List of members of the Order of Ontario explained
The following is a full list of members of the Order of Ontario, both past and current, in order of their date of appointment.
Members
1987
1988
- Alex Baumann – competitive swimmer, Olympic medalist
- June Callwood – journalist, author and social activist
- Floyd Chalmers – editor, publisher and philanthropist
- Robertson Davies – novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, professor, founding Master of Massey College
- Reva Gerstein – first woman Chancellor of the University of Western Ontario (1992–96)
- Charlotte Lemieux – teacher and public servant
- Walter Frederick Light – business executive
- Gordon Lightfoot – singer and songwriter
- Dennis McDermott – trade unionist, Canadian Director of the United Auto Workers (1968–78), and president of the Canadian Labour Congress (1978–86)
- Pauline McGibbon – 22nd Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario
- Don Moore – activist and immigration advocate
- Bernice Noblitt – President of the Federated Women's Institute of Canada, women's rights activist and teacher
- John C. Parkin – architect
- Beryl Potter – activist for the rights of people with disabilities
- John Josiah Robinette – lawyer
- Murray Ross – founding president of York University
- Robert B. Salter – Orthopedic surgeon and professor
- John Weinzweig – composer
1989
1990
1991
- Gerald Barbeau
- John Basmajian – scientist
- Elisabeth Bednar
- Agnes Benidickson – first female chancellor of Queen's University
- Liona Boyd – classical guitarist
- Clara Bernhardt – writer, poet and composer
- A. J. Casson – artist, member of the Group of Seven
- Clifford Chadderton – veteran (World War II), CEO of The War Amps
- Frances Dafoe – figure skater, World Champion and Olympic medallist
- Dora de Pedery-Hunt – artist, designer of coins for Royal Canadian Mint
- John Craig Eaton – businessman
- John Robert Evans – pediatrician, academic, businessperson, civic leader, founding dean of McMaster University Faculty of Medicine
- Timothy Findley – author & playwright
- Mary Lou Fox
- Wilbur Howard – minister, the first black person to graduate from Emmanuel College and be ordained in the United Church of Canada
- William Goldwin Carrington Howland – lawyer, judge and former Chief Justice of Ontario
- Greta Kraus – Harpsichordist, pianist and teacher
- Sim Fai Liu – doctor and founder of the Mon Sheong Foundation
- Veronica O'Reilly
- Tom Patterson – founder of Stratford Festival of Canada
- Walter Pitman – president of Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (1975–80)
- Louis Temporale – sculptor
- George Rutherford Walker
- Lois Miriam Wilson – first female Moderator of the United Church of Canada (1980–82)
1992
1993
1994
1995
- Doris Anderson – author, journalist, women's rights activist
- Tim Armstrong – public policy advisor, legal counsel and author
- Harry Arthurs – lawyer, academic, labour law scholar
- Douglas Bassett – media executive
- Thomas Beck – entrepreneur and philanthropist
- Laurent Belanger – entrepreneur and administrator
- Marlene Castellano – teacher and researcher
- Shirley Carr – labour leader, first woman president the Canadian Labour Congress.
- Angela Coughlan – internationally ranked competitive swimmer, Olympic medallist
- Corinne Devlin – gynecologist and teacher
- Robert Filler – surgeon and researcher
- Ted Hargreaves – businessman and charitable fundraiser
- Elmer Iseler – conductor of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, founder of the Festival Singers of Canada and the Elmer Iseler Singers
- Heather Johnston – first lay woman president of the Canadian Council of Churches
- Vim Kochhar – former senator and co-founder of Rotary Cheshire Homes
- Linda Lundström – fashion designer
- Lloyd Perry – lawyer
- Natavarlal Shah – physician, co-founder of the Sikh Education Research Centre and co-founder of the Mount Carmel Home
- William Somerville – public servant and administrator
1996
1997
1998
1999
- William Blake – Community activist
- Doris Boissoneau – Ojibwe language activist
- Paul Michel Bosc – Wine-maker
- Mavis Elaine Burke – Educator, advocate for early childhood education and community activist
- Clarice Chalmers – Philanthropist
- Keshav Chandaria – philanthropist
- Susan Charness – disability-rights activist
- Sam John Ciccolini – entrepreneur and philanthropist
- Esther Farlinger – charity fundraiser
- Victor Feldbrill – violinist, orchestral conductor and champion of Canadian music
- Dr. James Ferguson – medical researcher
- Maxwell Goldhar – businessman, philanthropist
- Doris Lau – financial adviser, charity fundraiser, goodwill ambassador for Ontario and scholarship sponsor
- Eileen McGregor – community activist
- Winnie "Roach" Leuszler – first Canadian to swim the English Channel, sportswoman
- Alice King Sculthorpe – community activist
- Dr. Bette Stephenson – physician, founding member of the College of Family Physicians of Canada, former Ontario Progressive Conservative MPP and cabinet minister
- Hin Cheung Tam – community activist
- Gordie Tapp – entertainer
- Anthony Toldo – industrialist, philanthropist, bicyclist
- Lisette Véron-Rainu – children's activist
- Ken Watts – Founder of the Ontario Collegiate Drama Festival
2000
- Danielle Allen and Normand Pellerin – educators
- Maggie Atkinson – Lawyer and AIDS activist
- Marilyn Brooks – Fashion designer and philanthropist
- Nickie Cassidy – activist on behalf of sufferers of multiple sclerosis
- Ernie Checkeris – Educator and activist, Chancellor of Thorneloe University, Sudbury
- George A. Cohon – Chicago-born lawyer; founder/senior chairman of McDonald's Restaurants of Canada; philanthropist
- Lloyd Dennis – educator
- William Andrew Dimma – businessman and educator
- Kildare Dobbs – writer, journalist
- Joyce Fee – educator and community activist
- Dr. Robert Freedom – physician, professor and author
- Donald H. Harron – journalist, author and actor
- Jane Jacobs – U.S.-born naturalized Canadian author; Toronto-based urban philosopher
- Stephan Lewar – venture capitalist, financier and philanthropist
- Janet MacInnis – fundraiser and volunteer
- Frank Miller – politician (former Premier of Ontario)
- Betty Oliphant – founder of the National Ballet School of Canada
- J. Robert S. Prichard – educator, author and former President of the University of Toronto
- Joseph Radmore – athlete, member of the Canadian Paralympic Team
- Margaret M. Risk – nurse
- Haroon Siddiqui – journalist, columnist
- Dr. Calvin Stiller – physician
- Donald A. Stuart – gold and silversmith
- Dr. Lap-Chee Tsui – molecular geneticist; Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong
- Irving Ungerman – entrepreneur, boxer and activist
2001
- Richard M. Alway – President/Vice-Chancellor of St. Michael's College, promoter of Catholic-Anglican dialogue in Canada
- Gwen M. Boniface – first female Ontario Provincial Police Commissioner
- Rita Burak – public servant
- Danielle Campo – athlete, member of the Canadian Paralympic Team
- Michael "Pinball" Clemons – President and former player of the Toronto Argonauts
- Ken Danby – artist
- Terry Daynard – researcher, teacher
- Terrence J. Donnelly – fundraiser for cardiac research and development
- Gail J. Donner – Dean of the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Toronto; Executive Director of the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario
- Fredrik Stefan Eaton – businessman, community volunteer
- C. Dennis Flynn – elected official, fundraiser, community volunteer and war veteran
- Prof. Dr. Nicolas D. Georganas – pioneer in multimedia medical communications and telelearning
- Helen Haddow – community activist
- Paul Kells – workplace safety advocate
- Jake Lamoureux – Volunteer with young people
- Alexina Louie – composer of classical music
- Lewis W. MacKenzie, Major General (Retired) – Ontario Director of ICROSS Canada, the International Community for the Relief of Starvation and Suffering
- Signe and Robert McMichael – builders and donors of the McMichael Canadian Art Collection of Group of Seven paintings in Kleinburg
- Dusty Miller – patron of the arts, artistic director of the Cambrian Players
- David Mirvish – leader in the development and promotion of the visual arts in Ontario
- Peter Nesbitt Oliver – historian
- James S. Redpath – Chancellor of Nipissing University
- Dr. Donald T. Stuss – clinical psychologist, neuropsychologist and behavioural neuroscientist
- Bhausaheb Ubale – human rights activist
- Dr. Carin Wittnich – University of Toronto professor and researcher
- Madeline Ziniak – Vice-president and executive producer of CFMT television, promoter of multiculturalism
2002
- Peggy Baker – dancer, choreographer and teacher; founder of the Toronto-based Dancemakers
- James Bartleman – Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
- Marilyn Bell DiLascio – first person to swim Lake Ontario (1954)
- David Blackwood – artist
- Frederick M. Catzman – lawyer
- Austin Clarke – author, teacher, mentor, writer-in-residence at the University of Toronto; recipient of the 2002 Giller Prize
- Barbara Chilcott – actress
- Mario Cortellucci – fundraiser
- Patricia Freeman Marshall – community activist
- Irving R. Gerstein – businessman, philanthropist
- Joan Goldfarb – teacher of adults with disabilities
- Walter Gretzky – Ambassador for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada and father of Wayne Gretzky
- Phyllis M. Grosskurth – Professor emerita and Fellow, Massey College, University of Toronto; 1965 winner of the Governor General's Award for non-fiction
- Dr. Raymond O. Heimbecker – cardiovascular surgeon
- Patrick John Keenan – volunteer
- Tom Kneebone – actor, playwright
- Burton Kramer – graphic designer
- Dr. Benson Lau – physician and teacher
- J. Douglas Lawson – Vice-Chairman of the Ontario Arts Council
- Rhéal Leroux – Volunteer, former president of the Festival Franco-Ontarien
- Dr. William K. Lindsay – surgeon and professor
- Joan Murray – art historian, former director of the Robert McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa
- Dr. Mark J. Poznansky – President and Scientific Director of the Robarts Research Institute
- Dr. Joanna Santa Barbara – physician, national president of the Physicians for Global Survival
- Thomas H. B. Symons – founder of Trent University and its president and vice-chancellor (from 1961–72)
- Lela Wilson – artists' rights activist
2003
- Joseph J. Barnicke – businessman and philanthropist
- John Kim Bell – musician, promoter of Aboriginal culture
- Col. Archibald J. D. Brown – businessman, community activist
- Dorothy Ellen Duncan – Executive Director of The Ontario Historical Society, teacher, curator
- Julian Fantino – police officer, former Chief of Police for London, York Region and Toronto; Ontario's Commissioner of Emergency Management; now Commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police
- Mary Germain – community activist
- Dr. Avis E. Glaze – teacher, administrator, writer and international educator
- Dr. Benjamin Goldberg – psychiatrist
- Doris Grinspun – Executive Director of the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO)
- George Gross – Corporate Sports Editor of Sun Media Corporation
- Macklin Hancock – pioneer in urban planning, urban design and landscape architecture
- Ryan Hreljac – elementary school student, committed to raising funds for clean water and sanitation projects around the world since the age of six
- Dr. Frederic Jackman – psychologist
- Laura Louise Legge – lawyer, community activist
- Helen Lu – volunteer, organizer and fundraiser for charitable organizations in Toronto
- Dr. Donald Mackay – Professor of Environmental and Resource Studies at Trent University, and director of the Canadian Environmental Modelling Centre
- Hon. Jack Marshall – Second World War veteran, Member of Parliament, Senator, and activist
- Anna Porter – writer, book publisher
- Hon. Robert Keith Rae – Member of Parliament, former Premier of Ontario, lawyer
- Eric Wilfrid Robinson – promoter of adult education
- Diane Simard Broadfoot – community activist
- Joan Thompson – volunteer
- Rita Tsang – businesswoman
- Hon. Mabel Van Camp – judge; first woman on the Supreme Court of Ontario
- Mike Weir – golfer; first Canadian to win the Masters Golf Tournament
- Kirk Albert Walter Wipper – environmentalist, heritage conservationist and fitness advocate (died 2011)
- William John Withrow – former director of the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO)
2004
2005
2007
2008
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- Dr. Michael Baker – physician, cancer researcher
- Dr. Sheela Basrur – Former Chief Medical Officer of Ontario[1]
- George Brady – human rights advocate, public speaker and Auschwitz survivor
- Jack Chiang – journalist, community service
- Tony Dean – Secretary of the Cabinet, credited with improving the Ontario Public Service
- Mary Dickson – lawyer, educator and advocate for people with disabilities
- Noel Edison – Artistic Director of the Elora Festival and the conductor of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir
- Frank Fernandes – Toronto businessman and volunteer
- Jean-Robert Gauthier – for his work in advancing French-language education
- Sam George – Native Canadians' rights activist
- Heather Gibson – educator specializing in American Sign Language (ASL)
- Robert A. Gordon – served as president of Humber College
- Gordon Gray – philanthropist
- Susan Hoeg – community service on behalf of the Georgina Island Chippewas
- Claude Lamoureux – served as president and CEO of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
- Patrick Le Sage – served as Chief Justice for the Ontario Superior Court of Justice
- Dr. Joe MacInnis – physician, scientist and undersea explorer
- Dr. David MacLennan – biomedical scientist, expert in biochemistry, genetics and physiology of muscle function
- Lorna Marsden – served as President of York University and of Wilfrid Laurier University, and a former senator.
- David Peterson – former Premier of Ontario
- Ed Ratushny – expert on the Canadian judiciary
- Rosemary Sadlier – author and president of the Ontario Black History Society
- Dr. Fuad Sahin – for his contributions to community service; founder of the International Development and Relief Foundation.[2]
- Barbara Ann Scott-King – Olympic champion figure skater in 1948
- Ellen Seligman – for contributions to publishing and support of Canadian authors
- Peter Silverman – broadcaster and consumer advocate
- David Smith – philanthropist
- Ted Szilva – originator and developer of the Big Nickel Project
- Mary Welsh – for 35 years of community and civic contributions
2009
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- Constance Backhouse – legal scholar and historian
- Dr. Philip Berger – physician and leader in the fields of urban medicine, addiction, homelessness and HIV/AIDS care
- Lawrence Bloomberg – businessman and philanthropist
- Lesley Jane Boake – educator and founder of Canine Opportunity, People Empowerment
- Dr. Helen Chan – clinical oncologist
- Peter Crossgrove – businessman and charity fundraiser
- Mike DeGagné – community leader and advocate for Aboriginal peoples
- Levente Diosady – a leader in the field of food process engineering
- Fraser Dougall – media owner and philanthropist
- Jacques Flamand – writer and promoter of Franco-Ontarian literature
- Jean Gagnon – an advocate for the health and safety of workers
- Paul Godfrey – Chair of Metro Toronto (1973–1984), businessman
- Peter Godsoe – businessman
- Ovid Jackson – provincial politician
- Dr. Kellie Leitch – orthopaedic pediatric surgeon; Assoc. Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto
- Gerry Lougheed, Jr. – funeral director and volunteer
- Diana Mady Kelly – theatre director and teacher of dramatic arts
- Naseem Mahdi – spiritual leader
- Dr. Samantha Nutt – Executive Director, War Child Canada
- Dr. James Orbinski – physician; Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto; President of Médecins Sans Frontières (1998–2001)
- Bonnie Patterson – former president of Ryerson University
- Shirley Peruniak – park naturalist and conservationist
- Alice Porter – nurse and missionary
- Ken Shaw – news anchor (CTV) and philanthropist
- Janet Stewart – lawyer and philanthropist
- Shirley Thomson – civil servant
- George Turnbull – expert in financial services and philanthropist
- Dr. Mladen Vranic – physician and researcher
- Dr. Anne-Marie Zajdlik – physician and female AIDS activist
2010
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- Suhayya Abu-Hakima – technology entrepreneur and volunteer
- Russell Bannock – fighter pilot and Second World War commander
- Gail Beck – child and adolescent psychiatrist and champion of the HPV public immunization program
- Joseph Chin – medical pioneer and a leader in the prevention and treatment of prostate cancer
- Lynn Factor – social worker
- Gerald Fagan – choral conductor, teacher and mentor
- Nigel Fisher – former president of UNICEF Canada
- Jacques Flamand Lillie Johnson – Ontario's first black director of public health
- Ignat Kaneff – developer and philanthropist
- Mobeenuddin Hassan Khaja – founder of the Association of Progressive Muslims of Ontario and Canada
- Elizabeth Ann Kinsella – founder of the Youville Centre
- Huguette Labelle – civil servant and the first woman to lead the Red Cross in Canada
- Elizabeth Le Geyt – writer and birdwatcher
- Clare Lewis – former Crown attorney and judge
- Louise Logue – expert advisor in the field of crime prevention
- Gordon McBean – scientist and environmentalist
- Wilma Morrison – educator, historian and founder of the Niagara Black History Association
- Chris Paliare – civil litigator
- Gilles Patry – consultant, researcher, and a university administrator
- Dave Shannon – lawyer
- Molly Shoichet – researcher
- Howard Sokolowski – leader in the home building industry and philanthropist
- Edward Sonshine – entrepreneur and philanthropist
- Reginald Stackhouse – author, retired politician and co-founder of Centennial College
- David Staines – scholar, professor, literary critic and writer
- Martin Teplitsky – mediator-arbitrator, Lawyer and founder of the Lawyers Feed the Hungry program
- Dave Toycen – president and CEO of World Vision Canada
- John Ronald Wakegijig – launched a mental health program for First Nations youth and established Rainbow Lodge
- Elizabeth Hillman Waterston – researcher and writer
2011
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- Peter Adams – politician, professor and volunteer
- Dr. Anna Banerji – helped create the Immigrant Health and Infectious Disease Clinic and the Canadian Refugee Health Conference
- Dr. Sandra E. Black – cognitive neurologists specializing in stroke and dementia
- Paul Cavalluzzo – Lawyer, Senior Partner, Cavalluzzo Shilton McIntyre Cornish LLP, Barristers and Solicitors
- Catherine Colquhoun – volunteer
- David Crombie – three-term mayor of Toronto
- Nathalie Des Rosiers – legal expert
- Marcel Desautels – philanthropist
- Sara Diamond – artist and president of OCAD University
- Charles Garrad – archaeologist, historian, and scholar
- Peter Gilgan – developer and philanthropist
- Frank Hayden – created Special Olympics International
- Donald Jackson – world gold medalist in male figure skating
- Zeib Jeeva – founding member of the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund
- Howard McCurdy – scientist, civil rights activist and MPP
- Arthur McDonald – physicist
- Noella Milne – lawyer and volunteer
- Suzanne Pinel – French-language educator and television personality
- Ucal Powell – head of Ontario's Carpenter's Union
- Barbara Reid – children's author and illustrator
- Alison Rose – documentary filmmaker and reporter
- Linda Schuyler – co-creator and executive producer of the Degrassi television franchise
- Dr. Louis Siminovitch – geneticist
- Rahul Singh – founder of GlobalMedic
- Connie Smith – journalist, television host and teacher
- The Honourable Ray Stortini – retired Superior Court Judge
- John Tory – lawyer, business leader, community activist, broadcaster and former MPP
2012
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- Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish – physician, human rights and peace activist
- Michael Burgess – actor and singer
- Mark Cohon – commissioner of the Canadian Football League
- Glen Cook – businessman and restored and preserved the historic Puce River Black Community Cemetery
- Stephen Cook – computer scientist
- Phyllis Creighton – chair of the Ontario Mental Health Foundation and the Addiction Research Foundation's clinical institute
- Michael Davies – businessman and philanthropist
- Ronald Deibert – director of the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs
- Dr. Rory Fisher – headed the Department of Extended Care at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto for almost 20 years
- Anne Golden – administrator
- Joan Green – Toronto Board of Education's first female CEO
- Dr. Vladimir Hachinski – neurologist and teacher
- John D. Honsberger – lawyer
- Dr. Shafique Keshavjee – thoracic surgeon and world leader in lung transplantation
- Fr. Joseph MacDonald – founder of Poverello Charities Ontario
- Don MacKinnon – advocate of Ontario's energy industry
- Deepa Mehta – filmmaker and women's rights activist
- Vincent Pawis – Native Inmate Liaison Officer
- Sr. Helen Petrimoulx – advocate for refugees
- The Honourable Sydney Robins – Supreme Court of Ontario judge
- Dr. Gail Robinson – psychiatrist, professor and advocate, she co-founded Canada's first rape crisis centre
- Mamdouh Shoukri – president and vice-chancellor of York University
- Barry Smit – professor and climate change researcher
- Brian Stewart – reporter and foreign correspondent
- Frank Tierney – teacher and founder of the Borealis Press and Tecumseh Press
2013
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2014
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- Mary Anne Chambers – Cabinet Minister and MPP
- Ming-Tat Cheung – cardiologist and medical researcher
- Michael Dan – neurosurgeon and philanthropists
- Don Drummond – economist
- Rick Green – performer, writer and advocate for people with ADD
- Patrick Gullane – head and neck surgeon
- Joseph Halstead – civil servant and administrator
- Alis Kennedy – Métis leader
- Sylvie Lamoureux – teacher, scholar, and academic
- Gilles LeVasseur – lawyer, economist and professor
- Barbara MacQuarrie – advocate for women's rights
- Eva Marszewski – founder and Executive Director of Peacebuilders International
- Marilyn McHarg – Co-founder and former Executive Director of the Canadian branch of Doctors Without Borders/Médécins Sans Frontières
- Hans Messner – scientist and physician
- James Murray – philanthropist
- Robert Nixon – former Minister of Finance and leader of the Ontario Liberal Party
- Dhun Noria – surgical pathologist
- Maryka Omatsu – retired Ontario Court Justice and Canada's first Asian-Canadian female judge
- Charles Pachter – artist
- John Ralston Saul – writer and lecturer
- Najmul Siddiqui – entrepreneur, community leader and philanthropist
- Jeffrey Turnbull – physician, humanitarian and Medical Director of Ottawa Inner City Health
- Dolores Wawia – pioneer in native education
- David Williams – Canadian astronaut, physician and scientist
- Warren Winkler – former labour lawyer, mediator and Chief Justice of Ontario
2015
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- Hugh Allen Surgeon and Specialist in Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Susan Bailey Nurse, Teacher and Pioneer in Palliative care
- Isabel Bassett Former Ontario Cabinet Minister and MPP
- Monica Elaine Campbell Pioneer in the Development of Palliative Care Services for the Deaf in Ontario
- Dennis Chippa Community Leader and Humanitarian
- Wendy Craig Professor of Psychology at Queen's University and Expert on the Prevention of Bullying
- Gordon Cressy Former Politician, Public Servant, Humanitarian, Mentor and Youth Advocate
- Madeline Edwards Community Advocate and Founding Member of the Congress of Black Women of Mississauga and Area Chapter
- Hoda ElMaraghy Professor and Director of the Intelligent Manufacturing Systems Center at the University of Windsor
- Robert Fowler Critical Care Physician at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and Associate Professor of Medicine and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Toronto
- Herbert Gaisano Professor and Researcher at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Medicine and Gastroenterologists
- John Gignac Veteran Fire Captain
- June Girvan Founder of the J'Nikira Dinqinesh Education Centre in Ottawa
- Beverley Gordon Founding CEO of The Safehaven Project for Community Living
- Richard Gosling community leader and youth advocate
- Stephen Goudge Former Judge in the Court of Appeal for Ontario
- Anton Kuerti Concert Pianist and Composer
- Rita Letendre Painter, Muralist and Printmaker
- Jackie Maxwell Artistic Director of the Shaw Festival
- Errol Mendes Professor of Law at the University of Ottawa, Author and Advocate for the Universal Application of Human Rights
- Julian Nedzelski Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist and Head and Neck Surgeon at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and a Pioneer of Cochlear Implants in Ontario
- Mike Parkhill Founder of SayITFirst
- René Pitre Business Leader and Advocate of French Language Culture, Community and Education in Ontario
- Donna Trella Founder of Reach for the Rainbow
- Stanley Zlotkin A Nutrition Specialist and Researcher at The Hospital for Sick Children
2016
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- Peter A. Adamson Surgical Specialist in Otolaryngology
- Mehran Anvari Surgical Robotics Pioneer
- Donovan Bailey Track and Field Icon
- Jennifer Bond Professor of Law and Human Rights Advocate
- Angèle Brunelle Advocate for Northwest Ontario's Francophone Community
- Ronald F. Caza Lawyer and Defender of Francophone Linguistic Rights
- Anthony Kam Chuen Chan Pediatric Hematologist and Scientist
- Ethel Côté Entrepreneur, Volunteer and Community leader
- Jim Estill Entrepreneur and Philanthropist
- Carol Finlay Anglican Priest and Education Advocate
- Cheryl Forchuk Scholar in the Fields of Homelessness, Poverty and Mental Health
- Dorothée Gizenga International Development Expert and Human Rights Advocate
- Shirley Greenberg Lawyer and Women's Rights Advocate
- Robert Pio Hajjar Motivational Speaker
- Greta Hodgkinson Prima Ballerina
- Dorothy Anna Jarvis Pediatrician
- Lisa LaFlamme Broadcast Journalist
- M.G. Venkatesh Mannar Expert in Food Science Technologies and Nutrition
- Ernest Matton (Little Brown Bear) Community Capacity Builder and Spiritual Ambassador
- Dennis O'Connor former Associate Chief Justice of Ontario
- David Pearson Professor and Promoter of Science Communication
- Fran Rider Women's Hockey Advocate
- Beverley Salmon Anti-Racism and Community Activist
- Hugh Segal Public Servant
- Helga Stephenson Arts Administrator and Human Rights Activist
- Margo Timmins Vocalist
2017
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- Dr. Upton Allen pediatric infectious disease specialist
- Daniel Aykroyd actor and entrepreneur
- Dr. Alan Bernstein cancer researcher and research leader
- Dr. David Cechetto neuroscientist and director of international medical development projects
- Dr. Peter Chang lawyer and psychiatrist
- The Honourable Sandra Chapnik lawyer and judge
- Dr. Tom Chau biomedical engineer
- Dr. Dorothy Cotton psychologist and mental health advocate
- Peter Dinsdale Anishinaabe community leader
- Leslie Fagan singer and promoter of Canadian music
- Michael Geist scholar and public intellectual
- Shashi Kant professor of forest resource economics
- Myrtha Lapierre retired nursing professor
- Floyd Laughren former MPP and Finance Minister
- Michael Lee-Chin entrepreneur and philanthropist
- Gail Nyberg former Daily Bread Food Bank executive director and former school trustee
- Dr. Dilkhush Panjwani psychiatrist
- Elder Geraldine Robertson educator and advocate for residential school survivors
- Allan Rock former politician and UN Ambassador
- Robert J. Sawyer celebrated science-fiction author
- Sandra Shamas writer, performer and comedian
- Elizabeth Sheehy criminal law, scholar
- Ilse Treurnicht CEO and advocate for women and innovation
2018
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- Jean Augustine politician and social justice advocate
- Salah Bachir businessman and philanthropist
- Dr. Sue Carstairs veterinarian and conservationist
- Ralph Chiodo entrepreneur and philanthropist
- Dr. Zane Cohen colorectal surgeon
- Dwayne De Rosario soccer player
- Michele DiEmanuele CEO and public servant
- Philip Epstein lawyer, scholar in family law
- Dr. Aaron Fenster biomedical physicist
- Mark Freiman lawyer, public servant and former Deputy Attorney General of Ontario
- Emmanuelle Gattuso philanthropist
- Mary Gordon social entrepreneur, educator and child advocate
- Edward Greenspon journalist
- Spider Jones sports journalist, author and member of the Canadian Boxing Hall of Fame
- Neal Jotham animal welfare advocate
- Dalton McGuinty provincial politician and former Premier of Ontario 2003-2013
- Peter Menkes businessman
- Janice O'Born entrepreneur and philanthropist
- Cheryl Perea child advocate
- Dr. Lyne Pitre physician and educator
- Col. A. Britton (Brit) Smith philanthropist
2019
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2020
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2021
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2022
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External links
Notes and References
- News: Howlett. Karen. SARS 'Mighty Mouse' named to Order of Ontario. The Globe and Mail. 12 April 2008. 12 April 2008.
- Web site: Order of Ontario appointments announced . 15 January 2009 . Queen's Printer for Ontario . 30 November 2021.
- Web site: 29 Appointees Named To Ontario's Highest Honour. Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration. 27 January 2010. 25 January 2010.
- Web site: 30 Appointees Named To Ontario's Highest Honour. 10 February 2010. 21 January 2011.
- Web site: 27 Appointees Named to Ontario's Highest Honour. Ontario.ca. 30 April 2012.
- Web site: 25 Appointees Named to Ontario's Highest Honour. news.ontario.ca. 14 May 2017. en.
- Web site: New Appointees to the Order of Ontario. news.ontario.ca. 14 May 2017. en.
- Web site: New Appointees to the Order of Ontario. 3 February 2015.
- Web site: New Appointees to the Order of Ontario. 13 January 2016.
- Web site: New Appointees to the Order of Ontario. 14 December 2016.
- Web site: The 2017 Appointees to the Order of Ontario . news.ontario.ca . 1 December 2019 . en.
- Web site: The 2018 Appointees to the Order of Ontario . news.ontario.ca . 21 March 2020 . en.
- Web site: Ontario Newsroom.
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