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File No. 321346 · Adjudicated
Tonya Williams
Actor — The Young and the Restless, Reelworld Film Festival founder
Born
1958
Birthplace
LONDON, ENGLAND
Citizenships
UK
Canadianness Score
🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁
2.0/ 5
Weighted across 6 scored criteria
Designation
Gets Yearly Letters from the CRA 📬Not born or raised there — but the CRA always knows where to find them.
Scorecard
Path B — not born on Canadian soilI. Origin
Born on Canadian soil — no
LONDON, ENGLAND
Canadian parentage — no
No Canadian parents on record
Citizenship on record — no
None on record
II. Residency
Formative years spent in Canada — yes
Raised — Canada
Lived in Canada by choice — yes
Residency on record as an adult
Worked or filmed in Canada — yes
Credits filed north of the 49th
III. Cultural evidence — not scored
Section III is recorded for the file only. It carries no weight under either path.
Publicly claims to be Canadian — not scored
Says so, out loud
Canada claims them back — not scored
Claimed, enthusiastically
Fun fact
Appointed to the Order of Canada in 2022 for her contributions to Canadian arts and advocacy for diversity in the entertainment industry.
The verdict
Moved from London to Toronto at age 7 and never looked back. Graduated from Ryerson, built her career on Canadian TV (hello, The Young and the Restless years filmed in LA aside), and earned the Order of Canada for her work in the arts and activism. Canada claimed her early and she's been giving back ever since, eh.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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References — en.wikipedia.org