List of Companions of the Order of Canada

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The Companion of the Order of Canada is the highest level of the Order of Canada , Canada's highest award for civilians. Its carriers (Companions) have made the greatest contribution to Canada and humanity on a national or international level. Up to 15 Companions are appointed each year. The total number of living Canadian porters at any one time is limited to 165. The bearers are entitled to use the suffix CC , customary form CC. As of July 27, 2015, there were 142 living Canadian Companions and 2 non-Canadian. The following list shows all living and deceased companions in alphabetical order.

A.

Karim Aga Khan IV. (1936-)
John Black Aird (1923-1995)
Pierrette Alarie (1921-2011)
Lincoln Alexander (1922-2012)
Jean Victor Allard (1913–1996)
Doris Anderson (1921-2007)
Brenda Andrews (1957-)
Louis Applebaum (1918-2000)
Louise Arbor (1947-)
Denys Arcand (1941-)
Edgar Archibald (1885–1968)
Eric Arthur (1898-1982)
James Arthur (1944-)
Kenojuak Ashevak (1927-2013)
Margaret Atwood (1939-)
Lloyd Axworthy (1939-)

B.

Edwin Baker (1893-1968)
Charles Band (1889-1968)
Marius Barbeau (1883–1969)
Lloyd Barber (1932-2011)
Henry JM Barnett (1922-)
John Bassett (1915-1998)
Michel Bastarache (1947–)
Thomas J. Bata (1914-2008)
Iain Baxter (1936-)
Laurent Beaudoin (1938-)
Jean Beetz (1927–1991)
Michel Bélanger (1929–1997)
Jean Béliveau (1931-2014)
Robert Edward Bell (1918-1992)
Agnes Benidickson (1920-2007)
Avie Bennett (1928-2017)
Mario Bernardi (1930-2013)
Pierre Berton (1920-2004)
Claude Bertrand (1917-2014)
Charles Best (1899–1978)
Ian Binnie (1939-)
Florence Bird (1908-1998)
Claude Bissell (1916-2000)
S. Robert Blair (1929-2009)
Marie-Claire Blais (1939–)
Roger Blais (1926-2009)
Jean Sutherland Boggs (1922-2014)
Roberta Bondar (1945–)
Gerald Bouey (1920-2004)
Boutros Boutros-Ghali (1922-2016)
William Boyd (1885–1979)
Willard Boyle (1924-2011)
John Ross Bradfield (1899-1983)
François-Philippe Brais (1894–1972)
Yvette Brind'Amour (1918–1992)
Ed Broadbent (1936-)
Bertram Brockhouse (1918-2003)
Charles Rosner Bronfman (1931-)
Samuel Bronfman (1891-1971)
Robert Bryce (1910-1997)
ELM Burns (1897–1985)

C.

Marcel Cadieux (1915–1981)
Morley Callaghan (1903-1990)
June Callwood (1924-2007)
James Cameron (1954-)
Kim Campbell (1947-)
Thane A. Campbell (1895–1978)
Gerald Emmett Carter (1912-2003)
John Cartwright (1895-1979)
Thérèse Casgrain (1896–1981)
Claude Castonguay (1929–)
Clifford Chadderton (1919-2013)
Floyd Chalmers (1898-1993)
Joan Chalmers (1928-)
Gretta Chambers (1927-2017)
Louise Charron (1951–)
John de Chastelain (1937-)
Lionel Chevrier (1903-1987)
Ludmilla Chiriaeff (1924–1996)
Brock Chisholm (1896–1971)
Fernand Choquette (1895-1975)
Robert Choquette (1905-1991)
Jean Chrétien (1934–)
Raymond Chrétien (1942–)
Joe Clark (1939-)
Howard Clark (1903-1983)
Adrienne Clarkson (1939–)
Gilles Cloutier (1928-2014)
John Clyne (1902-1989)
Reuben Cohen (1921-2014)
Leonard Cohen (1934-2016)
George Cohon (1937-)
Major James Coldwell (1888–1974)
Alex Colville (1920-2013)
Harold Copp (1915-1998)
Clément Cormier (1910-1987)
James Corry (1899–1985)
Peter Cory (1925-)
HSM Coxeter (1907-2003)
Purdy Crawford (1931-2014)
Donald Creighton (1902–1979)
Paul-André Crépeau (1926-2011)
Thomas Crerar (1876–1975)
Thomas Cromwell (1952-)
David Cronenberg (1943–)
Richard Cruess (1929-)
Buck Crump (1904-1989)
EM Culliton (1906-1991)
David Culver (1924-)
Balfour Currie (1902-1981)

D.

Camille Dagenais (1920–)
Roy Daniells (1902–1979)
Pierre Dansereau (1911-2011)
Barney Danson (1921-2011)
Paul David (1919-1999)
George Forrester Davidson (1909-1995)
Robertson Davies (1913-1995)
Bill Davis (1929-)
Natalie Zemon Davis (1928-)
A. Jean de Grandpré (1921–)
Louis-Philippe de Grandpré (1917-2008)
Robert Defries (1889-1975)
Rock Demers (1933-)
Marie Deschamps (1952–)
Jules Deschênes (1923-2000)
Paul Desmarais (1927-2013)
John Deutsch (1911-1976)
Jacques Dextraze (1919–1993)
Jack Diamond (1909-2001)
Brian Dickson (1916-1998)
Celine Dion (1968–)
Tommy Douglas (1904-1986)
Charles George Drake (1920–1998)
Jean Drapeau (1916–1999)
George Drew (1894–1973)
Richard Drouin (1932–)
Arnold Davidson Dunton (1912-1987)
Pierre Dupuy (1896–1969)

E.

Atom Egoyan (1960–)
HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (1900-2002)
Arthur Erickson (1924-2009)
Willard Estey (1919-2002)
John Robert Evans (1929-)

F.

Ellen Fairclough (1905-2004)
Marcel Faribault (1908–1972)
Gérald Fauteux (1900–1980)
Gérard Filion (1909-2005)
Morris Fish (1938-)
George Bernard Flahiff (1905-1989)
James Fleck (1931-)
Ross Flemington (1897-1971)
Robert Ford (1915-1998)
Maureen Forrester (1930-2010)
Eugene Forsey (1904-1991)
Claude Fortier (1921–1986)
Yves Fortier (1935-)
Charles Foulkes (1903-1969)
Terry Fox (1958-1981)
Celia Franca (1921-2007)
Ruth Frankel (1903-1989)
Ursula Franklin (1921-2016)
Armand Frappier (1904–1991)
Rowland Frazee (1921-2007)
Martin Friedland (1932–)
Henry Friesen (1934–)
Leslie Frost (1895-1973)
Northrop Frye (1912-1991)
William Fyfe (1927-2013)

G

Walter Gage (1922–1978)
George Alexander Gale (1906-1997)
Mavis Gallant (1922-2014)
Marc Garneau (1949-)
Stuart Garson (1898–1977)
Jean Gascon (1920–1988)
Roger Gaudry (1913-2001)
William-Henry Gauvin (1913-1994)
Frank Gehry (1929–)
Arthur Gelber (1915-1998)
Gratien Gélinas (1909–1999)
Pierre Gendron (1916–1984)
Jacques Genest (1919-2018)
Paul Gérin-Lajoie (1920-2018)
Reva Gerstein (1917-2020)
Paul-Antoine Giguère (1910–1987)
Gustave Gingras (1918–1996)
Émile Girardin (1895–1982)
Roland Giroux (1913–1991)
Phil Gold (1936-)
Victor Goldbloom (1923-2016)
Nicholas Goldschmidt (1908-2004)
Charles D. Gonthier (1928-2009)
Donald Gordon (1901-1969)
Walter L. Gordon (1906–1987)
Joseph Gosnell Sr. (1936-)
Allan Gotlieb (1928–)
Duncan Archibald Graham (1882–1974)
Alain Grandbois (1900-1975)
Herb Gray (1931-2014)
James Lorne Gray (1913–1987)
Wayne Gretzky (1961-)
Roger Guindon (1920–2012)
Peter Gzowski (1934-2002)

H

Ian Hacking (1936-)
Emmett Matthew Hall (1898-1995)
Francess Halpenny (1919-)
Rick Hansen (1957-)
Kenneth Hare (1919-2002)
Stephen Harper (1959-)
Lawren Harris (1885-1970)
James M. Harrison (1915-1990)
Evelyn Hart (1956-)
Václav Havel (1936–2011)
Frank Hawthorne (1946–)
Anne Hébert (1916-2000)
Arnold Heeney (1902-1970)
Gordon Henderson (1912-1993)
Martha Henry (1938-)
Ben Heppner (1956–)
Peter Herrndorf (1940–)
Gerhard Herzberg (1904–1999)
Angela Hewitt (1958-)
Henry Hicks (1915-1990)
Geoffrey Hinton (1947-)
Lotta Hitschmanova (1909–1990)
Gerda Hnatyshyn (1935–)
Ray Hnatyshyn (1934-2002)
Helen Hogg (1905-1993)
Peter Hogg (1939-2020)
Harley Hotchkiss (1927-2011)
William Hutt (1920-2007)

I.

Frank Iacobucci (1937–)
George Ignatieff (1913-1989)
Richard M. Ivey (1925-2019)

J

AY Jackson (1882–1974)
Stephen A. Jarislowsky (1925–)
Michaëlle Jean (1957-)
Diamond Jenness (1886-1969)
Norman Jewison (1926-)
Raoul Jobin (1906–1974)
Albert Wesley Johnson (1923-2010)
David Johnston (1941-)
Sharon Johnston (1943-)
Wilfred Judson (1902–1980)

K

Karen Kain (1951-)
Yousuf Karsh (1908-2002)
Victoria Kaspi (1967-)
Hugh Llewellyn Keenleyside (1898-1992)
Roy Kellock (1893-1975)
Thomas Worrall Kent (1922-2011)
Larkin Kerwin (1924-2004)
Raymond Klibansky (1905-2005)
Walter Koerner (1898–1995)
Arthur Kroeger (1932-2008)

L.

Claire L'Heureux-Dubé (1927–)
Gérard La Forest (1926-)
Huguette Labelle (1939-)
Luc Lacourcière (1910-1989)
Jean-Daniel Lafond (1944–)
Phyllis Lambert (1927-)
Antonio Lamer (1933-2007)
Roger Landry (1934-2020)
Robert Langlands (1936-)
Renaude Lapointe (1912-2002)
Bora Laskin (1912-1984)
Margaret Laurence (1926–1987)
Louis LeBel (1939–)
Gerald Le Dain (1924-2007)
Diana Fowler LeBlanc (1940-)
Roméo LeBlanc (1927-2009)
Charles Leblond (1910-2007)
Maurice LeClair (1927-)
Gabrielle Léger (1917–1998)
Jules Léger (1913-1980)
Cardinal Paul-Émile Léger (1904–1991)
Robert Legget (1904-1994)
Roger Lemelin (1919–1992)
Jean Paul Lemieux (1904–1990)
Raymond U. Lemieux (1920-2000)
Robert Lepage (1957-)
Jean Lesage (1912–1980)
Georges-Henri Lévesque (1903-2000)
David Lewis (1909-1981)
Stephen Lewis (1937-)
Bennett Lewis (1908-1987)
Gordon Lightfoot (1938-)
Arthur Lismer (1885-1969)
Charles Locke (1887–1980)
Barbara Sherwood Lollar (1963-)
Bernard Lonergan (1904-1984)
Peter Lougheed (1928–2012)
Arthur RM Lower (1889–1988)

M.

John MacAulay (1895–1978)
Brian Macdonald (1928-2014)
Donald Stovel Macdonald (1932-2018)
Flora Isabel MacDonald (1926-2015)
Ronald St. John Macdonald (1928-2006)
James MacDonnell (1884–1973)
Jack Mackenzie (1888-1984)
Norman MacKenzie (1894-1986)
William Archibald Mackintosh (1895-1970)
Hugh MacLennan (1907-1990)
Ernest MacMillan (1893-1973)
HR MacMillan (1885-1976)
Margaret MacMillan (1943-)
Norman John MacMillan (1909-1978)
Antonine Maillet (1929-)
John C. Major (1931-)
Nelson Mandela (1918-2013)
Ernest Manning (1908-1996)
Preston Manning (1942-)
Jean Marchand (1918–1988)
Léo Marion (1899–1979)
Lois Marshall (1925-1997)
Claire Martin (1914-2014)
Goldwyn Arthur Martin (1913-2001)
Paul Joseph James Martin (1903-1992)
Paul Martin (1938-)
Jean Martineau (1895–1985)
Ronald Martland (1909-1997)
Vincent Massey (1887-1967)
Donald Mazankowski (1935–)
Harrison McCain (1927-2004)
Margaret McCain (1934-)
Wallace McCain (1930-2011)
Jack McClelland (1922-2004)
Robert Baird McClure (1900-1991)
Arthur B. McDonald (1943–)
Pauline Mills McGibbon (1910-2001)
Gordon McGregor (1901-1971)
William McIntyre (1918-2009)
Hector McKinnon (1891-1981)
Beverley McLachlin (1943–)
Norman McLaren (1914-1987)
Samuel McLaughlin (1871–1972)
Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980)
John Babbitt McNair (1889-1968)
Donald Malcolm McRae (1944-)
John Meisel (1923-)
L. Jacques Ménard (1946–)
Monique Mercure (1930-2020)
Lorne Michaels (1944-)
Norah Evangeline Michener (1901–1987)
Roland Michener (1900–1991)
Albert Millaire (1935-2018)
Frank Robert Miller (1908-1997)
Brenda Milner (1918-)
HR Milner (1889-1975)
Joni Mitchell (1943-)
Mavor Moore (1919-2006)
Moses Morgan (1917-1995)
Raymond Moriyama (1929-)
Joseph Morris (1913-1996)
Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh (1921–)
Charles Mountbatten, Prince of Wales (1948–)
Brian Mulroney (1939-)
Robert Mundell (1932-)
Peter Munk (1927-2018)
Anne Murray (1945–)
Donald Walter Gordon Murray (1894–1976)
Helen Mussallem (1915-2012)
Fraser Mustard (1927-2011)

N

Hilda Neatby (1904-1975)
Nathaniel Nemetz (1913–1997)
Peter C. Newman (1929-)
Yannick Nézet-Séguin (1975–)
John Lang Nichol (1924-)

O

Cornelia Oberlander (1921–)
Alanis Obomsawin (1932-)
Huguette Oligny (1922-2013)
Betty Oliphant (1918-2004)
Michael Ondaatje (1943–)
Gordon Osbaldeston (1930-2019)
Bernard Ostry (1927-2006)
Sylvia Ostry (1927-2020)
Alphonse Ouimet (1908–1988)
Leonard Outerbridge (1888-1986)

P

PK Page (1916-2010)
Jean Papineau-Couture (1916-2000)
Jean-Guy Paquet (1938-)
Alphonse-Marie Parent (1906-1970)
John Parkin (1922–1988)
Julie Payette (1963-)
George Randolph Pearkes (1888-1984)
Lester Pearson (1897–1972)
Alfred Pellan (1906–1988)
Gérard Pelletier (1919–1997)
Wilfrid Pelletier (1896–1982)
Wilder Penfield (1891-1976)
Jean-Luc Pépin (1924–1995)
Oscar Peterson (1925-2007)
Chantal Petitclerc (1969-)
Laurent Picard (1927-)
Jack Pickersgill (1905-1997)
Louis-Philippe Pigeon (1905–1986)
Gordon Pinsent (1930–)
Gunther Plaut (1912–2012)
Christopher Plummer (1929-)
John C. Polanyi (1929-)
Adrien Pouliot (1896–1980)
Richard Pound (1942-)
Christopher Pratt (1935-)
Mary Pratt (1935-2018)

Q

Juda Quastel (1899–1987)
Louis Quilico (1925-2000)

R.

Bob Rae (1948-)
Ivan Rand (1884-1969)
Louis Rasminsky (1908-1998)
Hubert Reeves (1932-)
Louis-Marie Régis (1903–1988)
Escott Reid (1905-1999)
Maurice Richard (1921-2000)
Kathleen M. Richardson (1927-2019)
Mordecai Richler (1931-2001)
Jean-Paul Riopelle (1923-2002)
Edgar Ritchie (1916-2002)
Charles Stewart Almon Ritchie (1906-1995)
Roland Ritchie (1910–1988)
John Robarts (1917-1982)
Robert Gordon Robertson (1917-2013)
Rocke Robertson (1912-1998)
Norman Robertson (1904–1968)
Louis Robichaud (1925-2005)
John Josiah Robinette (1906-1996)
Dufferin Roblin (1917-2010)
Guy Rocher (1924-)
Chester Ronning (1894-1984)
Ghislaine Roquet (1926-)
Janet Rossant (1950-)
Marshall Rothstein (1940-)
Alfred Rouleau (1915–1985)
Joseph Rouleau (1929-2019)
Roger Rousseau (1921–1986)
Jean-Louis Roux (1923-2013)
Gabrielle Roy (1909-1983)
Maurice Roy (1905–1985)
Claude Ryan (1925-2004)

S.

Buffy Sainte-Marie (1941-)
Guy Saint-Pierre (1934-)
Moshe Safdie (1938-)
Robert B. Salter (1924-2010)
John Ralston Saul (1947-)
Lucien Saulnier (1916–1989)
Jeanne Sauvé (1922–1993)
Maurice Sauvé (1923–1992)
R. Murray Schafer (1933–)
Edward Schreyer (1935–)
Lily Schreyer
Edward Scott (1919-2004)
Frank Scott (1899–1985)
Charles Scriver (1930-)
Joseph Sedgwick (1898-1981)
Fernand Seguin (1922–1988)
Hans Selye (1907–1982)
Mitchell Sharp (1911-2004)
Robert Fletcher Shaw (1910-2001)
Carol Shields (1935-2003)
Louis Siminovitch (1920–)
Guy Simonds (1903-1974)
Léopold Simoneau (1916-2006)
Joey Smallwood (1900-1991)
Michael Smith (1932-2000)
Michael Snow (1929-)
Omond Solandt (1909-1993)
Harry Somers (1925-1999)
Margaret Southern (1931-)
Ron Southern (1930-2016)
Wishart Spence (1904-1998)
John Spinks (1908-1997)
Arnold Spohr (1927-2010)
Graham Spry (1900-1983)
Louis St. Laurent (1882–1973)
George FG Stanley (1907-2002)
William Stevenson (1897-1989)
Maurice Strong (1929-2015)
Janine Sutto (1921-2017)
David Suzuki (1936-)
Thomas Symons (1929-)
Donald Sutherland (1935-)
Donna Strickland (1959-)

T

Robert Taschereau (1896–1970)
Charles Taylor (1931-)
Richard E. Taylor (1929-2018)
Paul Tellier (1939-)
Veronica Tennant (1946-)
Henry George Thode (1910-1997)
Walter P. Thompson (1889–1970)
Shirley Thomson (1930-2010)
Paul Thorlakson (1895-1989)
Graham Towers (1897-1975)
Pierre Trudeau (1919-2000)
Marcel Trudel (1917–2011)
John Napier Turner (1929-)
William Twaits (1910–1985)

V

Louis-Albert Vachon (1912-2006)
Jean Vanier (1928-2019)
Pauline Vanier (1898–1991)
Murray Vaughan (1900-1986)
Jon Vickers (1926-2015)
Marcel Vincent (1907-1992)

W.

Patrick Watson (1929-)
Ronald Lampman Watts (1929-)
L. Dana Wilgress (1892-1969)
Healey Willan (1880-1968)
Bertha Wilson (1923-2007)
John Tuzo Wilson (1908-1993)
Lois Miriam Wilson (1927-)
Michael Wilson (1937-2019)
Harold Wright (1908-1997)

Y

Maxwell Yalden (1930-2015)