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File No. 472713 · Adjudicated
William Shatner
Actor — Star Trek series, T. J. Hooker, The Practice
Born
1931
Birthplace
MONTREAL, QUEBEC
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
MONTREAL, QUEBEC
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 — Quebec
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
Has never brought it up
Canada claims them back — not scored
Claimed, enthusiastically
The verdict
Born William Shatner in Montreal, Quebec, to a Jewish family, he attended McGill University before becoming Captain Kirk, T.J. Hooker, and Denny Crane — and, at 90 years old, the oldest person to fly to space on Blue Origin. Still Canadian, still larger than life, still holds the Order of Canada. To boldly go, indeed.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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References — en.wikipedia.org