2022 Canadian honours explained

The following are the appointments to various Canadian Honours of 2022. Usually, they are announced as part of the New Year and Canada Day celebrations and are published within the Canada Gazette during the year. This follows the custom set out within the United Kingdom which publishes its appoints of various British Honours for New Year's and for monarch's official birthday. However, instead of the midyear appointments announced on Victoria Day, the official birthday of the Canadian Monarch, this custom has been transferred with the celebration of Canadian Confederation and the creation of the Order of Canada.

However, as the Canada Gazette publishes appointment to various orders, decorations and medal, either Canadian or from Commonwealth and foreign states, this article will reference all Canadians so honoured during the 2022 calendar year.

The first appointments to the Order of Canada were announced on December 29, 2021.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

The Order of Merit

See main article: Order of Merit.

Sovereign of the Order of Merit as of 8 September 2022

His Majesty King Charles III, King of Canada

Member of the Order of Merit

The Order of Canada

Sovereign of the Order of Canada as of 8 September 2022

His Majesty King Charles III, King of Canada

Companions of the Order of Canada

Officers of the Order of Canada

Honorary Members of the Order of Canada

Members of the Order of Canada

Terminiation of appointment to the Order of Canada

15 October 2022: "Notice is hereby given that the appointment of Johnny Nurraq Seotatituq Issaluk to the Order of Canada was terminated by Ordinance signed by the Governor General of Canada on August 31, 2022."[10]

Order of Military Merit

See main article: Order of Military Merit (Canada).

Sovereign of the Order of Military Merit as of 8 September 2022

His Majesty King Charles III, King of Canada

Extraordinary Commander of the Order of Military Merit

Termination of appointment to the Order of Military Merit

Order of Merit of the Police Forces

See main article: Order of Merit of the Police Forces.

Sovereign of the Order of the Police Forces - 8 September 2022

His Majesty King Charles III, King of Canada

Officers of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces

Members of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces

Royal Victorian Order

See main article: Royal Victorian Order.

Sovereign of the Royal Victorian Order as of 8 September 2022

Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem

See main article: Order of Saint John (chartered 1888).

Sovereign Head of the Order of St. John as of 8 September 2022

Bailiff Grand Cross of the Order of St. John

Knights and Dames of the Order of St. John

Commanders of the Order of St. John

Officers of the Order of St. John

Members of the Order of St. John

Provincial & Territorial Honours

See main article: Orders, decorations, and medals of the Canadian provinces.

National Order of Québec

See main article: National Order of Québec.

Grand Officers of the National Order of Québec

Officers of the National Order of Québec

Knight of the National Order of Québec

Saskatchewan Order of Merit

See main article: Saskatchewan Order of Merit.

Order of Ontario

See main article: Order of Ontario.

Order of British Columbia

See main article: Order of British Columbia.

Alberta Order of Excellence

See main article: Alberta Order of Excellence.

Order of Prince Edward Island

See main article: Order of Prince Edward Island.

Order of Manitoba

See main article: Order of Manitoba.

Order of New Brunswick

See main article: Order of New Brunswick.

Order of Nova Scotia

See main article: Order of Nova Scotia.

Order of Newfoundland and Labrador

See main article: Order of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Order of Nunavut

The Order of Nunavut was not awarded in 2022.

Order of the Northwest Territories

See main article: Order of the Northwest Territories.

Order of Yukon

See main article: Order of Yukon.

Meritorious Service Decorations

See main article: Meritorious Service Decorations.

Meritorious Service Cross (Civil Division)

Meritorious Service Medal (Civil Division)

Mention in Dispatches

See main article: Mentioned in dispatches.

Commonwealth and Foreign Orders, Decorations and Medals awarded to Canadians

Source:

From Her Majesty The Queen in Right of Australia

Bravery Medal

See main article: Bravery Medal (Australia).

From Her Majesty The Queen in Right of Jamaica

Commander of the Order of Distinction

See main article: Order of Distinction.

Badge of Honour for Meritorious Service

From Her Majesty The Queen in Right of New Zealand

Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit

See main article: New Zealand Order of Merit.

From His Majesty The King of Belgium

Commander of the Order of the Crown

Knight of the Order of the Crown

Golden Palms of the Order of the Crown (Labour Decoration, First Class)

From the President of the Federative Republic of Brazil

Grand Officer of the Order of the Aeronautical Merit

From the President of the Republic of Colombia

Knight of the National Order of Merit

Marco Fidel Suárez Medal

Aguila de Gules Medal

"Fe en la Causa" de la Fuerza Aérea Colombiana Military Medal

From the President of the French Republic

Grand Officer of the National Order of the Legion of Honour

Commander of the National Order of the Legion of Honour

Officer of the National Order of the Legion of Honour

Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honour

Officer of the National Order of Merit

Knight of the National Order of Merit

Commander of the Order of Academic Palms

Officer of the Order of Academic Palms

Knight of the Order of Academic Palms

Knight of the Order of Agricultural Merit

Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters

Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters

National Defence Medal, Bronze Echelon

From the President of Hungary

Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary

Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary

Gold Cross of Merit of Hungary

Silver Cross of Merit of Hungary

From the President of the Italian Republic

Knight of the Order of the Star of Italy

From His Majesty The Emperor of Japan

Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette

From the President of the Republic of Korea

Civil Merit Medal

Korea Service Medal

From the President of the Republic of Latvia

Order of the Three Stars, Fifth Class

From the President of the Republic of Poland

Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta

Gold Cross of Merit

Cross of Freedom and Solidarity

Medal of the Centenary of Polish Independence

From His Majesty The King of Spain

Commander of the Order of Civil Merit

From the President of Ukraine

Order of Merit, 3rd Class

From the President of the United States of America

Officer of the Legion of Merit

Legionnaire of the Legion of Merit

Defence Meritorious Service Medal

Meritorious Service Medal

Air Medal, Fifth Oak Leaf Cluster

Air Medal, Second Oak Leaf Cluster

Air Medal, First Oak Leaf Cluster

Air Medal

From the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

NATO Meritorious Service Medal

NATO Non-Article 5 Medal for the ISAF Operation

Notes and References

  1. Governor General announces 135 new appointments to the Order of Canada. Governor General of Canada. December 29, 2021.
  2. Web site: Government of Canada. Public Works and Government Services Canada. 2022-01-29. Canada Gazette, Part 1, Volume 156, Number 5: GOVERNMENT HOUSE. 2022-02-23. canadagazette.gc.ca.
  3. Web site: Canada Gazette, Part 1, Volume 156, Number 13: GOVERNMENT HOUSE. 26 March 2022.
  4. Web site: Canada Gazette, Part 1, Volume 156, Number 18: GOVERNMENT HOUSE . 30 April 2022 .
  5. Web site: Canada Gazette, Part 1, Volume 156, Number 19: GOVERNMENT HOUSE . 7 May 2022 .
  6. Web site: CPAC - for the Record .
  7. Web site: Order of Canada appointees - June 2022 . 21 June 2022 .
  8. Web site: Government of Canada . Public Works and Government Services Canada . 2022-07-02 . Canada Gazette, Part 1, Volume 156, Number 27: GOVERNMENT HOUSE . 2022-07-04 . www.gazette.gc.ca.
  9. Web site: Canada Gazette, Part 1, Volume 156, Number 37: GOVERNMENT HOUSE . 10 September 2022 .
  10. Web site: Canada Gazette, Part 1, Volume 156, Number 42: GOVERNMENT HOUSE . 15 October 2022 .
  11. News: Crown Office. www.thegazette.co.uk.
  12. Web site: Gen. Jonathan Vance stripped of Order of Military Merit after guilty plea, discharge - National | Globalnews.ca .
  13. Web site: Former top commander accused of sexual misconduct returns prestigious military decoration . . 2022-05-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221118224148/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/jonathan-vance-order-of-merit-1.6445250 . 2022-11-18 . live.
  14. CanForGen 076/22 CMP 038 201320z May 22 - Honours and Departmental Awards Announcement