Honorary appointments to the Order of Canada

The order's constitution permits the appointment of five honorary members of the Order of Canada per year. The following is a list of all honorary appointments to date; those rendered in italics were later made Canadian citizens and thus no longer regarded as honorary inductees.

#	Name	Citizenship	Appointment	Investiture	Death/removal	Occupation/field of endeavour
Companions
5.	Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela	[n 1]	3 September 1998	24 September 1998	5 December 2013	Former President of South Africa.[1]
6.	Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother	[n 2]	1 August 2000	31 October 2000	30 March 2002	Former Royal Consort of Canada.[2]
9.	Frank Gehry	[n 3]	12 November 2002	16 June 2003		Architect.[4]
10.	Boutros Boutros-Ghali		8 May 2003	7 May 2004	16 February 2016	Former Secretary-General of the United Nations.[5]
11.	Václav Havel		8 May 2003	3 March 2004	18 December 2011	Former President of the Czech Republic.[6]
12.	Aga Khan IV	[n 4]	29 October 2004	6 June 2005		Imam of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims.[7]
Officers
2.	John Kenneth Galbraith	[n 5]	17 April 1997	5 November 1997	29 April 2006	Economist.[8]
3.	James Hillier	[n 6]	17 April 1997	5 November 1997	15 January 2007	Inventor of the electron microscope.[9]
4.	Charles Dutoit		23 October 1997	30 January 2002		Conductor of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra.[10]
8.	Tanya Moiseiwitsch		10 October 2002	16 May 2003	19 February 2003	Theatre designer for the Stratford Festival.[11]
15.	Charles Aznavour	[n 7]	10 April 2008	5 July 2008		Musician and actor.[13]
16.	Bernard Pivot		10 April 2008	7 May 2008		Television host and culture promoter.[14]
18.	Sima Samar		25 May 2009	17 November 2010		Human rights leader.[15]
19.	Ronnie Hawkins		29 June 2013			Rock Musician [16]
20.	Bramwell Tovey		29 June 2013			Conductor and composer [17]
Members
1.	Zena Sheardown	[n 8]	11 October 1981	29 December 1986		Instrumental participant during the Canadian Caper.[18]
7.	Lois Lilienstein		1 May 2002	24 October 2003	22 April 2015	Member of Sharon, Lois & Bram.[19]
13.	Francis Cabot		29 June 2005	9 September 2005	19 November 2011	Horticulturist.[20]
14.	Salome Bey		17 November 2005	26 October 2006		Musician.[21]
17.	Zachary Richard		25 May 2009	7 April 2010		Singer, songwriter, and poet.[22]
21.	Johann Olav Koss		1 July 2015			Olympic speedskater and founder of Right to Play.[23]

Notes

1. Nelson Mandela was granted Honorary Canadian Citizenship in 2001. However, this is ceremonial and does not make his appointment substantive
2. The Queen Mother, as a member of the Canadian Royal Family, was a Canadian subject but not a Canadian citizen.
3. Gehry, though born in Toronto, moved with his family to the United States in 1942, before the enactment of the Canadian Citizenship Act, 1946. However, Gehry was granted Canadian citizenship in 2002,^[3] and is now no longer listed as an honorary Companion of the order.
4. The Aga Khan was granded Honorary Canadian Citizenship in 2011. However, this is ceremonial and does not make his appointment substantive
5. Galbraith was born in Ontario before the establishment of Canadian citizenship and renounced his status as a British subject in 1937 to become a United States citizen.
6. Hillier was born in Ontario before the establishment of Canadian citizenship and renounced his status as a British subject in 1945 to become a United States citizen.
7. In December 2008 Aznavour was granted Armenian Citizenship by Presidential decree^[12]
8. Zena Sheardown was the wife of John Sheardown, a Canadian employed at the Canadian Embassy in Iran during the Iranian Revolution of 1979. At great risk to her personal safety, Zena Sheardown was instrumental in the success of the Canadian Caper, allowing six American diplomats to be safely removed from the country. Sheardown was the first honorary appointment to the Order of Canada; the uniqueness of this appointment made it slow, to the point that Flora MacDonald had to ask for and receive unanimous consent from the Canadian House of Commons before the appointment was seriously considered. By the time she was invested into the order in 1986, Sheardown had become a Canadian citizen and the Advisory Council changed the status of her induction from honorary to substantive.

References

1. Office of the Governor General of Canada Search Order of Canada Membership List, Nelson Mandela, C.C.
2. Office of the Governor General of Canada Search Order of Canada Membership List, Her Majesty The Queen Mother Queen Elizabeth, C.C., L.G., L.T., C.I., G.C.V.O., G.B.E., LL.D.
3. "Gehry named to Order of Canada". CBC. 17 June 2003. Retrieved 25 July 2009.
4. Office of the Governor General of Canada Search Order of Canada Membership List, Frank Gehry, C.C.
5. Office of the Governor General of Canada Search Order of Canada Membership List, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, C.C.
6. Office of the Governor General of Canada Search Order of Canada Membership List, Václav Havel, C.C.
7. Office of the Governor General of Canada Search Order of Canada Membership List, Aga Khan, C.C.
8. Office of the Governor General of Canada Search Order of Canada Membership List, John Kenneth Galbraith, O.C., Ph.D., LL.D.
9. Office of the Governor General of Canada Search Order of Canada Membership List, James Hillier, O.C., Ph.D., D.Sc., F.A.P.S.
10. Office of the Governor General of Canada Search Order of Canada Membership List, Charles Dutoit, O.C.
11. Office of the Governor General of Canada Search Order of Canada Membership List, Tanya Moiseiwitsch, O.C.
12. "Charles Aznavour Awarded Armenian Citizenship". Star Pulse. 27 December 2008. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
13. Office of the Governor General of Canada Search Order of Canada Membership List, Charles Aznavour, O.C.
14. Office of the Governor General of Canada Search Order of Canada Membership List, Bernard Pivot, O.C.
15. Office of the Governor General of Canada Search Order of Canada Membership List, Sima Samar, O.C.
16. Office of the Governor General of Canada Governor General Announces 74 New Appointments to the Order of Canada List,
17. Office of the Governor General of Canada Governor General Announces 74 New Appointments to the Order of Canada List,
18. Office of the Governor General of Canada Search Order of Canada Membership List, Zena Kahn Sheardown, C.M.
19. Office of the Governor General of Canada Search Order of Canada Membership List, Lois Ada Lilienstein, C.M., B.Mus., D.H.L.
20. Office of the Governor General of Canada Search Order of Canada Membership List, Francis H. Cabot, C.M., C.Q.
21. Office of the Governor General of Canada Search Order of Canada Membership List, Salome Bey, C.M.
22. Office of the Governor General of Canada Search Order of Canada Membership List, Zachary Richard, C.M.
23. Office of the Governor General of Canada Order of Canada Appointments,