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The '''Canadian order of precedence''' is a nominal and symbolic hierarchy of important positions within the governing institutions of Canada. It has no legal standing but is used to dictate ceremonial [[Protocol (diplomacy)|protocol]]. |
The '''Canadian order of precedence''' is a nominal and symbolic hierarchy of important positions within the governing institutions of Canada. It has no legal standing but is used to dictate ceremonial [[Protocol (diplomacy)|protocol]]. |
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The [[Department of Canadian Heritage]] issues a ''Table of Precedence for Canada'',<ref>[http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/ceem-cced/prtcl/precedence-eng.cfm Department of Canadian Heritage: Table of Precedence for Canada]</ref> which does not include members of the Royal Family, save for the [[Monarchy of Canada|sovereign]], mentioned in a note as preceding the [[Governor General of Canada|governor general]]. The [[Department of National Defence (Canada)|Department of National Defence]] issues near identical guidelines, with the primary difference being the inclusion of members of the [[Monarchy of Canada#Canadian Royal Family|Canadian Royal Family]],<ref>[http://www.saskd.ca/heritage.pdf The Honours, Flags and Heritage Structure of the Canadian Forces]</ref> specifying that they take precedence after the governor general. The provinces and territories of Canada also have their own orders of precedence for events of a provincial or territorial nature. They serve the same purpose and are structured similarly, but place an emphasis on provincial or territorial offices. |
The [[Department of Canadian Heritage]] issues a ''Table of Precedence for Canada'',<ref>[http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/ceem-cced/prtcl/precedence-eng.cfm Department of Canadian Heritage: Table of Precedence for Canada]</ref> which does not include members of the Royal Family, save for the [[Monarchy of Canada|sovereign]], mentioned in a note as preceding the [[Governor General of Canada|governor general]]. The [[Department of National Defence (Canada)|Department of National Defence]] issues near identical guidelines, with the primary difference being the inclusion of members of the [[Monarchy of Canada#Canadian Royal Family|Canadian Royal Family]],<ref>[http://www.saskd.ca/heritage.pdf The Honours, Flags and Heritage Structure of the Canadian Forces] {{wayback|url=http://www.saskd.ca/heritage.pdf |date=20090325162006 }}</ref> specifying that they take precedence after the governor general. The provinces and territories of Canada also have their own orders of precedence for events of a provincial or territorial nature. They serve the same purpose and are structured similarly, but place an emphasis on provincial or territorial offices. |
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All units of the [[Canadian Forces]] also have an [[Canadian Forces order of precedence|order of precedence]] that determines seniority; it often decides such matters as which unit forms up to the right (senior side) of other units on a ceremonial parade, or the order in which marches or calls are played at a mess dinner. |
All units of the [[Canadian Forces]] also have an [[Canadian Forces order of precedence|order of precedence]] that determines seniority; it often decides such matters as which unit forms up to the right (senior side) of other units on a ceremonial parade, or the order in which marches or calls are played at a mess dinner. |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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*[http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/ceem-cced/prtcl/precedence-eng.cfm Department of Canadian Heritage: Table of Precedence for Canada] |
*[http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/ceem-cced/prtcl/precedence-eng.cfm Department of Canadian Heritage: Table of Precedence for Canada] |
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*[http://www.saskd.ca/heritage.pdf The Honours, Flags and Heritage Structure of the Canadian Forces] |
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090325162006/http://www.saskd.ca/heritage.pdf The Honours, Flags and Heritage Structure of the Canadian Forces] |
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Revision as of 02:49, 14 November 2016
The Canadian order of precedence is a nominal and symbolic hierarchy of important positions within the governing institutions of Canada. It has no legal standing but is used to dictate ceremonial protocol.
The Department of Canadian Heritage issues a Table of Precedence for Canada,[1] which does not include members of the Royal Family, save for the sovereign, mentioned in a note as preceding the governor general. The Department of National Defence issues near identical guidelines, with the primary difference being the inclusion of members of the Canadian Royal Family,[2] specifying that they take precedence after the governor general. The provinces and territories of Canada also have their own orders of precedence for events of a provincial or territorial nature. They serve the same purpose and are structured similarly, but place an emphasis on provincial or territorial offices.
All units of the Canadian Forces also have an order of precedence that determines seniority; it often decides such matters as which unit forms up to the right (senior side) of other units on a ceremonial parade, or the order in which marches or calls are played at a mess dinner.
- The Queen of Canada: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II[3]
- Governor General of Canada: His Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon
- Prime Minister of Canada: The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau
- Chief Justice of Canada: The Right Honourable Richard Wagner
- Former Governors General of Canada in order of their departure from office:
- The Right Honourable Ed Schreyer (1979–1984)
- The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson (1999–2005)
- The Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean (2005–2010)
- Surviving spouses of deceased Governors General of Canada:
- Gerda Hnatyshyn, widow of The Right Honourable Ray Hnatyshyn
- Diana Fowler LeBlanc, widow of The Right Honourable Roméo LeBlanc
- Former Prime Ministers of Canada in order of their first assumption of office:
- The Right Honourable Joe Clark (1979–1980)
- The Right Honourable John Turner (1984)
- The Right Honourable Brian Mulroney (1984–1993)
- The Right Honourable Kim Campbell (1993)
- The Right Honourable Jean Chrétien (1993–2003)
- The Right Honourable Paul Martin (2003–2006)
- The Right Honourable Stephen Harper (2006–2015)
- Former Chief Justices of Canada, in order of their appointment
- (none currently living)
- Speaker of the Canadian Senate: The Honourable George Furey
- Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons: The Honourable Geoff Regan
- Representatives to Canada of foreign governments
- Ambassadors and High Commissioners come first, in order of the presentation of their credentials; then come Ministers Plenipotentiary, and then Chargés d'affaires.
- Ministers of the Crown
- Members of the Cabinet in order of appointment to the Queen's Privy Council for Canada with ties broken by order of election to the House or appointment to the Senate[4]
- The Honourable Ralph Goodale, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness (4 November 1993, MP in 1974)
- The Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food (4 November 1993, MP in 1988)
- The Honourable Stéphane Dion, Minister of Foreign Affairs (25 January 1996)
- The Honourable John McCallum, Minister of Immigration, Citizenship, and Refugees (15 January 2002)
- The Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs (12 December 2003, MP in 1997)
- The Honourable Scott Brison, President of the Treasury Board (12 December 2003, MP in 1997)
- The Honourable Dominic Leblanc, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard (20 July 2004)
- The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development (7 October 2005)
- The Honourable Judy Foote, Minister of Public Services and Procurement (4 November 2015, MP in 1996)
- The Honourable Marc Garneau, Minister of Transport (4 November 2015, MP in 2008)
- The Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science (4 November 2015, MP in 2008)
- The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of International Trade (4 November 2015, MP in 2013)
- The Honourable Bill Morneau, Minister of Finance (4 November 2015, MP in 2015)
- The Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada (4 November 2015, MP in 2015)
- The Honourable Jane Philpott, Minister of Health (4 November 2015, MP in 2015)
- The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children, and Social Development (4 November 2015, MP in 2015)
- The Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development and Minister responsible for La francophonie (4 November 2015, MP in 2015)
- The Honourable Jim Carr, Minister of Natural Resources (4 November 2015, MP in 2015)
- The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Heritage (4 November 2015, MP in 2015)
- The Honourable Diane Lebouthillier, Minister of National Revenue (4 November 2015, MP in 2015)
- The Honourable Kent Hehr, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence (4 November 2015, MP in 2015)
- The Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change (4 November 2015, MP in 2015)
- The Honourable Harjit Sajjan, Minister of National Defence (4 November 2015, MP in 2015)
- The Honourable MaryAnn Mihychuk, Minister of Employment Workforce Development and Labour (4 November 2015, MP in 2015)
- The Honourable Amarjeet Sohi, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities (4 November 2015, MP in 2015)
- The Honourable Maryam Monsef, Minister of Democratic Institutions (4 November 2015, MP in 2015)
- The Honourable Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities (4 November 2015, MP in 2015)
- The Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister responsible for the Status of Women (4 November 2015, MP in 2015)
- The Honourable Bardish Chagger, Minister of Small Business and Tourism & Leader of the Government in the House of Commons (4 November 2015, MP in 2015)
- Ministers of State in order of appointment to the Queen's Privy Council for Canada with ties broken by order of election to the House or appointment to the Senate[5]
- none at this time
- Members of the Cabinet in order of appointment to the Queen's Privy Council for Canada with ties broken by order of election to the House or appointment to the Senate[4]
- Leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition: The Honourable Rona Ambrose
- Lieutenant Governors of the provinces, in the order their province joined Confederation and by population at joining to break ties
- Lieutenant Governor of Ontario: The Honourable Edith Dumont
- Lieutenant Governor of Quebec: The Honourable Manon Jeannotte
- Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia: The Honourable Arthur Joseph LeBlanc
- Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick: The Honourable Brenda Murphy
- Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba: The Honourable Anita Neville, Anita Neville
- Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia: The Honourable Janet Austin
- Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island: The Honourable Frank Lewis
- Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan: The Honourable Russell Mirasty
- Lieutenant Governor of Alberta: The Honourable Salma Lakhani
- Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador: The Honourable Joan Marie Aylward
- All other Members of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada in order with the date of their appointment to the Privy Council, but with precedence given to those who bear the title "Right Honourable" in accordance with the date of receiving the honorary title.[6]
- The Right Honourable Don Mazankowski PC OC AOE (1992) (the only person with the title "Right Honourable" who is not higher on the list)
- List of current members of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada
- Premiers of the Provinces, in the order their province joined confederation and by population at joining to break ties
- Premier of Ontario: The Honourable Doug Ford
- Premier of Quebec: The Honourable François Legault; Philippe Couillard also appears higher on the list
- Premier of Nova Scotia: The Honourable Tim Houston
- Premier of New Brunswick: The Honourable Blaine Higgs
- Premier of Manitoba: The Honourable Wab Kinew
- Premier of British Columbia: The Honourable David Eby
- Premier of Prince Edward Island: The Honourable Dennis King
- Premier of Saskatchewan: The Honourable Scott Moe
- Premier of Alberta: The Honourable Danielle Smith
- Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador: The Honourable Andrew Furey
- Commissioners of the Territories
- Commissioner of the Northwest Territories: The Honourable Gerald W. Kisoun
- Commissioner of the Yukon Territory: The Honourable Adeline Webber
- Commissioner of Nunavut: The Honourable [[]]
- Premiers of the Territories
- Premier of the Northwest Territories: The Honourable Bob McLeod
- Premier of Yukon: The Honourable Ranj Pillai
- Premier of Nunavut: The Honourable P.J. Akeeagok
- Religious leaders, equally, by seniority
- Limited to "senior Canadian representatives of faith communities having a significant presence in a relevant jurisdiction".
- Puisne Judges of the Supreme Court
- The Honourable Rosalie Abella
- The Honourable Thomas Cromwell
- The Honourable Michael J. Moldaver
- The Honourable Andromache Karakatsanis
- The Honourable Richard Wagner
- The Honourable Clément Gascon
- The Honourable Suzanne Côté
- The Honourable Russell Brown
- Superior court justices
- Chief Justice and the Associate Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Canada
- Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Canada: The Honourable Paul S. Crampton
- Associate Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Canada (None currently)
- Chief Justices of the highest court of each province and territory in order of date of appointment as chief justice
- The Honourable Catherine Fraser, Chief Justice of Alberta, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut (12 March 1992)
- The Honourable Ernest Drapeau, Chief Justice of New Brunswick (2003)
- The Honourable Michael MacDonald, Chief Justice of Nova Scotia (2005)
- The Honourable David H. Jenkins, Chief Justice of Prince Edward Island (1 February 2008)
- The Honourable Derek Green, Chief Justice of Newfoundland and Labrador (2009)
- The Honourable Nicole Duval Hesler, Chief Justice of Quebec (7 October 2011)
- The Honourable Richard J. Chartier, Chief Justice of Manitoba (8 March 2013)
- The Honourable Robert J. Bauman, Chief Justice of British Columbia and Yukon (16 June 2013)
- The Honourable Robert Richards, Chief Justice of Saskatchewan (2013)
- The Honourable George Strathy, Chief Justice of Ontario (13 June 2014)
- Chief Justices and Associate Chief Justices of other superior courts, in order of appointment as chief justice
- The Honourable David Smith, Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of New Brunswick (1998)
- The Honourable Heather Forster Smith, Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Justice (2002)
- The Honourable Lori Douglas, Associate Chief Justice, Family Division, of the Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba (14 May 2009)
- The Honourable Glenn Joyal, Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba (4 February 2011)
- The Honourable Alexandra Hoy, Associate Chief Justice of Ontario (6 June 2013)
- The Honourable Frank Marrocco, Associate Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Justice (2013)
- Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Quebec: The Honourable François Rolland
- Senior Associate Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Quebec: The Honourable Robert Pidgeon
- Associate Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Quebec: The Honourable André Wery
- Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia: The Honourable Joseph Kennedy
- Associate Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia: The Honourable Deborah K. Smith
- Associate Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, Family Division: The Honourable Lawrence I. O'Neil
- Associate Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba: The Honourable Shane Perlmutter
- Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia (The Honourable Christopher E. Hinkson)
- Associate Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia: The Honourable Austin F. Cullen
- Chief Justice of the Trial Division, Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island: The Honourable Jacqueline Matheson
- Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench for Saskatchewan: The Honourable Martel Popescul
- Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta: The Honourable Neil Wittmann
- Associate Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta: The Honourable J.D. Rooke
- Chief Justice of the Trial Division of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland: The Honourable David B. Orsborn
- Senior Judge of the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories: The Honourable Virginia Schuler
- Senior Judge of the Supreme Court of the Yukon Territory: The Honourable Ronald Veale
- Senior Judge of the Nunavut Court of Justice: The Honourable Robert Kilpatrick
- Federal and provincial superior court puisne justices
- Chief Justice and the Associate Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Canada
- Senators
- Members of the House of Commons
- Consuls General of Countries Without Diplomatic Representation
- Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to Cabinet: John Hannaford
- Military Leaders
- Speakers of the Legislative Assemblies of the Provinces and Territories
- Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario: The Honourable [[]]
- President of the National Assembly of Quebec: The Honourable [[]]
- Speaker of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly: The Honourable Kevin Murphy
- Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick: The Honourable Chris Collins
- Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: The Honourable [[]]
- Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia: The Honourable [[]]
- Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island: The Honourable [[]]
- Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan: The Honourable [[]]
- Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta: The Honourable Nathan Cooper
- Speaker of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly: The Honourable Derek Bennett
- Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories: The Honourable [[]]
- Speaker of the Yukon Legislative Assembly: The Honourable [[]]
- Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut: The Honourable [[]]
- Members of the Executive Councils of the Provinces and Territories
- Judges of Provincial and Territorial Courts
- Members of the Legislative Assemblies of the Provinces and Territories
- Chairperson of the Canadian Association of Former Parliamentarians
See also
- Canadian order of precedence (decorations and medals)
- Canadian Forces order of precedence
- Politics of Canada
- Removal from the Order of Canada
Footnotes
- ^ Department of Canadian Heritage: Table of Precedence for Canada
- ^ The Honours, Flags and Heritage Structure of the Canadian Forces Template:Wayback
- ^ Footnote 1 of the Table of Precedence for Canada issued by the Department of Canadian Heritage states that the Queen is to be afforded precedence immediately before the Governor General. No other members of the Royal Family are listed in the table or mentioned in the footnotes. The Department of National Defence's protocol, places members of the royal family immediately after the Governor General when they are in Canada. That DND protocol does not list a precedence within the royal family.
- ^ The Ministry in order of precedence
- ^ The Ministry in order of precedence
- ^ Members of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada