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Order of Canada

HONOR

Canada's "highest honor for lifetime achievement." However, these lofty words are somewhat offset by the fact that over 100 of these are awarded annually, and 4000 people currently are "members" of the Order.

Official Website:
http://www.gg.ca/honours/order_e.asp

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Bryan Adams
Musician
5-Nov-1959   Canadian Rocker
Denys Arcand
Film Director
25-Jun-1941   The Barbarian Invasions
Izzy Asper
Business
11-Aug-1932 7-Oct-2003 Founder, CanWest Global
Margaret Atwood
Author
18-Nov-1939   The Handmaid's Tale
Alex Barris
TV Personality
16-Sep-1922 15-Jan-2004 Canadian TV star from the '50s and '60s
Jean Béliveau
Hockey
31-Aug-1931   Montreal Canadiens, 1950-71
Francesco Bellini
Business
1947   CEO of Neurochem, Inc.
André Bérard
Business
1940   National Bank of Canada
Conrad Black
Business
25-Aug-1944   Rapacious newspaper mogul
Toe Blake
Hockey
21-Aug-1912 17-May-1995 Montreal Canadiens, Hall of Famer
Allan Blakeney
Politician
7-Sep-1925 16-Apr-2011 Premier of Saskatchewan, 1971-82
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Royalty
4-Aug-1900 30-Mar-2002 The Queen Mother
Ed Broadbent
Politician
21-Mar-1936   Leader of Canada's NDP, 1975-89
Bertram N. Brockhouse
Physicist
15-Jul-1918 13-Oct-2003 Triple-axis crystal spectrometry
Ernest Buckler
Novelist
19-Jul-1908 4-Mar-1984 The Mountain and the Valley
Donald J. Carty
Business
23-Jun-1946   CEO of American Airlines, 1998-2003
Brock Chisholm
Doctor
18-May-1896 4-Feb-1971 First Director-General of World Health Organization
Joe Clark
Head of State
5-Jun-1939   Prime Minister of Canada, 1979-80
Bobby Clarke
Hockey
13-Aug-1949   Philadelphia Flyers, 1969-84
John E. Cleghorn
Business
7-Jul-1941   CEO of Royal Bank of Canada, 1995-2001
Tom Cochrane
Musician
14-May-1953   Life Is a Highway
Bruce Cockburn
Singer/Songwriter
27-May-1945   Rocket Launcher
Leonard Cohen
Singer/Songwriter
21-Sep-1934   Everybody Knows
Marshall A. Cohen
Business
c. 1935   CEO of Molson, 1988-96
Purdy Crawford
Business
7-Nov-1931   CEO of Imasco Limited, 1985-95
Richard Currie
Business
1937   Loblaws, George Weston Ltd.
Dominic D'Alessandro
Business
18-Jan-1947   CEO of Manulife Financial
Roy Daniells
Poet
6-Apr-1902 13-Apr-1979 The Chequered Shade
Victor Davis
Swimmer
10-Feb-1964 13-Nov-1989 Olympic Gold medalist, killed in hit-and-run
William G. Davis
Politician
30-Jul-1929   Premier of Ontario, 1971-85
André Desmarais
Business
26-Oct-1956   Co-CEO, Power Corporation of Canada
Paul G. Desmarais, Jr.
Business
3-Jul-1954   Co-CEO of Power Corporation of Canada
Paul G. Desmarais
Business
4-Jan-1927   CEO, Power Corporation of Canada, 1968-96
Celine Dion
Singer
30-Mar-1968   Canadian diva
Shirley Douglas
Actor
2-Apr-1934   May Bailey on Wind at My Back
Anthony S. Fell
Business
c. 1941   Chairman, RBC Capital Markets
Maynard Ferguson
Jazz Musician
4-May-1928 23-Aug-2006 Jazz bandleader and trumpeter
Maureen Forrester
Singer
25-Jul-1930 16-Jun-2010 Contralto, interpreter of Mahler
David Foster
Songwriter
1-Nov-1949   Songwriter, has won 14 Grammys
Northrop Frye
Author
14-Jul-1912 23-Jan-1991 Fearful Symmetry
Mavis Gallant
Author
11-Aug-1922   Prolific Canadian short story author
Frank Gehry
Architect
28-Feb-1929   Postmodern architect
Chief Dan George
Actor
24-Jul-1899 23-Sep-1981 Little Big Man
Peter C. Godsoe
Business
1938   CEO of Bank of Nova Scotia, 1993-2003
George Grant
Philosopher
13-Nov-1918 27-Sep-1988 Propagator of Red Toryism
Wayne Gretzky
Hockey
26-Jan-1961   The Great One
Ian Hacking
Philosopher
18-Feb-1936   The Taming of Chance
Monty Hall
Game Show Host
25-Aug-1921   Let's Make a Deal
John Hamm
Politician
8-Apr-1938   Premier of Nova Scotia, 1999-2006
Vaclav Havel
Head of State
5-Oct-1936 18-Dec-2011 Playwright President of Czechia
Gerhard Herzberg
Physicist
25-Dec-1904 3-Mar-1999 Molecular spectroscopy
James Hillier
Physicist
22-Aug-1915 15-Jan-2007 Electron microscope
Jane Jacobs
Author
4-May-1916 25-Apr-2006 The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Ferguson Jenkins
Baseball
13-Dec-1942   Winner, 1971 Cy Young Award
Norman Jewison
Film Director
21-Jul-1926   Moonstruck
Sue Johanson
Talk Show Host
29-Jul-1930   Talk Sex With Sue Johanson
David L. Johnston
Educator
c. 1942   President, University of Waterloo
Lynn Johnston
Cartoonist
28-May-1947   For Better or For Worse
Oliver Jones
Jazz Musician
11-Sep-1934   Lights of Burgundy
Yousuf Karsh
Photographer
23-Dec-1908 13-Jul-2002 Portrait photographer
Diana Krall
Jazz Musician
16-Nov-1964   Sultry jazz sensation
Guy Lafleur
Hockey
20-Sep-1951   Hall of Famer, 17 seasons in NHL
Antonio Lamer
Judge
8-Jul-1933 24-Nov-2007 Chief Justice of Canada, 1990-2000
kd lang
Singer
2-Nov-1961   Majuscule-deficient lesbian singer
Mike Lazaridis
Business
14-Mar-1961   Founder of Research in Motion
Geddy Lee
Bassist
29-Jul-1953   Bassist for Rush
Robert Lepage
Film Director
12-Dec-1957   Seven Streams of the River Ota
David Lewis
Politician
23-Jun-1909 23-May-1981 Leader of Canada's NDP, 1971-75
Alex Lifeson
Guitarist
27-Aug-1953   Guitarist for Rush
Gordon Lightfoot
Musician
17-Nov-1938   Canadian balladeer
Donald C. MacDonald
Politician
7-Dec-1913 8-Mar-2008 Leader of Ontario CCF and NDP, 1953-70
Harold H. MacKay
Attorney
c. 1940   MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman LLP
Hugh MacLennan
Novelist
20-Mar-1907 7-Nov-1990 Barometer Rising
John A. MacNaughton
Business
c. 1945   Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
C. B. Macpherson
Scholar
18-Nov-1911 22-Jul-1987 Political Theory of Possessive Individualism
Frank Mahovlich
Hockey
10-Jan-1938   NHL Hall of Famer, Canadian Senator
Antonine Maillet
Novelist
10-May-1929   Pélagie-la-Charette
Nelson Mandela
Head of State
18-Jul-1918   Former President of South Africa
Lorna R. Marsden
Educator
6-Mar-1942   President of York University, 1997-2007
Vincent Massey
Government
20-Feb-1887 30-Dec-1967 Governor-General of Canada, 1952-59
Judith Maxwell
Business
c. 1942   Canadian Policy Research Networks
Donald F. Mazankowski
Politician
27-Jul-1935   Deputy Prime Minister of Canada, 1986-93
Harrison McCain
Business
3-Nov-1927 18-Mar-2004 Frozen french fry billionaire
Frank J. McKenna
Politician
19-Jan-1948   Canadian Ambassador to the US, 2005-06
Audrey McLaughlin
Politician
7-Nov-1936   Leader of Canada's NDP, 1989-95
L. Jacques Ménard
Business
29-Jan-1946   Chairman, BMO Nesbitt Burns
Joni Mitchell
Singer/Songwriter
7-Nov-1943   Big Yellow Taxi
Eric H. Molson
Business
c. 1937   Chairman of Molson Coors Brewing
Farley Mowat
Author
12-May-1921   Never Cry Wolf
Brian Mulroney
Head of State
20-Mar-1939   Canadian Prime Minister, 1984-93
Robert A. Mundell
Economist
24-Oct-1932   Floating exchange rates
Anne Murray
Singer
20-Jun-1945   Mellow Canadian singer
David Naylor
Educator
26-Oct-1954   President, University of Toronto
John Neville
Actor
2-May-1925 19-Nov-2011 The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Peter C. Newman
Journalist
10-May-1929   The Canadian Establishment
Michael Ondaatje
Novelist
12-Sep-1943   The English Patient
Toni Onley
Painter
20-Nov-1928 29-Feb-2004 British Columbia's flying artist
Bobby Orr
Hockey
20-Mar-1948   Hockey hall-of-famer
Jim Pattison
Business
1-Oct-1928   Billionaire, Jim Pattison Group
Lester Bowles Pearson
Head of State
23-Apr-1897 27-Dec-1972 Prime Minister of Canada, 1963-68
Neil Peart
Drummer
12-Sep-1952   Drummer for Rush
Oscar Peterson
Jazz Musician
15-Aug-1925 24-Dec-2007 Maharajah of the keyboard
Michael E. J. Phelps
Business
c. 1947   Westcoast Energy
Gordon Pinsent
Actor
12-Jul-1930   Fraser, Sr. on Due South
Christopher Plummer
Actor
13-Dec-1929   A Beautiful Mind
John C. Polanyi
Chemist
23-Jan-1929   Infrared chemiluminescence
Sam Pollock
Hockey
25-Dec-1925 15-Aug-2007 GM of Montreal Canadiens, 1964-78
Dick Pound
Attorney
22-Mar-1942   Canadian Olympic official
Bob Rae
Politician
2-Aug-1948   Premier of Ontario, 1990-95
Kate Reid
Actor
4-Nov-1930 27-Mar-1993 The Andromeda Strain
Mordecai Richler
Novelist
27-Jan-1931 3-Jul-2001 The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
H. Sanford Riley
Business
c. 1950   Richardson Financial Group
Roy Romanow
Politician
12-Aug-1939   Premier of Saskatchewan, 1991-2001
Gabrielle Roy
Author
22-Mar-1909 13-Jul-1983 Bonheur d'occasion
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Singer/Songwriter
20-Feb-1941   Universal Soldier
Paul Shaffer
Musician
28-Nov-1949   David Letterman's bandleader
Isadore Sharp
Business
8-Oct-1931   Founder, Four Seasons Hotels
Martin Short
Comic
26-Mar-1950   SNL and Primetime Glick
Morton Shulman
Politician
25-Apr-1925 18-Aug-2000 Ontario MPP, iconoclast
Michael Smith
Chemist
26-Apr-1932 4-Oct-2000 Oligonucleotide-based mutagenesis
Louis St. Laurent
Head of State
1-Feb-1882 25-Jul-1973 Prime Minister of Canada, 1948-57
James M. Stanford
Business
c. 1936   CEO of Petro-Canada, 1993-2000
Maurice Strong
Activist
29-Apr-1929   Power executive, environmentalist
David Suzuki
Naturalist
24-Mar-1936   Television nature host
Charles Taylor
Philosopher
5-Nov-1931   Sources of the Self
Richard E. Taylor
Physicist
2-Nov-1929   Verified existence of quarks
Paul Tellier
Business
1939   CEO of Canadian National Railway, 1992-2002
Pierre Trudeau
Head of State
18-Oct-1919 28-Sep-2000 Twice Prime Minister of Canada
John Turner
Head of State
7-Jun-1929   Prime Minister of Canada, 1984
Shania Twain
Country Musician
28-Aug-1965   You're Still the One
Al Waxman
Actor
2-Mar-1935 18-Jan-2001 Lt. Samuels on Cagney and Lacey
Mike Weir
Golf
12-May-1970   Winner of 2003 Masters
Kenneth Welsh
Actor
30-Mar-1942   Windom Earle on Twin Peaks
Anne Wheeler
Film Director
22-Nov-1946   Better Than Chocolate
Austin Willis
Actor
1917 4-Apr-2004 Adm. Fox on Seaway
Michael H. Wilson
Politician
4-Nov-1937   Canadian Ambassador to the US
Dennis Wood
Business
c. 1939   C-MAC Industries
Douglas T. Wright
Educator
4-Oct-1927   President, University of Waterloo, 1981-93
Victor L. Young
Business
c. 1946   Fishery Products International


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