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Portrait
File No. 244119  ·  Adjudicated

William Hutt

Actor — Canadian actor of stage, television and film

Born
1920
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
No Canadian parents on record
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

Performed in the very first season of the Stratford Festival in 1953 and continued there for five decades, making him synonymous with Canadian theatre itself.

The verdict

Spent over 50 years at the Stratford Festival, becoming its most celebrated actor and defining what classical theatre looked like in Canada. Born, educated, and died in Ontario — a theatrical institution who never needed to leave home to achieve legendary status.

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