Order of Canada

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civilian honour national order

The Order of Canada is one of the country’s highest civilian honours, recognizing outstanding achievement, dedication to the community, and service to the nation.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Order of Canada canonical	248
Constitution of the Order of Canada	1
Ken Taylor received Order of Canada	1
Order of Canada (ex officio)	1
Order of Canada (former member)	1
Order of Canada grades	1
Order of Canada insignia	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civilian honour ⓘ national order ⓘ
administeredBy	Office of the Secretary to the Governor General ⓘ
advisoryBody	Advisory Council for the Order of Canada ⓘ
awardedFor	international service that brings credit to Canada ⓘ lifetime achievement ⓘ significant contributions to Canada ⓘ
canBeRevoked	yes ⓘ
ceremonyLocation	Rideau Hall ⓘ
chancellor	Governor General of Canada ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
createdDuring	Expo 67 ⓘ surface form: Canadian Centennial
eligibility	Canadian citizens ⓘ non-Canadians in exceptional cases ⓘ
establishedBy	Elizabeth II ⓘ surface form: Queen Elizabeth II
establishedOnAdviceOf	Canadian federal government (Ottawa) ⓘ surface form: Government of Canada
firstInvestitureYear	1967 ⓘ
grade	Companion of the Order of Canada ⓘ Member of the Order of Canada ⓘ Officer of the Order of Canada ⓘ
hasDivision	civil division ⓘ
headquartersCity	Ottawa ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Rideau Hall ⓘ
headquartersProvince	Ontario ⓘ
highestGrade	Companion of the Order of Canada ⓘ
inception	1967 ⓘ
insigniaCentre	maple leaf ⓘ
insigniaMaterial	enamelled metal ⓘ
insigniaShape	snowflake ⓘ
insigniaWornOn	left breast ⓘ
lowestGrade	Member of the Order of Canada ⓘ
middleGrade	Officer of the Order of Canada ⓘ
motto	Desiderantes meliorem patriam ⓘ
mottoEnglish	They desire a better country ⓘ
mottoLanguage	Latin ⓘ
partOf	Canadian Honours System ⓘ
postNominalForCompanion	CC ⓘ
postNominalForMember	CM ⓘ
postNominalForOfficer	OC ⓘ
purpose	recognize dedication to the community ⓘ recognize outstanding achievement ⓘ recognize service to the nation ⓘ
rankInCanada	one of the highest civilian honours of Canada ⓘ
revocationAuthority	Governor General of Canada ⓘ
ribbonColour	white with red edges ⓘ
selectionProcess	public nomination ⓘ review by Advisory Council ⓘ
sovereign	Charles III, King of Canada ⓘ surface form: Monarch of Canada
type	Order of Merit ⓘ surface form: order of merit

Referenced by (254)

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

Geoffrey Hinton → awardReceived → Order of Canada ⓘ

Roberta Bondar → hasHonor → Order of Canada ⓘ

Officer of the Order of Canada → partOf → Order of Canada ⓘ

Officer of the Order of Canada → gradeOf → Order of Canada ⓘ

Frank Gehry → awardReceived → Order of Canada ⓘ

Companion of the Order of Canada → partOf → Order of Canada ⓘ

Joni Mitchell → awardReceived → Order of Canada ⓘ

Lorne Michaels → awardReceived → Order of Canada ⓘ

John Ralston Saul → awardReceived → Order of Canada ⓘ

John Polanyi → awardReceived → Order of Canada ⓘ

John Polanyi → memberOf → Order of Canada ⓘ

Christine Sinclair → awardReceived → Order of Canada ⓘ

OC → partOf → Order of Canada ⓘ

subject surface form: Officer of the Order of Canada

Yoshua → memberOf → Order of Canada ⓘ

subject surface form: Yoshua Bengio

Neil Young → awardReceived → Order of Canada ⓘ

Leonard Cohen → memberOf → Order of Canada ⓘ

Order of Ontario → relatedNationalHonour → Order of Canada ⓘ

Gordie Howe → honor → Order of Canada ⓘ

Jean Béliveau → awardReceived → Order of Canada ⓘ

Lieutenant Governor of Ontario → memberOf → Order of Canada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Order of Canada (ex officio)

Hayley Wickenheiser → awardReceived → Order of Canada ⓘ

Celine Dion → notableAward → Order of Canada ⓘ

Sydney Newman → awardReceived → Order of Canada ⓘ

Governor General of Canada → confers → Order of Canada ⓘ

Pat Quinn → memberOf → Order of Canada ⓘ

1st Earl Alexander of Tunis → awardReceived → Order of Canada ⓘ

Office of the Secretary to the Governor General → responsibleFor → Order of Canada ⓘ

Canadian Honours System → highestCivilianHonour → Order of Canada ⓘ

Canadian Honours System → includesOrder → Order of Canada ⓘ

Member of the Order of Canada → partOf → Order of Canada ⓘ

Charles Taylor → awardReceived → Order of Canada ⓘ

Jean Vanier → awardReceived → Order of Canada ⓘ

Seymour Schulich → hasHonor → Order of Canada ⓘ

David Foster → awardReceived → Order of Canada ⓘ

Advisory Council for the Order of Canada → partOf → Order of Canada ⓘ

Advisory Council for the Order of Canada → follows → Order of Canada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitution of the Order of Canada

Lorne David Michaels → awardReceived → Order of Canada ⓘ

subject surface form: Lorne Michaels

Jeff Skoll → awardReceived → Order of Canada ⓘ

Dusty Cohl → awardReceived → Order of Canada ⓘ

Dusty Cohl → memberOf → Order of Canada ⓘ

CM → associatedWith → Order of Canada ⓘ

Michael Ondaatje → memberOf → Order of Canada ⓘ

Adrienne Clarkson → memberOf → Order of Canada ⓘ

Adrienne Clarkson → awardReceived → Order of Canada ⓘ

Wanda Koop → awardReceived → Order of Canada ⓘ

The Aga Khan → notableAward → Order of Canada ⓘ

subject surface form: Aga Khan IV

Desiderantes meliorem patriam → associatedWith → Order of Canada ⓘ

CC → associatedWith → Order of Canada ⓘ

CC → gradeOf → Order of Canada ⓘ

CC → isHighestGradeOf → Order of Canada ⓘ