Canadian order of precedence

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The Canadian order of precedence is a nominal and symbolic hierarchy of important positions within the Government 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.

[edit] Canadian Order of Precedence

Note: Persons listed in italics have higher precedence elsewhere in the table.

1. The Queen of Canada (Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II)
2. Governor General of Canada (Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean CC CMM COM CD)
3. Members of the Royal Family, other than the Queen, when in Canada^[3]
4. Prime Minister of Canada (The Right Honourable Stephen Harper PC MP)
5. Chief Justice of Canada (The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin PC)
6. Former Governors General of Canada in order of their departure from office:
   1. The Right Honourable Ed Schreyer PC CC CMM OM CD (1979-1984)
   2. The Right Honourable Roméo LeBlanc PC CC CMM CD ONB (1995-1999)
   3. The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson PC CC CMM COM CD (1999-2005)
7. Surviving spouses of deceased Governors General of Canada:
   1. Gerda Hnatyshyn CC
8. Former Prime Ministers of Canada in order of their departure from office:
   1. The Right Honourable Joe Clark PC CC AOE (1979-1980)
   2. The Right Honourable John Turner PC CC QC (1984)
   3. The Right Honourable Brian Mulroney PC CC GOQ (1984-1993)
   4. The Right Honourable Kim Campbell PC QC (1993)
   5. The Right Honourable Jean Chrétien PC CC QC (1993-2003)
   6. The Right Honourable Paul Martin PC MP (2003-2006)
9. Former Chief Justices of Canada, in order of their appointment (none currently living)
10. Speaker of the Canadian Senate (The Honourable Noël Kinsella)
11. Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons (The Honourable Peter Milliken MP)
12. 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'affairs.

13. Other Ministers of the Crown, in chronological order of appointment to the Queen's Privy Council for Canada (then in order of election or appointment to parliament if they joined the Privy Council on the same day)^[4]
    1. The Honourable Rob Nicholson PC QC MP, Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of Canada (June 25, 1993)
    2. The Honourable David Emerson PC MP, Minister of International Trade, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Minister for the Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics (July 20, 2004)
    3. The Honourable Jean-Pierre Blackburn PC MP, Minister of Labour and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec (February 6, 2006)
    4. The Honourable Greg Thompson PC MP, Minister of Veterans Affairs (February 6, 2006)
    5. The Honourable Marjory LeBreton PC, Leader of the Government in the Senate (February 6, 2006)
    6. The Honourable Monte Solberg PC MP, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development (February 6, 2006)
    7. The Honourable Chuck Strahl PC MP, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Metis and Non-Status Indians (February 6, 2006)
    8. The Honourable Gary Lunn PC MP, Minister of Natural Resources (February 6, 2006)
    9. The Honourable Peter MacKay PC QC MP, Minister of National Defence and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (February 6, 2006)
    10. The Honourable Loyola Hearn PC MP, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans (February 6, 2006)
    11. The Honourable Stockwell Day PC MP, Minister of Public Safety (February 6, 2006)
    12. The Honourable Vic Toews PC MP, President of the Treasury Board (February 6, 2006)
    13. The Honourable Rona Ambrose PC MP, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Minister of Western Economic Diversification and President of the Privy Council (February 6, 2006)
    14. The Honourable Diane Finley PC MP, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (February 6, 2006)
    15. The Honourable Gordon O'Connor PC OMM CD MP, Minister of National Revenue (February 6, 2006)
    16. The Honourable Bev Oda PC MP, Minister of International Cooperation (February 6, 2006)
    17. The Honourable Jim Prentice PC MP, Minister of Industry (February 6, 2006)
    18. The Honourable John Baird PC MP, Minister of the Environment (February 6, 2006)
    19. The Honourable Lawrence Cannon PC MP, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities (February 6, 2006)
    20. The Honourable Tony Clement PC MP, Minister of Health and Minister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario (February 6, 2006)
    21. The Honourable Jim Flaherty PC MP, Minister of Finance (February 6, 2006)
    22. The Honourable Josée Verner PC MP, Minister of Canadian Heritage, Status of Women, and Official Languages (February 6, 2006)
    23. The Honourable Michael Fortier PC, Minister of Public Works and Government Services (February 6, 2006)
    24. The Honourable Peter Van Loan PC MP, Minister for Democratic Reform and Leader of the Government in the House of Commons(November 27, 2006)
    25. The Honourable Gerry Ritz PC MP, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board (January 4, 2007)
14. Secretaries of State, in chronological order of appointment to the Queen's Privy Council for Canada (then in order of election or appointment to parliament if they joined the Privy Council on the same day)
    1. The Honourable Jay Hill PC MP, Secretary of State and Chief Government Whip (February 16, 2006)
    2. The Honourable Jason Kenney PC MP, Secretary of State (Multiculturalism and Canadian Identity) (January 4, 2007)
    3. The Honourable Helena Guergis PC MP, Secretary of State (Foreign Affairs and International Trade) (Sport) (January 4, 2007)
    4. The Honourable Christian Paradis PC MP, Secretary of State (Agriculture) (January 4, 2007)
    5. The Honourable Diane Ablonczy PC MP, Secretary of State (Small Business and Tourism) (August 14, 2007)
15. Leader of the Opposition (The Honourable Stéphane Dion PC MP)
16. Lieutenant Governors of the provinces, in the order their province joined Confederation and by population at joining to break ties
    1. Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (His Honour the Honourable David Onley O.Ont)
    2. Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (His Honour the Honourable Pierre Duchesne)
    3. Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (Her Honour the Honourable Mayann E. Francis ONS)
    4. Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick (His Honour the Honourable Herménégilde Chiasson ONB)
    5. Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (His Honour the Honourable John Harvard PC OM)
    6. Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia (His Honour the Honourable Steven Point OBC)
    7. Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island (Her Honour the Honourable Barbara Hagerman O.PEI)
    8. Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan (His Honour the Honourable Gordon Barnhart SOM)
    9. Lieutenant Governor of Alberta (His Honour the Honourable Norman Kwong CM AOE)
    10. Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador (His Honour the Honourable John Crosbie‎ PC OC QC ONL)
17. All other Members of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada in accordance with the date of their appointment to the Privy Council but with precedence given to those who bear the honorary title "Right Honourable" in accordance with the date of receiving the honorary title.^[5]
    1. The Right Honourable Martial Asselin PC OC QC (1992)
    2. The Right Honourable Don Mazankowski PC OC AOE (1992)
    3. The Right Honourable Herb Gray PC CC QC (January 15, 2002)
    4. The Honourable Paul Theodore Hellyer PC (April 26, 1957)
    5. His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh PC KG KT OM GBE CD (October 14, 1957)
    6. The Honourable Paul Martineau PC (August 9, 1962)
    7. The Honourable Allan MacEachen PC (March 18, 1963)
    8. The Honourable Yvon Dupuis PC (February 3, 1964)
    9. The Honourable Edgar Benson PC (June 29, 1964)
    10. The Honourable Lawrence Pennell PC QC (July 7, 1965)
    11. The Honourable Dufferin Roblin PC CC OM (July 7, 1965)
    12. The Honourable Alex Campbell PC (July 7, 1965)
    13. The Honourable Donald Stovel Macdonald PC CC (July 6, 1968)
    14. The Honourable Jean-Eudes Dubé PC (July 6, 1968)
    15. The Honourable Otto Lang PC OC QC (July 6, 1968)
    16. The Honourable Robert Stanbury PC QC (October 20, 1969)
    17. The Honourable Jean-Pierre Goyer PC (December 22, 1970)
    18. The Honourable Alastair Gillespie PC OC (August 12, 1971)
    19. The Honourable Patrick Morgan Mahoney PC (January 28, 1972)
    20. The Honourable Stanley Haidasz PC (November 27, 1972)
    21. The Honourable Eugene Whelan PC OC (November 27, 1972)
    22. The Honourable Warren Allmand PC OC QC (November 27, 1972)
    23. The Honourable Hugh Faulkner PC (November 27, 1972)
    24. The Honourable André Ouellet PC (November 27, 1972)
    25. The Honourable Marc Lalonde PC OC QC (November 27, 1972)
    26. The Honourable Ray Perrault PC (August 8, 1974)
    27. The Honourable Barney Danson PC CC (August 8, 1974)
    28. The Honourable Judd Buchanan PC OC (August 8, 1974)
    29. The Honourable Pierre Juneau PC OC (August 29, 1975)
    30. The Honourable Marcel Lessard PC (September 26, 1975)
    31. The Honourable Leonard Marchand PC CM (September 15, 1976)
    32. The Honourable Monique Bégin PC OC (September 15, 1976)
    33. The Honourable Jean-Jacques Blais PC (September 15, 1976)
    34. The Honourable Francis Fox PC QC (September 15, 1976)
    35. The Honourable Anthony Abbott PC (September 15, 1976)
    36. The Honourable Iona Campagnolo PC CM OBC (September 15, 1976)
    37. The Honourable Norman Cafik PC (September 16, 1977)
    38. The Honourable Gilles Lamontagne PC OC CQ CD (January 19, 1978)
    39. The Honourable John Mercer Reid PC (November 24, 1978)
    40. The Honourable Pierre de Bané PC QC (November 24, 1978)
    41. The Honourable Flora MacDonald PC CC OOnt (June 4, 1979)
    42. The Honourable James McGrath PC (June 4, 1979)
    43. The Honourable Erik Nielsen PC DFC QC (June 4, 1979)
    44. The Honourable Allan Lawrence PC QC (June 4, 1979)
    45. The Honourable John Crosbie PC OC QC (June 4, 1979)
    46. The Honourable David MacDonald PC (June 4, 1979)
    47. The Honourable Lincoln Alexander PC CC OOnt CD QC (June 4, 1979)
    48. The Honourable Elmer MacKay PC QC (June 4, 1979)
    49. The Honourable Jake Epp PC (June 4, 1979)
    50. The Honourable John Allen Fraser PC OC OBC CD (June 4, 1979)
    51. The Honourable William H. Jarvis PC (June 4, 1979)
    52. The Honourable Sinclair Stevens PC (June 4, 1979)
    53. The Honourable John Wise PC (June 4, 1979)
    54. The Honourable Ron Atkey PC QC (June 4, 1979)
    55. The Honourable David Crombie PC OC (June 4, 1979)
    56. The Honourable Heward Grafftey PC (June 4, 1979)
    57. The Honourable Perrin Beatty PC (June 4, 1979)
    58. The Honourable Robert Howie PC (June 4, 1979)
    59. The Honourable Michael Wilson PC OC (June 4, 1979)
    60. The Honourable Bob Kaplan PC (March 3, 1980)
    61. The Honourable James Fleming PC (March 3, 1980)
    62. The Honourable Bill Rompkey PC (March 3, 1980)
    63. The Honourable Pierre Bussières PC (March 3, 1980)
    64. The Honourable Charles Lapointe PC (March 3, 1980)
    65. The Honourable Ed Lumley PC (March 3, 1980)
    66. The Honourable Yvon Pinard PC (March 3, 1980)
    67. The Honourable Don Johnston PC (March 3, 1980)
    68. The Honourable Lloyd Axworthy PC OC OM (March 3, 1980)
    69. The Honourable Paul Cosgrove PC (March 3, 1980)
    70. The Honourable Judy Erola PC (March 3, 1980)
    71. The Honourable Jack Austin PC (September 22, 1981)
    72. The Honourable Serge Joyal PC OC OQ (September 22, 1981)
    73. The Honourable Bennett Campbell PC (September 22, 1981)
    74. The Honourable Robert Gordon Robertson PC CC (March 2, 1982)
    75. The Honourable Ed Broadbent PC CC (April 17, 1982)
    76. The Honourable Bill Davis PC CC O.Ont QC (April 17, 1982)
    77. The Honourable Allan Blakeney PC OC SOM QC (April 17, 1982)
    78. The Honourable Peter Lougheed PC CC AOE QC (April 17, 1982)
    79. The Honourable Bill Bennett PC (April 17, 1982)
    80. The Honourable John Buchanan PC QC (April 17, 1982)
    81. The Honourable Brian Peckford PC (April 17, 1982)
    82. The Honourable James Lee PC (April 17, 1982)
    83. The Honourable Howard Pawley PC OC OM (April 17, 1982)
    84. The Honourable Sterling Lyon PC (April 17, 1982)
    85. The Honourable David Collenette PC (August 12, 1983)
    86. The Honourable Céline Hervieux-Payette PC (August 12, 1983)
    87. The Honourable Roger Simmons PC (August 12, 1983)
    88. The Honourable David Paul Smith PC QC (August 12, 1983)
    89. The Honourable Roy MacLaren PC (August 17, 1983)
    90. The Honourable Michael Pitfield PC CVO (April 19, 1984)
    91. The Honourable Herb Breau PC (June 30, 1984)
    92. The Honourable Rémi Bujold PC CM (June 30, 1984)
    93. The Honourable Jean Lapierre PC (June 30, 1984)
    94. The Honourable Ralph Ferguson PC (June 30, 1984)
    95. The Honourable Doug Frith PC (June 30, 1984)
    96. The Honourable Robert Carman Coates PC QC (September 17, 1984)
    97. The Honourable Jack Burnett Murta PC (September 17, 1984)
    98. The Honourable Harvie Andre PC (September 17, 1984)
    99. The Honourable Otto Jelinek PC (September 17, 1984)
    100. The Honourable Thomas Edward Siddon PC (September 17, 1984)
    101. The Honourable Charles James Mayer PC (September 17, 1984)
    102. The Honourable William Hunter McKnight PC (September 17, 1984)
    103. The Honourable Walter Franklin McLean PC (September 17, 1984)
    104. The Honourable Thomas Michael McMillan PC (September 17, 1984)
    105. The Honourable Patricia Carney PC (September 17, 1984)
    106. The Honourable André Bissonnette PC (September 17, 1984)
    107. The Honourable Suzanne Blais-Grenier PC (September 17, 1984)
    108. The Honourable Benoît Bouchard PC (September 17, 1984)
    109. The Honourable Andrée Champagne PC (September 17, 1984)
    110. The Honourable Michel Côté PC (September 17, 1984)
    111. The Honourable James Francis Kelleher PC QC (September 17, 1984)
    112. The Honourable Marcel Masse PC (September 17, 1984)
    113. The Honourable Barbara McDougall PC OC (September 17, 1984)
    114. The Honourable Monique Vézina PC (September 17, 1984)
    115. The Honourable Maurice Riel PC QC (November 30, 1984)
    116. The Honourable Saul Cherniack PC CM OM QC (November 30, 1984)
    117. The Honourable Paule Gauthier PC OC OQ QC (November 30, 1984)
    118. The Honourable Stewart Donald McInnes PC QC (August 20, 1985)
    119. The Honourable Frank Oberle, Sr. PC (November 20, 1985)
    120. The Honourable Gordon Osbaldeston PC CC (February 13, 1986)
    121. The Honourable Lowell Murray PC (June 30, 1986)
    122. The Honourable Paul Wyatt Dick PC (June 30, 1986)
    123. The Honourable Pierre H. Cadieux PC (June 30, 1986)
    124. The Honourable Jean Charest PC MNA (June 30, 1986)
    125. The Honourable Thomas Hockin PC (June 30, 1986)
    126. The Honourable Monique Landry PC (June 30, 1986)
    127. The Honourable Bernard Valcourt PC (June 30, 1986)
    128. The Honourable Gerry Weiner PC (June 30, 1986)
    129. The Honourable John Bosley PC (June 30, 1986)
    130. The Honourable Douglas Grinslade Lewis PC QC (August 27, 1987)
    131. The Honourable Pierre Blais PC (August 27, 1987)
    132. The Honourable Gerry St. Germain PC (March 31, 1988)
    133. The Honourable Lucien Bouchard PC (March 31, 1988)
    134. The Honourable John Horton McDermid PC (September 15, 1988)
    135. The Honourable Shirley Martin PC (September 15, 1988)
    136. The Honourable Mary Collins PC (January 30, 1989)
    137. The Honourable Alan Redway PC QC (January 30, 1989)
    138. The Honourable William Charles Winegard PC OC (January 30, 1989)
    139. The Honourable Gilles Loiselle PC (January 30, 1989)
    140. The Honourable Marcel Danis PC (February 23, 1990)
    141. The Honourable Pauline Browes PC (April 21, 1991)
    142. The Honourable J. J. Michel Robert PC (December 5, 1991)
    143. The Honourable Marcel Prud'homme PC (July 1, 1992)
    144. The Honourable Lorne Nystrom PC (July 1, 1992)
    145. The Honourable Alex Colville PC CC ONS (July 1, 1992)
    146. The Honourable Paul Desmarais PC CC (July 1, 1992)
    147. The Honourable John Charles Polanyi PC CC (July 1, 1992)
    148. The Honourable Maurice Strong PC CC OM (July 1, 1992)
    149. The Honourable Richard Cashin PC OC (July 1, 1992)
    150. The Honourable Antonine Maillet PC CC OQ ONB (July 1, 1992)
    151. The Honourable Richard Cashin PC OC (July 1, 1992)
    152. The Honourable Paul Tellier PC CC (July 1, 1992)
    153. The Honourable David Peterson PC (July 1, 1992)
    154. The Right Honourable the Lord Black of Crossharbour PC OC (July 1, 1992)
    155. The Honourable Charles Bronfman PC CC (October 21, 1992)
    156. The Honourable George Vari PC CM (December 23, 1992)
    157. The Honourable Pierre H. Vincent PC (January 4, 1993)
    158. The Honourable James Stewart Edwards PC (June 25, 1993)
    159. The Honourable Robert Douglas Nicholson PC QC MP (June 25, 1993)
    160. The Honourable Barbara Jane Sparrow PC (June 25, 1993)
    161. The Honourable Peter McCreath PC (June 25, 1993)
    162. The Honourable Ian Angus Ross Reid PC (June 25, 1993)
    163. The Honourable Larry Schneider PC (June 25, 1993)
    164. The Honourable Garth Turner PC MP (June 25, 1993)
    165. The Honourable David Anderson PC (November 4, 1993)
    166. The Honourable Ralph Goodale PC MP (November 4, 1993)
    167. The Honourable David Dingwall PC (November 4, 1993)
    168. The Honourable Ron Irwin PC CM QC (November 4, 1993)
    169. The Honourable Brian Tobin PC (November 4, 1993)
    170. The Honourable Joyce Fairbairn PC (November 4, 1993)
    171. The Honourable Sheila Copps PC (November 4, 1993)
    172. The Honourable Sergio Marchi PC (November 4, 1993)
    173. The Honourable John Manley PC (November 4, 1993)
    174. The Honourable Diane Marleau PC MP (November 4, 1993)
    175. The Honourable Douglas Young PC (November 4, 1993)
    176. The Honourable Michel Dupuy PC (November 4, 1993)
    177. The Honourable Art Eggleton PC (November 4, 1993)
    178. The Honourable Marcel Massé PC OC QC (November 4, 1993)
    179. The Honourable Anne McLellan PC (November 4, 1993)
    180. The Honourable Allan Rock PC (November 4, 1993)
    181. The Honourable Sheila Finestone PC (November 4, 1993)
    182. The Honourable Fernand Robichaud PC (November 4, 1993)
    183. The Honourable Ethel Blondin-Andrew PC (November 4, 1993)
    184. The Honourable Lawrence MacAulay PC (November 4, 1993)
    185. The Honourable Christine Stewart PC (November 4, 1993)
    186. The Honourable Raymond Chan PC MP (November 4, 1993)
    187. The Honourable Jon Gerrard PC (November 4, 1993)
    188. The Honourable Douglas Peters PC (November 4, 1993)
    189. The Honourable Alfonso Gagliano PC (September 15, 1994)
    190. The Honourable Lucienne Robillard PC (February 22, 1995)
    191. The Honourable Fred J. Mifflin PC CD (January 25, 1996)
    192. The Honourable Jane Stewart PC (January 25, 1996)
    193. The Honourable Stéphane Dion PC MP (January 25, 1996)
    194. The Honourable Pierre Pettigrew PC (January 25, 1996)
    195. The Honourable Martin Cauchon PC (January 25, 1996)
    196. The Honourable Hedy Fry PC MP (January 25, 1996)
    197. The Honourable James Andrew Grant PC CM (September 30, 1996)
    198. The Honourable Don Boudria PC (October 4, 1996)
    199. The Honourable Alasdair Bernard Graham PC (June 11, 1997)
    200. The Honourable Lyle Vanclief PC (June 11, 1997)
    201. The Honourable Herb Dhaliwal PC (June 11, 1997)
    202. The Honourable Andy Scott PC MP (June 11, 1997)
    203. The Honourable David Kilgour PC (June 11, 1997)
    204. The Honourable Jim Peterson PC (June 11, 1997)
    205. The Honourable Andy Mitchell PC (June 11, 1997)
    206. The Honourable Gilbert Normand PC (June 18, 1997)
    207. The Honourable Bob Rae PC OC O.Ont QC MP (April 30, 1998)
    208. The Honourable Claudette Bradshaw PC (November 23, 1998)
    209. The Honourable Jocelyne Bourgon PC OC (December 14, 1998)
    210. The Honourable Raymond Speaker PC OC (June 9, 1999)
    211. The Honourable Frank McKenna PC ONB QC (June 9, 1999)
    212. The Honourable George Baker PC (August 3, 1999)
    213. The Honourable Robert Daniel Nault PC (August 3, 1999)
    214. The Honourable Maria Minna PC MP (August 3, 1999)
    215. The Honourable Elinor Caplan PC (August 3, 1999)
    216. The Honourable Denis Coderre PC (August 3, 1999)
    217. The Honourable Bernard Boudreau PC QC (October 4, 1999)
    218. The Honourable Sharon Carstairs PC (January 9, 2001)
    219. The Honourable Robert Thibault PC MP (January 9, 2001)
    220. The Honourable Rey Pagtakhan PC (January 9, 2001)
    221. The Honourable Gilbert Parent PC (June 5, 2001)
    222. The Honourable Gary Filmon PC (October 4, 2001)
    223. The Honourable Susan Whelan PC (January 15, 2002)
    224. The Honourable Maurizio Bevilacqua PC MP (January 15, 2002)
    225. The Honourable Paul DeVillers PC (January 15, 2002)
    226. The Honourable Gar Knutson PC (January 15, 2002)
    227. The Honourable Denis Paradis PC (January 15, 2002)
    228. The Honourable Claude Drouin PC MP (January 15, 2002)
    229. The Honourable John McCallum PC MP (January 15, 2002)
    230. The Honourable Stephen Owen PC (January 15, 2002)
    231. The Honourable Bill Graham PC QC (January 16, 2002)
    232. The Honourable Gerry Byrne PC MP (January 16, 2002,2002)
    233. The Honourable Jean Augustine PC (May 26, 2002)
    234. The Honourable Wayne Easter PC MP (October 22, 2002)
    235. The Honourable Baljit Singh Chadha PC (February 20, 2003)
    236. The Honourable Steve Mahoney PC (April 11, 2003)
    237. The Honourable Roy Romanow PC OC SOM QC (November 13, 2003)
    238. The Honourable Albina Guarnieri PC MP (December 12, 2003)
    239. The Honourable Stan Kazmierczak Keyes PC (December 12, 2003)
    240. The Honourable Joseph McGuire PC MP (December 12, 2003)
    241. The Honourable Bob Speller PC (December 12, 2003)
    242. The Honourable Reg Alcock PC (December 12, 2003)
    243. The Honourable Geoff Regan PC MP (December 12, 2003)
    244. The Honourable Tony Valeri PC (December 12, 2003)
    245. The Honourable Aileen Carroll PC MP (December 12, 2003)
    246. The Honourable David Pratt PC (December 12, 2003)
    247. The Honourable Irwin Cotler PC OC MP (December 12, 2003)
    248. The Honourable Judy Sgro PC MP (December 12, 2003)
    249. The Honourable Hélène Chalifour Scherrer PC (December 12, 2003)
    250. The Honourable John Efford PC (December 12, 2003)
    251. The Honourable Liza Frulla PC (December 12, 2003)
    252. The Honourable Joe Comuzzi PC MP (December 12, 2003)
    253. The Honourable Joe Volpe PC MP (December 12, 2003)
    254. The Honourable Mauril Bélanger PC MP (December 12, 2003)
    255. The Honourable Carolyn Bennett PC MP (December 12, 2003)
    256. The Honourable Jacques Saada PC (December 12, 2003)
    257. The Honourable Joe Fontana PC (December 12, 2003)
    258. The Honourable John Godfrey PC MP (December 12, 2003)
    259. The Honourable Scott Brison PC MP (December 12, 2003)
    260. The Honourable Serge Marcil PC (December 12, 2003)
    261. The Honourable John McKay PC MP (December 12, 2003)
    262. The Honourable Jerry Pickard PC MP (December 12, 2003)
    263. The Honourable Yvon Charbonneau PC (December 12, 2003)
    264. The Honourable Gurbax S. Malhi PC MP (December 12, 2003)
    265. His Honour the Honourable John Harvard PC OM (December 12, 2003)
    266. The Honourable Larry Bagnell PC MP (December 12, 2003)
    267. The Honourable Brenda Chamberlain PC (December 12, 2003)
    268. The Honourable Walt Lastewka PC MP (December 12, 2003)
    269. The Honourable Dan McTeague PC MP (December 12, 2003)
    270. The Honourable Mark Eyking PC MP (December 12, 2003)
    271. The Honourable Georges Farrah PC (December 12, 2003)
    272. The Honourable Eleni Bakopanos PC MP (December 12, 2003)
    273. The Honourable Paul Bonwick PC (December 12, 2003)
    274. The Honourable Joseph Louis Jordan PC (December 12, 2003)
    275. The Honourable Shawn Murphy PC MP QC (December 12, 2003)
    276. The Honourable Jim Karygiannis PC MP (December 12, 2003)
    277. The Honourable David Price PC MP (December 12, 2003)
    278. The Honourable Roger Gallaway PC (December 12, 2003)
    279. The Honourable Sue Barnes PC MP (December 12, 2003)
    280. The Honourable André Harvey PC (December 12, 2003)
    281. The Honourable Andrew Telegdi PC MP (January 30, 2004)
    282. The Honourable Reverend Bill Blaikie PC MP (February 19, 2004)
    283. The Honourable Grant Hill PC (February 19, 2004)
    284. The Honourable Joseph Mario Jacques Olivier PC (May 5, 2004)
    285. The Honourable Peter Adams PC (July 20, 2004)
    286. The Honourable Sarmite Bulte PC (July 20, 2004)
    287. The Honourable Roy Cullen PC MP (July 20, 2004)
    288. The Honourable Ujjal Dosanjh PC MP (July 20, 2004)
    289. The Honourable Ken Dryden PC MP (July 20, 2004)
    290. The Honourable Tony Ianno PC (July 20, 2004)
    291. The Honourable Marlene Jennings PC MP (July 20, 2004)
    292. The Honourable Dominic LeBlanc PC MP (July 20, 2004)
    293. The Honourable Judi Longfield PC (July 20, 2004)
    294. The Honourable Paul Macklin PC MP (July 20, 2004)
    295. The Honourable Keith Martin PC MP (July 20, 2004)
    296. The Honourable Karen Redman PC (July 20, 2004)
    297. The Honourable Raymond Simard PC MP (July 20, 2004)
    298. The Honourable Paddy Torsney PC (July 20, 2004)
    299. The Honourable Bryon Wilfert PC MP (July 20, 2004)
    300. The Honourable Jack Layton PC MP (March 21, 2005)
    301. The Honourable Belinda Stronach PC MP (May 17, 2005)
    302. The Honourable Aldéa Landry PC CM QC (June 24, 2005)
    303. The Honourable Navdeep Bains PC MP (October 7, 2005)
    304. The Honourable Anita Neville PC MP (October 7, 2005)
    305. The Honourable Charles Hubbard PC CD MP (October 7, 2005)
    306. The Honourable Michael Chong PC MP (February 6, 2006)
    307. The Honourable John Reynolds PC (February 6, 2006)
    308. The Honourable Carol Skelton PC MP, (February 6, 2006)
    309. The Honourable Maxime Bernier PC MP, (February 6, 2006)
    310. The Honourable Daniel Hays PC (January 22, 2007)
    311. The Honourable Jim Abbott PC (October 15, 2007)
18. Premiers of the Provinces, in the order their province joined confederation and by population at joining to break ties
    1. Premier of Ontario (The Honourable Dalton McGuinty MPP)
    2. Premier of Quebec (The Honourable Jean Charest PC MNA)
    3. Premier of Nova Scotia (The Honourable Rodney MacDonald MLA)
    4. Premier of New Brunswick (The Honourable Shawn Graham MLA)
    5. Premier of Manitoba (The Honourable Gary Doer MLA)
    6. Premier of British Columbia (The Honourable Gordon Campbell MLA)
    7. Premier of Prince Edward Island (The Honourable Robert Ghiz MLA)
    8. Premier of Saskatchewan (The Honourable Brad Wall MLA)
    9. Premier of Alberta (The Honourable Ed Stelmach MLA)
    10. Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador (The Honourable Danny Williams QC MHA)
19. Commissioners of the Territories
    1. Commissioner of the Northwest Territories (The Honourable Tony Whitford)
    2. Commissioner of the Yukon Territory (The Honourable Geraldine Van Bibber)
    3. Commissioner of Nunavut (The Honourable Ann Meekitjuk Hanson)
20. Government Leaders of the Territories
    1. Government Leader of the Northwest Territories (The Honourable Floyd Roland MLA)
    2. Government Leader of the Yukon Territory (The Honourable Dennis Fentie MLA)
    3. Government Leader of Nunavut (The Honourable Paul Okalik MLA)
21. Religious leaders, equally, by seniority
22. Puisne Judges of the Supreme Court
    1. The Honourable Mr. Justice Michel Bastarache
    2. The Honourable Mr. Justice Ian Binnie
    3. The Honourable Mr. Justice Louis LeBel
    4. The Honourable Madam Justice Marie Deschamps
    5. The Honourable Mr. Justice Morris Fish QC
    6. The Honourable Madam Justice Rosalie Abella FRSC
    7. The Honourable Madam Justice Louise Charron
    8. The Honourable Mr. Justice Marshall Rothstein QC
23. Chief Justice and the Associate Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Canada
    1. Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Canada (The Honourable John Richard)
    2. Associate Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Canada (The Honourable Allan Lutfy)
24. Chief Justices of the Provinces
    1. Chief Justice of Ontario (The Honourable Warren Winkler QC)
    2. Chief Justice of Quebec (The Honourable J.J. Michel Robert PC)
    3. Chief Justice of Nova Scotia (The Honourable Michael MacDonald)
    4. Chief Justice of New Brunswick (The Honourable Ernest Drapeau)
    5. Chief Justice of Manitoba (The Honourable Richard Scott)
    6. Chief Justice of British Columbia (The Honourable Lance Finch)
    7. Chief Justice of Prince Edward Island (The Honourable David H. Jenkins)
    8. Chief Justice of Saskatchewan (The Honourable Edward Bayda)
    9. Chief Justice of Alberta (The Honourable Catherine Fraser)
    10. Chief Justice of Newfoundland and Labrador (The Honourable Clyde Wells)
    11. Chief Justice of the Northwest Territories (The Honourable Edward Richard)
    12. Chief Justice of the Yukon Territory (The Honourable Ronald Veale)
    13. Chief Justice of Nunavut (The Honourable Beverley Browne)
25. Chief Justices and Associate Chief Justices of provincial Superior Courts
    1. Associate Chief Justice of Ontario (The Honourable Dennis O'Connor)
    2. Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Justice (The Honourable Heather Forster Smith)
    3. Associate Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Justice (The Honourable J. Douglas Cunningham)
    4. Chief Justice of the Ontario Court of Justice (The Honourable Brian Lennox)
    5. Associate Chief Justice of the Ontario Court of Justice (The Honourable Marietta Roberts)
    6. Associate Chief Justice of the Ontario Court of Justice (The Honourable David Wake)
    7. Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Quebec (The Honourable François Rolland)
    8. Senior Associate Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Quebec (The Honourable Rene Dionne)
    9. Associate Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Quebec (The Honourable Andre Deslongchamps)
    10. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia (The Honourable Joseph Kennedy)
    11. Associate Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia (The Honourable Michael MacDonald)
    12. Associate Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, Family Division (The Honourable Robert Ferguson)
    13. Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of New Brunswick (The Honourable David Smith)
    14. Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba (The Honourable Benjamin Hewak)
    15. Associate Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba (The Honourable Jeffrey Oliphant)
    16. Associate Chief Justice, Family Division, of the Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba (The Honourable Gerald Mercier)
    17. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia (The Honourable Donald Brenner)
    18. Associate Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia (The Honourable Patrick Dohm)
    19. Chief Justice of the British Columbia Court of Appeal (The Honourable Lance Finch)
    20. Chief Justice of the Trial Division, Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island (The Honourable Jacqueline Matheson)
    21. Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench for Saskatchewan (The Honourable Frank Gerein)
    22. Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (The Honourable Allan Wachowich)
    23. Associate Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (The Honourable Allen Sulatycky)
    24. Chief Justice of the Trial Division of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland (The Honourable Derek Green)
26. Federal and Provincial Judges
27. Senators
28. Members of the House of Commons
29. Consuls General of Countries Without Diplomatic Representation
30. Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to Cabinet (Dr. Kevin G. Lynch)
31. Military Leaders
    1. Chief of the Defence Staff (General Rick Hillier CMM MSC CD)
    2. Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (William J. S. Elliott COM)
32. Speakers of the Legislative Assemblies of the Provinces and Territories
    1. Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (The Honourable Steve Peters MPP)
    2. President of the National Assembly of Quebec (The Honourable Michel Bissonnet MNA)
    3. Speaker of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly (The Honourable Alfie MacLeod MLA)
    4. Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick (The Honourable Roy Boudreau MLA)
    5. Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (The Honourable George Hickes MLA)
    6. Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (The Honourable Bill Barisoff MLA)
    7. Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island (The Honourable Kathleen Casey MLA)
    8. Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (The Honourable Don Toth MLA)
    9. Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (The Honourable Ken Kowalski MLA)
    10. Speaker of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly (The Honourable Roger Fitzgerald MHA)
    11. Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories (The Honourable Paul Delorey MLA)
    12. Speaker of the Yukon Legislative Assembly (The Honourable Ted Staffen MLA)
    13. Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut (The Honourable Peter Kilabuk MLA)
33. Members of the Executive Councils of the Provinces and Territories
34. Judges of Provincial and Territorial Courts
35. Members of the Legislative Assemblies of the Provinces and Territories
36. Chairperson of the Canadian Association of Former Parliamentarians (Doug Rowland CD)

[edit] Footnotes

1. ^ Department of Canadian Heritage: Table of Precedence for Canada
2. ^ The Honours, Flags and Heritage Structure of the Canadian Forces
3. ^ According to the Department of National Defence's protocol. Neither the Queen nor any other members of the Royal Family are listed in the Table of Precedence for Canada issued by the Department of Canadian Heritage.
4. ^ The Ministry in order of precedence
5. ^ Members of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada

[edit] See also

• Canadian order of precedence (decorations and medals)
• Canadian Forces order of precedence
• Politics of Canada

[edit] External links

• Department of Canadian Heritage: Table of Precedence for Canada
• The Honours, Flags and Heritage Structure of the Canadian Forces