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File No. 179591 · Adjudicated
Vivian Chow
Musician — Cantopop, Jade Solid Gold, Heart to Heart
Born
1967
Birthplace
HONG KONG, HONG KONG
Citizenships
HONG KONG / CA
Canadianness Score
🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁
1.5/ 5
Weighted across 6 scored criteria
Designation
We'll Allow It 🙋Technically qualifies. Nobody is thrilled about it.
Scorecard
Path B — not born on Canadian soilI. Origin
Born on Canadian soil — no
HONG KONG, HONG KONG
Canadian parentage — no
No Canadian parents on record
Citizenship on record — yes
Held — by descent or naturalisation
II. Residency
Formative years spent in Canada — no
Raised elsewhere
Lived in Canada by choice — no
No adult residency on record
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
Has never brought it up
Canada claims them back — not scored
No claim lodged
Fun fact
In 2003 she and her partner were trying to return to Canada when the SARS outbreak effectively stranded them in Hong Kong instead.
The verdict
Born and raised in Hong Kong, a Cantopop star since the late '80s with the naturalized Canadian citizenship to show for time spent here — the SARS outbreak in 2003 is literally the reason she couldn't get back into the country when she tried. Real, but modest. 1.5, we'll allow it.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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