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Honorifics in Canada are accorded to various office holders in government—in the federal, provincial, and municipal jurisdictions—as well as judges, members of the armed forces, and religious figures.
In 1928, the Government of Canada created the Credit Institute of Canada ... Orders, decorations, and medals of Canada; Canadian honorifics; Notes and references
List of honorifics may refer to: English honorifics; French honorifics; Canadian honorifics; Chinese honorifics; Filipino styles and honorifics; German honorifics;
His/Her Majesty – King/Queen of Canada; His/Her Excellency – Governor General, vice-regal consort, ambassadors, and high commissioners in office; The Right Honourable – Governors general, prime ministers, chief justices of Canada and certain eminent Canadians for life; His/Her Honour – Lieutenant-governors and viceregal consorts in office
In Canada, while not always enshrined in legislation, some people are commonly referred to as The Honourable (French: l'honorable). Those who have the honorific for life include: [10] [11] [12] Senators; Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada (mostly members or former members of the federal Cabinet) Lieutenant governors
The Order of Canada (French: Ordre du Canada) is a Canadian national order and the second-highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, ...
In the English language, an honorific is a form of address conveying esteem, courtesy or respect. These can be titles prefixing a person's name, e.g.: Mr, Mrs, Miss, Ms, Mx, Sir, Dame, Dr, Cllr, Lady, or Lord, or other titles or positions that can appear as a form of address without the person's name, as in Mr President, General, Captain, Father, Doctor, or Earl.
Five honorary appointments to the Order of Canada are permitted per year by the order's constitution. The following is a list of all honorary appointments to date. Names rendered in italics were later made Canadian citizens; these memberships thereby became regarded no longer as honorary but instead as substantive.