List of Companions of the Order of Canada

Ribbon bar for the Companions of the Order of Canada

Companions of the Order of Canada, the highest level of the Order of Canada, have demonstrated the highest degree of merit to Canada and humanity, on the national or international scene. Up to 15 Companions are appointed each year, with a limit of 165 living Companions at any given time. Companions are entitled to use the post-nominal "C.C." As of June 14, 2010, there were 164 living Companions (including four honorary). This list shows all of the Companions, in alphabetical order, both living and deceased.

A

Inuit artist Kenojuak Ashevak promoted 1982

1. Aga Khan IV, honorary appointment (born 1936)
2. John Black Aird (1923–1995)
3. Pierrette Alarie (1921–2011)
4. Lincoln Alexander (born 1922)
5. Jean Victor Allard (1913–1996)
6. Doris Anderson (1921–2007)
7. Louis Applebaum (1918–2000)
8. Louise Arbour (born 1947)
9. Denys Arcand (born 1941)
10. Edgar Archibald (1885–1968)
11. Eric Arthur (1898–1982)
12. Kenojuak Ashevak (born 1927)
13. Margaret Atwood (born 1939)

B

Politician Ed Broadbent, promoted 2001

1. Edwin Baker (1893–1968)
2. Charles Band (1889–1968)
3. Marius Barbeau (1883–1969)
4. Lloyd Barber (1932–2011)
5. Henry J. M. Barnett (born 1922)
6. John Bassett (1915–1998)
7. Michel Bastarache (born 1947)
8. Thomas J. Bata (1914–2008)
9. Laurent Beaudoin (born 1938)
10. Jean Beetz (1927–1991)
11. Michel Bélanger (1929–1997)
12. Jean Béliveau (born 1931)
13. Robert Edward Bell (1918–1992)
14. Agnes Benidickson (1920–2007)
15. Avie Bennett (born 1928)
16. Mario Bernardi (born 1930)
17. Pierre Berton (1920–2004)
18. Claude Bertrand (born 1917)
19. Charles Best (1899–1978)
20. Florence Bird (1908–1998)
21. Claude Bissell (1916–2000)
22. S. Robert Blair (born 1929)
23. Marie Claire Blais (born 1939)
24. Roger Blais (1926–2009)
25. Jean Sutherland Boggs (born 1922)
26. Gerald Bouey (1920–2004)
27. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, honorary appointment (born 1922)
28. William Boyd (1885–1979)
29. Willard Sterling Boyle (1924–2011)
30. John Ross Bradfield (1899–1983)
31. François-Philippe Brais (1894–1972)
32. Yvette Brind'Amour (1918–1992)
33. Ed Broadbent (born 1936)
34. Bertram Brockhouse (1918–2003)
35. Charles Bronfman (born 1931)
36. Samuel Bronfman (1891–1971)
37. Robert Bryce (1910–1997)
38. E.L.M. Burns (1897–1985)

C

singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen promoted 2003

1. Marcel Cadieux (1915–1981)
2. Morley Callaghan (1903–1990)
3. June Callwood (1924–2007)
4. Kim Campbell (born 1947)
5. Thane A. Campbell (1895–1978)
6. Gerald Emmett Carter (1912–2003)
7. John Cartwright (1895–1979)
8. Thérèse Casgrain (1896–1981)
9. Claude Castonguay (born 1929)
10. Clifford Chadderton (born 1919)
11. Floyd Chalmers (1898–1993)
12. Joan Chalmers (born 1928)
13. Gretta Chambers (born 1927)
14. Lionel Chevrier (1903–1987)
15. Ludmilla Chiriaeff (1924–1996)
16. Brock Chisholm (1896–1971)
17. Fernand Choquette (1895–1975)
18. Robert Choquette (1905–1991)
19. Jean Chrétien (born 1934)
20. Joe Clark (born 1939)
21. Howard Clark (1903–1983)
22. Adrienne Clarkson (born 1939) ex-officio
23. Gilles Cloutier (born 1928)
24. John Clyne (1902–1989)
25. Reuben Cohen (born 1921)
26. Leonard Cohen (born 1934)
27. Major James Coldwell (1888–1974)
28. Alex Colville (born 1920)
29. Harold Copp (1915–1998)
30. Clément Cormier (1910–1987)
31. James Corry (1899–1985)
32. Peter Cory (born 1925)
33. H. S. M. Coxeter (1907–2003)
34. Purdy Crawford (born 1931)
35. Donald Creighton (1902–1979)
36. Paul-André Crépeau (1926–2011)
37. Thomas Alexander Crerar (1876–1975)
38. Buck Crump (1904–1989)
39. E.M. Culliton (1906–1991)
40. David Culver (born 1924)
41. Balfour Currie (1902–1981)

D

Singer Celine Dion promoted 2009

1. Camille Dagenais (born 1920)
2. Roy Daniells (1902–1979)
3. Pierre Dansereau (1911–2011)
4. Barnett J. Danson (1921–2011)
5. Paul David (1919–1999)
6. George Forrester Davidson (1909–1995)
7. Robertson Davies (1913–1995)
8. William Davis (born 1929)
9. A. Jean de Grandpré (born 1921)
10. Louis-Philippe de Grandpré (1917–2008)
11. Robert Defries (1889–1975)
12. Rock Demers (born 1933)
13. Jules Deschênes (1923–2000)
14. Paul Desmarais (born 1927)
15. John Deutsch (1911–1976)
16. Jacques Dextraze (1919–1993)
17. Jack Diamond (1909–2001)
18. Brian Dickson (1916–1998)
19. Celine Dion (born 1968)
20. Tommy Douglas (1904–1986)
21. Charles George Drake (1920–1998)
22. Jean Drapeau (1916–1999)
23. George Drew (1894–1973)
24. Richard Drouin (born 1932)
25. Arnold Davidson Dunton (1912–1987)
26. Pierre Dupuy (1896–1969)

E

HM Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, appointed Honorary Companion 2000

1. HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (1900–2002)
2. Arthur Erickson (1924–2009)
3. Willard Estey (1919–2002)
4. John Robert Evans (born 1929)

F

Cancer research activist Terry Fox, appointed 1980

1. Ellen Fairclough (1905–2004)
2. Marcel Faribault (1908–1972)
3. Gérald Fauteux (1900–1980)
4. Gérard Filion (1909–2005)
5. George Flahiff (1905–1989)
6. Ross Flemington (1897–1971)
7. Robert Ford (1915–1998)
8. Maureen Forrester (1930–2010)
9. Eugene Forsey (1904–1991)
10. Claude Fortier (1921–1986)
11. Yves Fortier (born 1935)
12. Charles Foulkes (1903–1969)
13. Terry Fox (1958–1981)
14. Celia Franca (1921–2007)
15. Ruth Frankel (c. 1903 – 1989)
16. Ursula Franklin (born 1921)
17. Armand Frappier (1904–1991)
18. Rowland Frazee (1921–2007)
19. Martin Friedland (born 1932)
20. Henry Friesen (born 1934)
21. Leslie Frost (1895–1973)
22. Northrop Frye (1912–1991)
23. William Fyfe (born 1927)

G

Architect Frank Gehry, appointed Honorary Companion 2003. Gehry's appointment was later made substantive after he obtained Canadian citizenship

1. Walter Gage (1922–1978)
2. George Alexander Gale (1906–1997)
3. Mavis Gallant (born 1922)
4. Marc Garneau (born 1949)
5. Stuart Garson (1898–1977)
6. Jean Gascon (1920–1988)
7. Roger Gaudry (1913–2001)
8. William-Henry Gauvin (1913–1994)
9. Frank Gehry (born 1929)
10. Arthur Gelber (1915–1998)
11. Gratien Gélinas (1909–1999)
12. Pierre Gendron (1916–1984)
13. Jacques Genest (born 1919)
14. Paul Gérin-Lajoie (born 1920)
15. Reva Gerstein (born 1917)
16. Paul-Antoine Giguère (1910–1987)
17. Gustave Gingras (1918–1996)
18. Émile Girardin (1895–1982)
19. Roland Giroux (1913–1991)
20. Phil Gold (born 1936)
21. Victor Goldbloom (born 1923)
22. Nicholas Goldschmidt (1908–2004)
23. Charles D. Gonthier (1928–2009)
24. Donald Gordon (1901–1969)
25. Walter L. Gordon (1906–1987)
26. Joseph Gosnell Sr. (born 1936)
27. Allan Gotlieb (born 1928)
28. Duncan Archibald Graham (1882–1974)
29. Alain Grandbois (1900–1975)
30. Herb Gray (born 1931)
31. James Lorne Gray (1913–1987)
32. Wayne Gretzky (born 1961)
33. Roger Guindon (born 1920)
34. Peter Gzowski (1934–2002)

H

Group of Seven painter Lawren Harris Appointed 1969

1. Ian Hacking (born 1936)
2. Emmett Matthew Hall (1898–1995)
3. Francess Halpenny (born 1919)
4. Rick Hansen (born 1957)
5. Kenneth Hare (1919–2002)
6. Lawren Harris (1885–1970)
7. James M. Harrison (1915–1990)
8. Evelyn Hart (born 1956)
9. Václav Havel, honorary appointment (1936–2011)
10. Anne Hébert (1916–2000)
11. Arnold Heeney (1902–1970)
12. Gordon Henderson (1912–1993)
13. Martha Henry (born 1938)
14. Ben Heppner (born 1956)
15. Gerhard Herzberg (1904–1999)
16. Henry Hicks (1915–1990)
17. Lotta Hitschmanova (1909–1990)
18. Gerda Hnatyshyn (born 1935) ex-officio
19. Ray Hnatyshyn (1934–2002) ex-officio
20. Helen Sawyer Hogg (1905–1993)
21. Peter Hogg (born 1939)
22. Harley Norman Hotchkiss (1927–2011)
23. William Hutt (1920–2007)

I

1. Frank Iacobucci (born 1937)
2. George Ignatieff (1913–1989)
3. Richard M. Ivey (born 1925)

J

Filmmaker Norman Jewison, promoted 1991

1. A. Y. Jackson (1882–1974)
2. Stephen A. Jarislowsky (born 1925)
3. Michaëlle Jean (born 1957) ex-officio
4. Diamond Jenness (1886–1969)
5. Norman Jewison (born 1926)
6. Raoul Jobin (1906–1974)
7. Albert Wesley Johnson (1923–2010)
8. David Lloyd Johnston (born 1941) ex-officio
9. Sharon Johnston (born 1943) ex-officio
10. Wilfred Judson (1902–1980)

K

1. Karen Kain (born 1951)
2. Yousuf Karsh (1908–2002)
3. Hugh Llewellyn Keenleyside (1898–1992)
4. Roy Kellock (1893–1975)
5. Thomas Worrall Kent (1922–2011)
6. Larkin Kerwin (1924–2004)
7. Raymond Klibansky (1905–2005)
8. Walter Koerner (1898–1995)
9. Arthur Kroeger (1932–2008)

L

Politician and Diplomat Stephen Lewis, appointed 2002

1. Claire L'Heureux-Dubé (born 1927)
2. Gérard La Forest (born 1926)
3. Huguette Labelle (born 1939)
4. Luc Lacourcière (1910–1989)
5. Jean-Daniel Lafond (born 1944) ex-officio
6. Phyllis Lambert (born 1927)
7. Antonio Lamer (1933–2007)
8. Roger Landry (born 1934)
9. Renaude Lapointe (1912–2002)
10. Bora Laskin (1912–1984)
11. Margaret Laurence (1926–1987)
12. Gerald Le Dain (1924–2007)
13. Diana Fowler LeBlanc (born 1940) ex-officio
14. Roméo LeBlanc (1927–2009) ex-officio
15. Charles Leblond (1910–2007)
16. Maurice LeClair (born 1927)
17. Gabrielle Léger (1917–1998) ex-officio
18. Jules Léger (1913–1980) ex-officio
19. Paul-Émile Léger (1904–1991)
20. Robert Legget (1904–1994)
21. Roger Lemelin (1919–1992)
22. Jean Paul Lemieux (1904–1990)
23. Raymond U. Lemieux (1920–2000)
24. Robert Lepage (born 1957)
25. Jean Lesage (1912–1980)
26. Georges-Henri Lévesque (1903–2000)
27. David Lewis (1909–1981)
28. Stephen Lewis (born 1937)
29. Bennett Lewis (1908–1987)
30. Gordon Lightfoot (born 1938)
31. Arthur Lismer (1885–1969)
32. Charles Locke (1887–1980)
33. Bernard Lonergan (1904–1984)
34. Peter Lougheed (born 1928)
35. Arthur R. M. Lower (1889–1988)

M

Politician Nelson Mandela, Honorary appointment 1998

1. John MacAulay (1895–1978)
2. Brian Macdonald (born 1928)
3. Donald Stovel Macdonald (born 1932)
4. Flora MacDonald (born 1926)
5. Ronald St. John Macdonald (born 1928)
6. James MacDonnell (1884–1973)
7. Jack Mackenzie (1888–1984)
8. Norman MacKenzie (1894–1986)
9. William Archibald Mackintosh (1895–1970)
10. Hugh MacLennan (1907–1990)
11. Ernest MacMillan (1893–1973)
12. H.R. MacMillan (1885–1976)
13. Norman John MacMillan (1909–1978)
14. Antonine Maillet (born 1929)
15. John C. Major (born 1931)
16. Nelson Mandela, honorary appointment (born 1918)
17. Ernest Manning (1908–1996)
18. Preston Manning (born 1942)
19. Jean Marchand (1918–1988)
20. Léo Marion (1899–1979)
21. Lois Marshall (1924–1997)
22. Claire Martin (born 1914)
23. Goldwyn Arthur Martin (1913–2001)
24. Paul Joseph James Martin (1903–1992)
25. Paul Martin (born 1938)
26. Jean Martineau (c. 1895 – 1985)
27. Ronald Martland (1909–1997)
28. Vincent Massey (1887–1967)
29. Harrison McCain (1927–2004)
30. Wallace McCain (1930–2011)
31. Jack McClelland (1922–2004)
32. Robert Baird McClure (1900–1991)
33. Pauline Mills McGibbon (1910–2001)
34. Gordon McGregor (1901–1971)
35. William McIntyre (1918–2009)
36. Hector McKinnon (1890–1981)
37. Norman McLaren (1914–1987)
38. Samuel McLaughlin (1871–1972)
39. Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980)
40. John Babbitt McNair (1889–1968)
41. John Meisel (born 1923)
42. Monique Mercure (born 1930)
43. Norah Evangeline Michener (c. 1901 – 1987) ex-officio
44. Roland Michener (1900–1991) ex-officio
45. Albert Millaire (born 1935)
46. Frank Robert Miller (1908–1997)
47. Brenda Milner (born 1918)
48. H.R. Milner (1889–1975)
49. Joni Mitchell (born 1943)
50. Raymond Moriyama (born 1929)
51. Mavor Moore (1919–2006)
52. Moses Morgan (1917–1995)
53. Joseph Morris (1913–1996)
54. Brian Mulroney (born 1939)
55. Robert Mundell (born 1932)
56. Peter Munk (born 1927)
57. Anne Murray (born 1945)
58. Donald Walter Gordon Murray (1894–1976)
59. Helen Mussallem (born 1914)
60. Fraser Mustard (1927–2011)

N

1. Hilda Neatby (1904–1975)
2. Nathaniel Nemetz (1913–1997)
3. Peter C. Newman (born 1929)
4. John Lang Nichol (born 1924)

O

1. Huguette Oligny (born 1922)
2. Betty Oliphant (1918–2004)
3. Gordon Osbaldeston (born 1930)
4. Bernard Ostry (1927–2006)
5. Sylvia Ostry (born 1927)
6. Alphonse Ouimet (1908–1988)
7. Leonard Outerbridge (1888–1986)

P

former Prime Minister and Nobel Laureat Lester "Mike" Pearson, appointed 1968

1. P. K. Page (1916–2010)
2. Jean Papineau-Couture (1916–2000)
3. Jean-Guy Paquet (born 1938)
4. Alphonse-Marie Parent (1906–1970)
5. John Parkin (1922–1988)
6. George Randolph Pearkes (1888–1984)
7. Lester Bowles Pearson (1897–1972)
8. Alfred Pellan (1906–1988)
9. Gérard Pelletier (1919–1997)
10. Wilfrid Pelletier (1896–1982)
11. Wilder Penfield (1891–1976)
12. Jean-Luc Pépin (1924–1995)
13. Oscar Peterson (1925–2007)
14. Chantal Petitclerc (born 1969)
15. Laurent Picard (born 1927)
16. Jack Pickersgill (1905–1997)
17. Louis-Philippe Pigeon (1905–1986)
18. Gordon Pinsent (born 1930)
19. Gunther Plaut (born 1912)
20. Christopher Plummer (born 1929)
21. John Charles Polanyi (born 1929)
22. Adrien Pouliot (1896–1980)
23. Christopher Pratt (born 1935)
24. Mary Pratt (born 1935)

Q

1. Juda Quastel (1899–1987)
2. Louis Quilico (1925–2000)

R

Hockey superstar Maurice "Rocket" Richard, promoted 1998

1. Ivan Rand (1884–1969)
2. Louis Rasminsky (1908–1998)
3. Hubert Reeves (born 1932)
4. Louis-Marie Régis (1903–1988)
5. Escott Reid (1905–1999)
6. Maurice Richard (1921–2000)
7. Kathleen M. Richardson
8. Mordecai Richler (1931–2001)
9. Jean-Paul Riopelle (1923–2002)
10. Edgar Ritchie (1916–2002)
11. Charles Ritchie (1906–1995)
12. Roland Ritchie (1910–1988)
13. John Robarts (1917–1982)
14. Robert Gordon Robertson (born 1917)
15. Rocke Robertson (1912–1998)
16. Norman Robertson (1904–1968)
17. Louis Robichaud (1925–2005)
18. John Josiah Robinette (1906–1996)
19. Dufferin Roblin (1917–2010)
20. Guy Rocher (born 1924)
21. Chester Ronning (1894–1984)
22. Ghislaine Roquet (born 1926)
23. Alfred Rouleau (1915–1985)
24. Joseph A. Rouleau (born 1929)
25. Roger Rousseau (1921–1986)
26. Jean-Louis Roux (born 1923)
27. Gabrielle Roy (1909–1983)
28. Maurice Roy (1905–1985)
29. Claude Ryan (1925–2004)

S

Environmentalist David Suzuki, promoted 2005

1. Guy Saint-Pierre (born 1934)
2. Moshe Safdie (born 1938)
3. Robert B. Salter (1924–2010)
4. John Ralston Saul (born 1947) ex-officio
5. Lucien Saulnier (1916–1989)
6. Jeanne Sauvé (1922–1993) ex-officio
7. Maurice Sauvé (1923–1992) ex-officio
8. Edward Schreyer (born 1935) ex-officio
9. Lily Schreyer ex-officio
10. Ted Scott (1919–2004)
11. Frank Scott (1899–1985)
12. Charles Scriver (born 1930)
13. Joseph Sedgwick (1898–1981)
14. Fernand Seguin (1922–1988)
15. Hans Selye (1907–1982)
16. Mitchell Sharp (1911–2004)
17. Robert Fletcher Shaw (1910–2001)
18. Carol Shields (1935–2003)
19. Louis Siminovitch (born 1920)
20. Guy Simonds (1903–1974)
21. Léopold Simoneau (1916–2006)
22. Joey Smallwood (1900–1991)
23. Michael Smith (1932–2000)
24. Michael Snow (born 1929)
25. Omond Solandt (1909–1993)
26. Harry Somers (1925–1999)
27. Margaret Southern (born 1931)
28. Ronald D. Southern (born 1930)
29. Wishart Spence (1904–1998)
30. John Spinks (1908–1997)
31. Arnold Spohr (1923–2010)
32. Graham Spry (1900–1983)
33. Louis St. Laurent (1882–1973)
34. George F.G. Stanley (1907–2002)
35. William Stephenson (1897–1989)
36. Maurice Strong (born 1929)
37. Janine Sutto (born 1921)
38. David Suzuki (born 1936)
39. Thomas Symons (born 1929)

T

Philosopher Charles Taylor, appointed 1995

1. Robert Taschereau (1896–1970)
2. Charles Taylor (born 1931)
3. Richard E. Taylor (born 1929)
4. Paul Tellier (born 1939)
5. Veronica Tennant (born 1946)
6. Henry Thode (1910–1997)
7. Walter Thompson (1889–1970)
8. Shirley Thomson (1930–2010)
9. Paul Thorlakson (1895–1989)
10. Graham Towers (1897–1975)
11. Pierre Trudeau (1919–2000)
12. Marcel Trudel (1917–2011)
13. John Napier Turner (born 1929)
14. William Twaits (1910–1985)

V

1. Louis-Albert Vachon (1912–2006)
2. Jean Vanier (born 1928)
3. Pauline Vanier (1898–1991)
4. Murray Vaughan (c. 1900 – 1986)
5. Jon Vickers (born 1926)
6. Marcel Vincent (died 1992)

W

1. Patrick Watson (born 1929)
2. Ronald Lampman Watts (born 1929)
3. L. Dana Wilgress (1892–1969)
4. Healey Willan (1880–1968)
5. Bertha Wilson (1923–2007)
6. John Tuzo Wilson (1908–1993)
7. Lois Miriam Wilson (born 1927)
8. Michael H. Wilson (born 1937)
9. Harold Wright (1908–1997)

Y

1. Maxwell Yalden (born 1930)

See also

• List of Canadian Victoria Cross recipients
• Orders, decorations, and medals of Canada
• Persons of National Historic Significance