Additionally, any governor general, viceregal consort, former governor general, former viceregal consort, or member of the Canadian Royal Family may be appointed as an extraordinary Companion, Officer, or Member. Each incumbent governor general is also installed as the Principal Companion for the duration of his or her time in the viceregal post and continues as an extraordinary Companion thereafter. Thereafter follow three grades, which are, in order of precedence: Companion ( French: Compagnon), Officer ( French: Officier), and Member ( French: Membre), each having accordant post-nominal letters that members are entitled to use. The Canadian monarch, seen as the fount of honour, is at the apex of the Order of Canada as its Sovereign, followed by the governor general, who serves as the fellowship's Chancellor. Grades Ī replica of Father Maurice Proulx's Order of Canada Medal on display in the Musee Francois Pilot in La Pocatiere Quebec. By the 1980s, Canada's provinces began to develop their own distinct honours and decorations.
Among the civilian awards of the Canadian honours system, the Order of Canada comes third, after the Cross of Valour and membership in the Order of Merit, which is within the personal gift of Canada's monarch. those administered by the Queen in her UK Privy Council). įrom the Order of Canada grew a Canadian honours system, thereby reducing the use of British honours (i.e. During a visit to London, United Kingdom, later in 1970, Michener presented the Queen with her Sovereign's badge for the Order of Canada, which she first wore during a banquet in Yellowknife in July 1970. Coldwell, disability advocate Edwin Baker, painter Alex Colville, and ice hockey superstar Maurice Richard. Laurent, novelist Hugh MacLennan, religious leader David Bauer, novelist Gabrielle Roy, historian Donald Creighton, feminist politician and future senator Thérèse Casgrain, pioneering neurosurgeon Wilder Penfield, painter Arthur Lismer, public health leader Brock Chisholm, former political leader M. J. The association was officially launched on 1 July 1967, the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, with Governor General Roland Michener being the first inductee to the order, to the level of Companion, and on 7 July of the same year, 90 more people were appointed, including former Governor General Vincent Massey, former Prime Minister Louis St. The snowflake design for the order was suggested by the diplomat John G. Pearson, who was assisted with the establishment of the order by John Matheson. The process of founding the Order of Canada began in early 1966 and came to a conclusion on 17 April 1967, when the organization was instituted by Queen Elizabeth II, on the advice of the Canadian prime minister, Lester B. Appointees are presented with insignia and receive the right to armorial bearings. Some have resigned or have been removed from the order, while other appointments have been controversial. As of January 2020, 7,212 people have been appointed to the Order of Canada, including scientists, musicians, politicians, artists, athletes, business people, film stars, benefactors, and others.
Appointees to the order are recommended by an advisory board and formally inducted by the governor general or the sovereign. King Charles III, the reigning Canadian monarch, is the sovereign of the order and the Governor General administers the order on his behalf as Chancellor and Principal Companion.
The three tiers of the order are Companion, Officer, and Member specific individuals may be given extraordinary membership and deserving non-Canadians may receive honorary appointment into each grade. Membership is accorded to those who exemplify the order's Latin motto, desiderantes meliorem patriam, meaning "they desire a better country", a phrase taken from Hebrews 11:16.
To coincide with the centennial of Canadian Confederation, the three-tiered order was established in 1967 as a fellowship that recognizes the outstanding merit or distinguished service of Canadians who make a major difference to Canada through lifelong contributions in every field of endeavour, as well as the efforts by non-Canadians who have made the world better by their actions. The Order of Canada ( French: Ordre du Canada) is a Canadian state order and the second-highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, after the Order of Merit.
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