Officer of the Order of Canada

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Canadian honour grade of order of merit

Officer of the Order of Canada is a high-ranking grade within one of Canada’s highest civilian honours, recognizing outstanding achievement and service to the nation.

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Canadian honour ⓘ
grade of order of merit ⓘ
administeredBy Office of the Secretary to the Governor General ⓘ
awardedBy Governor General of Canada ⓘ
awardFor contributions to the nation ⓘ
outstanding achievement ⓘ
service to Canada ⓘ
belongsToSystem Canadian Honours System ⓘ
chancellor Governor General of Canada ⓘ
conferredBy Royal Letters Patent ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
createdInContextOf Expo 67 ⓘ
surface form: Canadian Centennial
decisionBody Advisory Council for the Order of Canada ⓘ
eligibility Canadian citizens ⓘ
non-Canadian citizens ⓘ
establishedBy Elizabeth II ⓘ
surface form: Queen Elizabeth II
establishedOn 1967-04-17 ⓘ
fieldOfRecognition arts ⓘ
business ⓘ
community leadership ⓘ
philanthropy ⓘ
public service ⓘ
sciences ⓘ
gradeOf Order of Canada ⓘ
hasGenderForm Officer of the Order of Canada (gender-neutral title) ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
French ⓘ
hasPostNominalCategory national order post-nominal ⓘ
higherRankThan Member of the Order of Canada ⓘ
insigniaIncludes red maple leaf ⓘ
white enamel snowflake badge ⓘ
insigniaShape stylized snowflake ⓘ
lowerRankThan Companion of the Order of Canada ⓘ
motto Desiderantes meliorem patriam ⓘ
nominatedBy public nomination process ⓘ
order second grade of the Order of Canada ⓘ
partOf Order of Canada ⓘ
postNominalLetters O.C. ⓘ
purpose to recognize a lifetime of achievement ⓘ
to recognize merit of a high degree ⓘ
ribbonColors white with red edges ⓘ
scopeOfContribution international ⓘ
national ⓘ
status currently constituted ⓘ
symbolizes recognition of significant national service ⓘ
type civilian honour ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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

Catriona Le May Doan → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of Canada ⓘ
Clarence S. Campbell → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of Canada ⓘ
Edward Samuel Rogers Jr. → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of Canada ⓘ
Hume Cronyn → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of Canada ⓘ
Ted Rogers → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of Canada ⓘ
Yoshua Bengio → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of Canada ⓘ
Order of Canada → grade → Officer of the Order of Canada ⓘ
OC → hasGrade → Officer of the Order of Canada ⓘ
subject surface form: Order of Canada
Member of the Order of Canada → higherRank → Officer of the Order of Canada ⓘ
James Gosling → honor → Officer of the Order of Canada ⓘ
Michael J. Fox → honor → Officer of the Order of Canada ⓘ
Christine Sinclair → honorificTitle → Officer of the Order of Canada ⓘ
Donald Sutherland → honour → Officer of the Order of Canada ⓘ
Order of Canada → middleGrade → Officer of the Order of Canada ⓘ
Member of the Order of Canada → promotionPossibleTo → Officer of the Order of Canada ⓘ
OC → standsFor → Officer of the Order of Canada ⓘ