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Canadian order of precedenceThe Canadian order of precedence is a nominal and symbolic hierarchy of important positions within the Government of Canada.
Canadian Order of Precedence
- Queen of Canada (Elizabeth II)
- Governor General of Canada (Adrienne Clarkson)
- Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (Beverley McLachlin)
- Prime Minister of Canada (Paul Martin)
- Speaker of the Senate (Dan Hays)
- Speaker of the House of Commons (Peter Milliken)
- Ambassadors
- Ministers of the Crown, in chronological order of appointment to Queen's Privy Council for Canada
- Jack Austin, Leader of the Government in the Senate
- David Anderson, Minister of the Environment
- Ralph E. Goodale, Minister of Finance
- Anne McLellan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
- Lucienne Robillard, Minister of Industry
- Pierre Pettigrew, Minister of Health and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
- Jim Peterson, Minister of International Trade
- Andy Scott, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
- Claudette Bradshaw, Minister of Labour
- Denis Coderre, President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada
- Rey Pagtakhan, Minister of Western Economic Diversification
- John McCallum, Minister of Veterans Affairs
- Stephen Owen, Minister of Public Works and Government Services
- Bill Graham, Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Ministers of State, in chronological order of appointment to Queen's Privy Council for Canada
- Ethel Blondin-Andrew, Minister of State (Children and Youth)
- Andy Scott, Minister of State (Infrastructure)
- Gar Knutson, Minister of State (Emerging Markets)
- Denis Paradis, Minister of State (Financial Institutions)
- Jean Augustine, Minister of State (Multiculturalism and Status of Women)
- Mauril Belanger, Minister of State
- Carolyn Bennett, Minister of State (Public Health)
- Joe Comuzzi, Minister of State (Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario)
- Albina Guarnieri, Minister of State (Civil Preparedness)
- Leader of the Opposition (Stephen Harper)
- Lieutenant Governors of the Provinces
- Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (James Bartleman)
- Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (Lise Thibault)
- Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (Myra Freeman)
- Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick (Marilyn Counsell)
- Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (Peter Liba)
- Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia (Iona Campagnolo)
- Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island (Leonce Bernard)
- Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan (Lynda Haverstock)
- Lieutenant Governor of Alberta (Lois Hole)
- Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador (Arthur House)
- All other Members of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada
- Premiers of the Provinces
- Commissioners of the Territories
- Commissioner of the Northwest Territories (Glenna Hansen)
- Commissioner of the Yukon Territory (Jack Cable)
- Commissioner of Nunavut (Peter Irniq)
- Government Leaders of the Territories
- Government Leader of the Northwest Territories (Stephen Kakfwi)
- Government Leader of the Yukon Territory (Dennis Fentie)
- Government Leader of Nunavut (Paul Okalik)
- Religous leaders
- Puisne Judges of the Supreme Court
- Charles Gonthier
- Frank Iacobucci
- John Major
- Michel Bastarache
- Ian Binnie
- Louise Arbour
- Louis Le Bel
- Marie Deschamps
- Chief Justice and the Associate Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Canada
- Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Canada (John Richard)
- Associate Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Canada (Allan Lutfy)
- Chief Justices of the Provincial Courts
- Chief Justice of Ontario (Roy McMurtry)
- Chief Justice of Quebec (Pierre Michaud)
- Chief Justice of Nova Scotia (Constance Glube)
- Chief Justice of New Brunswick (Joseph Daigle)
- Chief Justice of Manitoba (Richard Scott)
- Chief Justice of British Columbia (Allan McEachern)
- Chief Justice of Prince Edward Island (Gerard Mitchell)
- Chief Justice of Saskatchewan (Edward Bayda)
- Chief Justice of Alberta (Catherine Fraser)
- Chief Justice of Newfoundland and Labrador (Clyde Wells)
- Chief Justice of the Northwest Territories (Edward Richard)
- Chief Justice of the Yukon Territory (Ralph Hudson)
- Chief Justice of Nunavut (Beverley Browne)
- Associate Chief Justice of Ontario (Dennis O'Connor)
- Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Justice (Heather Forster Smith)
- Associate Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Justice (J. Douglas Cunningham)
- Chief Justice of the Ontario Court of Justice (Brian Lennox )
- Associate Chief Justice of the Ontario Court of Justice (Marietta Roberts)
- Associate Chief Justice of the Ontario Court of Justice (David Wake)
- Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Quebec (Lyse Lemieux)
- Senior Associate Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Quebec (Rene Dionne)
- Associate Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Quebec (Andre Deslongchamps)
- Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia (Joseph Kennedy)
- Associate Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia (Michael MacDonald)
- Associate Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, Family Division (Robert Ferguson)
- Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of New Brunswick (David Smith)
- Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba (Benjamin Hewak)
- Associate Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba (Jeffrey Oliphant)
- Associate Chief Justice, Family Division, of the Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba (Gerald Mercier)
- Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia (Donald Brenner)
- Associate Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia (Patrick Dohm)
- Chief Justice of the British Columbia Court of Appeal (Lance Finch)
- Chief Justice of the Trial Division, Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island (Armand DesRoches)
- Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench for Saskatchewan (Frank Gerein)
- Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Allan Wachowich)
- Associate Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Allen Sulatycky)
- Chief Justice of the Trial Division of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland (Derek Green)
- Federal and Provincial Judges
- Senators
- Members of the Canadian House of Commons
- Consuls General of Countries Without Diplomatic Representation
- Military Leaders
- Speakers of the Legislative Assemblies of the Provinces and Territories
- Members of the Executive Councils of the Provinces and Territories
- Judges of Provincial and Territorial Courts
- Members of the Legislative Assemblies of the Provinces and Territories
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