Canadian Honours System

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award system national honours system

The Canadian Honours System is the national framework through which Canada recognizes and rewards outstanding achievement, bravery, and service by individuals in various orders, decorations, and medals.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Canadian honours system 4
Canadian Bravery Decorations 1
Canadian Honours system 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf award system ⓘ
national honours system ⓘ
administeredBy Chancellery of Honours ⓘ
Office of the Secretary to the Governor General ⓘ
awardedBy governor general of Canada ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
eligibility Canadian citizens ⓘ
non-Canadians in exceptional cases ⓘ
establishedBy Crown in right of Canada ⓘ
surface form: Crown in Right of Canada
headOfSystem monarch of Canada ⓘ
highestCivilianHonour Order of Canada ⓘ
includes decorations ⓘ
medals ⓘ
orders ⓘ
includesCategory bravery decorations ⓘ
campaign medals ⓘ
commemorative medals ⓘ
long service medals ⓘ
meritorious service decorations ⓘ
includesDecoration Cross of Valour ⓘ
Medal of Bravery ⓘ
Meritorious Service Cross ⓘ
Meritorious Service Medal ⓘ
Polar Medal ⓘ
Sacrifice Medal ⓘ
Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers ⓘ
Star of Courage ⓘ
includesMedal Canadian Forces Decoration ⓘ
King Charles III Coronation Medal ⓘ
Operational Service Medal ⓘ
Peacekeeping Service Medal ⓘ
Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal ⓘ
Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal ⓘ
Special Service Medal ⓘ
includesOrder Order of Canada ⓘ
Order of Merit of the Police Forces ⓘ
Order of Military Merit ⓘ
Venerable Order of St John ⓘ
surface form: Order of St. John

The Royal Victorian Order ⓘ
surface form: Royal Victorian Order
legalBasis royal prerogative ⓘ
mottoOfOrderOfCanada Desiderantes meliorem patriam ⓘ
purpose recognition of bravery ⓘ
recognition of outstanding achievement ⓘ
recognition of service ⓘ
recognizes acts of gallantry ⓘ
distinguished service in public life ⓘ
lifetime achievement ⓘ
representedBy Governor General of Canada ⓘ
surface form: governor general of Canada
selectionProcess advisory committees ⓘ
nomination ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

OC → associatedWith → Canadian Honours System ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canadian honours system
Rideau Hall → associatedWith → Canadian Honours System ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canadian Honours system
Officer of the Order of Canada → belongsToSystem → Canadian Honours System ⓘ
CC → isPartOf → Canadian Honours System ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canadian honours system
Governor General of Canada → oversees → Canadian Honours System ⓘ
Advisory Council for the Order of Canada → partOf → Canadian Honours System ⓘ
Order of Canada → partOf → Canadian Honours System ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canadian Bravery Decorations
Desiderantes meliorem patriam → usedBy → Canadian Honours System ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canadian honours system
Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal → usedIn → Canadian Honours System ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canadian honours system