Order of Ontario

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civilian honour provincial order

The Order of Ontario is the province’s highest official honor, awarded to individuals who have demonstrated outstanding achievement and service benefiting the people of Ontario.

Aliases (3)

Order of Ontario (ex officio Chancellor) ×1
Order of Ontario Act, 1986 ×1
Ordre de l’Ontario ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civilian honour → provincial order →
administeredBy	Ontario Honours and Awards Secretariat →
advisoryCouncilChairedBy	Chief Justice of Ontario or designate →
allowsPosthumousAwards	true →
awardedFor	outstanding achievement → service benefiting the people of Ontario →
beneficiaries	people of Ontario →
category	Orders, decorations, and medals of Ontario →
chancellor	Lieutenant Governor of Ontario →
conferredBy	Lieutenant Governor of Ontario →
country	Canada →
dateOfEstablishment	1986 →
eligibility	Canadian citizens → persons who are or were long‑term residents of Ontario →
establishedBy	Government of Ontario → Lieutenant Governor in Council of Ontario →
exclusions	sitting elected federal officials → sitting elected municipal officials → sitting elected provincial officials →
foundingLegislation	Order of Ontario Act, 1986 →
FrenchName	Ordre de l’Ontario →
gradeStructure	single grade →
hasGrade	Member →
higherThan	none within Ontario honours system →
insigniaType	badge suspended from a ribbon →
investitureLocation	Ontario Legislature → Queen’s Park, Toronto →
isHighestHonorOf	Ontario →
jurisdiction	Province of Ontario →
languageOfName	English → French →
lowerThan	all other provincial honours of Ontario →
maximumAppointmentsPerYear	25 →
motto	Ut incepit fidelis sic permanet →
mottoLanguage	Latin →
mottoTranslation	Loyal she began, loyal she remains →
postNominalLetters	O.Ont →
purpose	to recognize individuals with outstanding achievement and service benefiting the people of Ontario →
regionServed	Ontario →
relatedNationalHonour	Order of Canada →
ribbonColours	green and white →
ribbonSymbolism	colours of the flag of Ontario →
selectionProcess	public nomination → recommendation by an independent advisory council →
subdivision	Ontario →
symbolOnInsignia	Coat of arms of Ontario → Trillium →
typeOfAward	order of merit →
yearOfFirstInvestiture	1987 →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Adrienne Clarkson → Christopher Plummer → Edward Samuel Rogers Jr. → John Polanyi →	awardReceived
Adrienne Clarkson → John Polanyi → Lieutenant Governor of Ontario ("Order of Ontario (ex officio Chancellor)") →	memberOf
Roberta Bondar → Seymour Schulich →	hasHonor
Order of Ontario ("Order of Ontario Act, 1986") →	foundingLegislation
Order of Ontario ("Ordre de l’Ontario") →	FrenchName
Johann Olav Koss →	receivedAward