberta · Bleeds Maple Syrup 🍁
References — en.wikipedia.org