The National Order of Quebec, termed officially in
French
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as ''l'Ordre national du Québec'', and in
English
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* English language
* English people
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Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
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abbreviation as the Order of Quebec, is an
order of merit
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in the
Canadian province
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of
Quebec
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. Instituted in 1984 when
Lieutenant Governor
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Jean-Pierre Côté
Joseph Julien Jean-Pierre Côté (January 9, 1926 – July 10, 2002) was a Canadian parliamentarian and the 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec.
Early life
Born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Émile Côté and Cédia Roy, he studied to be ...
granted
royal assent
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to the ''Loi sur l'Ordre national du Québec'' (National Order of Quebec Act),
the order is administered by the
Governor-in-Council
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and is intended to honour current or former Quebec residents for conspicuous achievements in any field,
being thus described as the highest honour in Quebec.
Structure and appointment
Although the National Order of Quebec was established with the granting of
royal assent
Royal assent is the method by which a monarch formally approves an act of the legislature, either directly or through an official acting on the monarch's behalf. In some jurisdictions, royal assent is equivalent to promulgation, while in other ...
by
Quebec's lieutenant governor and the
Canadian sovereign
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is the
fount of honour The fount of honour ( la, fons honorum) is a person, who, by virtue of his or her official position, has the exclusive right of conferring legitimate titles of nobility and orders of chivalry on other persons.
Origin
During the High Middle Ages, ...
, the
viceroy
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does not, as in other provinces, form an explicit part of the organization. Instead, the monarch's representative is related to the order only by virtue of his or her
place in council, collectively termed the
government of Quebec
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In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...
, to which the constitution of the Order of Quebec makes specific reference.
The order contains three grades, each with accordant
post-nominal letters
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and place in the
Canadian order of precedence for honours, decorations, and medals. They are, in descending hierarchical order:
* Grand Officer (''grand officier/grande officière'') (GOQ)
* Officer (''officier/officière'') (OQ)
* Knight (''chevalier/chevalière'') (CQ)
Nominations to the National Order of Quebec are sought in Quebec's daily and weekly media publications and are directed to the Council of the National Order of Quebec, elected by and amongst the members of the order for a period of three years and headed by a president elected by the council for two years. This body is mandated to short-list candidates and forward their suggestions to the
Governor-in-Council
The King-in-Council or the Queen-in-Council, depending on the gender of the reigning monarch, is a constitutional term in a number of states. In a general sense, it would mean the monarch exercising executive authority, usually in the form of ap ...
.
Any person born, living, or who has lived in Quebec, save for anyone serving as a Member of the
National Assembly of Quebec
The National Assembly of Quebec (officially in french: link=no, Assemblée nationale du Québec) is the legislative body of the province of Quebec in Canada. Legislators are called MNAs (Members of the National Assembly; french: link=no, déput ...
, is eligible to be nominated and names may be submitted posthumously.
The Cabinet may also, without the input of the Council of the National Order of Quebec, put forward the names of non-Quebecers for appointment as honorary members. Promotion through the grades is possible for both substantive and honorary members. Admission recognizes conspicuous meritorious actions that improve or support Quebec and/or its language and culture.
Insignia
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Upon admission into the Order of Quebec, members are presented with various insignia of the organization—a medallion, miniature, and button. All are administered by the Regulations for the Insignia of the National Order of Quebec and were designed by
Madeleine Dansereau, who was inspired by the
heraldic
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elements of the
provincial flag, notably the colours of blue and white used on the order's ribbon and the ''
fleur-de-lis''. The badge of a Grand Officer consists of two 18
kt gold
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plates, in the shape of a
cross
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formed by two by arms, symmetrically superimposed atop one another 4 mm apart, the obverse face a
high-polish,
rusticated surface; at the lower left corner is a white enamel ''fleur-de-lis''. On the reverse of the badge is inscribed the order's motto—''Honneur au peuple du Québec'' (homage to the people of Quebec)—and a serial number at the base of the vertical bar. The badge for Officers is of a nearly identical design, but made of arms long by wide, the obverse plate in 18k gold with an applied gold ''fleur-de-lis'', and the rear in
sterling silver. Knights have a medal with a diameter, brushed silver medallion with a symmetrically placed, etched cross with arms long by wide and filled with a highly polished, rusticated surface; a gold ''fleur-de-lis'' is mounted at the lower, left side of the cross. Each member will also receive miniature versions of their insignia, identical in appearance save for size: those for all grades being wide in each direction or in circumference. A lapel pin is also used for wear on casual civilian clothing.
Male members wear their emblems suspended from a wide ribbon, at the collar for Grand Officers and Officers, and on a vertical ribbon on a medal bar on the left chest for Knights; women Grand Officers and Officers wear their insignia on a ribbon bow pinned at the left shoulder, and female Knights carry their medals in the same fashion as the men. The ribbon for miniatures is wide.
The regulations of the National Order of Quebec stipulate that the premier presents new inductees with their insignia, either on the
National Holiday of Quebec or another day during the National Week. The ceremony takes place in the ''
Salon Rouge'' of the
parliament building in
Quebec City
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, though exceptions are sometimes made when inductees cannot be present (notably for some non-Quebecer appointments).
The insignia remain property of the
Crown in Right of Quebec and must be returned upon a holder's cessation of membership in the society, whether by death or dismissal.
Inductees
The following are some notable appointees into the National Order of Quebec:
Quebec inductees
Grand Officer
*
Jean Victor Allard
General Jean Victor Allard (12 June 1913 – 23 April 1996) was the first French Canadian to become Chief of the Defence Staff, the highest position in the Canadian Forces, from 1966 to 1969. He was also the first to hold the accompanying rank o ...
,
Chief of the Defence Staff, appointed 1985
*
Marcel Bélanger
Marcel Bélanger, (June 2, 1920 – May 2, 2013) was a Canadian academic.
Born in Deschaillons, Quebec, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1940 and a Master of Commerce degree in 1943 from Université Laval. He received a Master of Arts ...
, economist, appointed 1974
*
Jean Béliveau , hockey player, appointed 2010
*
Lucien Bouchard
Lucien Bouchard (; born December 22, 1938) is a Canadian lawyer, diplomat and retired politician.
Minister for two years in the Mulroney cabinet, Bouchard then led the emerging Bloc Québécois and became Leader of the Opposition in the House ...
, 27th Premier of Quebec, appointed 2008
*
Robert Bourassa
Robert Bourassa (; July 14, 1933 – October 2, 1996) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 22nd premier of Quebec from 1970 to 1976 and from 1985 to 1994. A member of the Liberal Party of Quebec, he served a total of just un ...
, 22nd Premier of Quebec, appointed posthumously 2008
*
Leonard Norman Cohen , singer-songwriter, appointed 2008
*
Robert Després , businessman, appointed 2003
*
Jean Drapeau
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Major accomplishments of the Drapeau Administration include the development of the Montreal Metro entirely underground mass transi ...
, mayor of Montreal, appointed 1987
*
Marcelle Ferron
Marcelle Ferron, (January 29, 1924 – November 19, 2001), a Canadian '' Québécoise'' painter and stained glass artist, was one of the original 16 signatories of Paul-Émile Borduas's Refus global manifesto, and a major figure in the Quebec c ...
, painter and stained glass artist, appointed 1992
*
Gérard Filion
Gérard Filion, (August 18, 1909 – March 26, 2005) was a Canadian businessman and journalist.
Born in L'Isle-Verte, Quebec, the youngest of 17 children, he received a Bachelor of Arts from Université Laval in 1931 and a diploma in 1934 fr ...
, newspaper director, appointed 1989
*
Armand Frappier
Armand Frappier (November 26, 1904 – December 17, 1991) was a physician, microbiologist, and expert on tuberculosis from Quebec, Canada.
Born in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec, the son of Arthur-Alexis Frappier and Bernadette Codebecq, h ...
, researcher, appointed 1985
*
Paul Gérin-Lajoie
Paul Gérin-Lajoie, (; February 23, 1920 – June 25, 2018) was a Canadian lawyer, philanthropist, and a former member of the National Assembly of Quebec and Cabinet Minister.
Early life
Born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Henri Gérin-Laj ...
, appointed Officer in 1987 and Grand Officer in 1998
*
Phil Gold
Phil Gold (born September 17, 1936) is a Canadian physician, scientist, and professor.
Born in Montreal, Quebec, he received a BSc degree in 1957, a MSc degree in 1961, a MD degree in 1961, and a PhD in 1965 from McGill University. He obtai ...
, scientist, physician, appointed Officer in 1989 and Grand Officer in 2019
*
Daniel Johnson Jr.
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, 25th Premier of Quebec, appointed 2008
*
Pierre-Marc Johnson
Pierre-Marc Johnson (born July 5, 1946) is a Canadian lawyer, physician and politician. He was the 24th premier of Quebec from October 3 to December 12, 1985, making him the province's shortest-serving premier, and the first Baby Boomer to hold t ...
, 24th Premier of Quebec, appointed 2008
*
Phyllis Barbara Lambert , architect and philanthropist
*
Bernard Landry , 28th Premier of Quebec, appointed 2008
*
Charles Philippe Leblond
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, scientist, professor, appointed Grand Officer in 2001
*
Félix Leclerc
Félix Leclerc, (August 2, 1914 – August 8, 1988) was a French-Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, writer, actor and '' Québécois'' political activist. He was made an Officer of the Order of Canada on December 20, 1968. Leclerc was posth ...
, singer-songwriter, appointed 1985
*
Jean Paul Lemieux
Jean Paul Lemieux, (1904 - 1990) was one of the foremost twentieth century painters in Canada. He worked in several different styles, as represented by his five artistic periods.
Biography
He was born in Quebec City, where he also died. He wa ...
, painter, appointed posthumously 1997
*
René Lévesque
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, 23rd Premier of Quebec, appointed posthumously 2008
*
Martin Brian Mulroney , 18th Prime Minister of Canada, appointed 2002
*
Alanis Obomsawin , filmmaker, First Nations activist, appointed 2016
*
Jacques Parizeau
Jacques Parizeau (; August 9, 1930June 1, 2015) was a Canadian politician and Québécois economist who was a noted Quebec sovereigntist and the 26th premier of Quebec from September 26, 1994, to January 29, 1996.
Early life and career
Pariz ...
, 26th Premier of Quebec, appointed 2008
*
Jean-Paul Riopelle
Jean-Paul Riopelle, (October 7, 1923 – March 12, 2002) was a Canadian painter and sculptor from Quebec. He had one of the longest and most important international careers of the sixteen signatories of the ''Refus Global'', the 1948 manif ...
, painter, appointed Officer in 1988 and Grand Officer in 1994
*
Jean Vanier
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, philanthropist, theologian, founder of
L'Arche, appointed 1992
*
Gilles Vigneault , singer-songwriter, appointed Knight in 1985 and Grand Officer in 2000
Officer
*
Laurent Beaudoin , businessman appointed 1990
*
Francesco Bellini
Francesco Bellini, (; born November 20, 1947) is an Italian-born research scientist, administrator, entrepreneur and Quebecer business man.
A pioneer scientist-entrepreneur for Canadian bio-pharmaceutical industry, he was co-founder of Bioche ...
, research scientist and entrepreneur, appointed 2004
*
Daniel Borsuk
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, plastic surgeon, appointed 2019
*
Michel Brault
Michel Brault, OQ (25 June 1928 – 21 September 2013) was a Canadian cinematographer, cameraman, film director, screenwriter, and film producer. He was a leading figure of Direct Cinema, characteristic of the French branch of the National ...
, filmmaker, appointed 2003
*
Boris Brott
Boris Brott, (March 14, 1944 – April 5, 2022) was a Canadian conductor and motivational speaker. He was one of the most internationally recognized Canadian conductors, having conducted on stages around the world, including Carnegie Hall and ...
, conductor, appointed 2014
*
Solange Chaput-Rolland
Solange Chaput-Rolland, (May 14, 1919 – November 1, 2001) was a Canadian journalist, author, lecturer, politician, and Senator.
Born in Montreal, the daughter of Émile Chaput and Rosalie Loranger, she received her education from the Co ...
, appointed 1985
*
Jean Coutu , businessman, appointed 1993
*
Bernard Derome
Bernard Derome, CM, OQ (born January 10, 1944) is a Canadian broadcaster, who was news anchor for the weeknight editions of '' Le Téléjournal'' on Radio-Canada until December 18, 2008.
Biography
Derome studied at Saint Lawrence College under ...
, news anchor, appointed 2006
*
Céline Dion , singer, appointed 1998
*
Léon Dion
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Dion was born in Saint-Arsène, Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality. He founded the department of political science at Université Laval with G ...
, author, teacher, intellectual, appointed 1990
*
Fernand Dumont
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Biography
Filiatrault attained star status on TV in the 1960s, co-starring with Dominique Michel in the Radio-Canada television series '' Moi et l'autre'' (1967–71) a ...]
, playwright, actor, appointed 2000
*
Anne Hébert
Anne Hébert (pronounced in French) (August 1, 1916 – January 22, 2000), was a Canadian author and poet. She won Canada's top literary honor, the Governor General's Award, three times, twice for fiction and once for poetry.
Early life
Hébe ...
, writer, appointed 1985
*
Larkin Kerwin , physicist, appointed 1988
*
Lucia Kowaluk , community activist, appointed 2014
*
Louis Laberge
Joseph Léo Louis Laberge, (February 18, 1924 – July 18, 2002) was a Quebec labour union leader. He served as president of the Fédération des travailleurs du Québec (Quebec Federation of Labour) from 1964 until 1991.
In 1988, he was mad ...
, union leader, appointed 1988
*
Normand Laprise
Normand Laprise {{Post-nominals, country=CAN, CM, CQ (born 1961) is a Québécois (word), Quebecer chef and author. He is the owner and head chef of ''Toqué!'' and ''Brasserie T!'' in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Early life and education
Normand La ...
, chef and author, appointed 2009
*
Robert Lepage , playwright, filmmaker, appointed 1999
*
Monique F. Leroux, businesswoman, appointed 2012
*
Jean-Louis Lévesque , entrepreneur, philanthropist, appointed 1991
*
André Melançon OQ, actor, screenwriter and film director, appointed 2013
*
Gaston Miron
Gaston Miron (; 8 January 1928 – 14 December 1996) was an important poet, writer, and editor of Quebec's Quiet Revolution. His classic ''L'homme rapaillé'' (partly translated as ''The March to Love: Selected Poems of Gaston Miron'', whose ...
, poet, appointed 1996
*
Ted Moses
Ted Moses, (born 1950) is a Cree politician from Eastmain, a small remote village in northern Quebec, Canada. He is a former Grand Chief of the Grand Council of the Crees. In addition, Mr. Moses is a recipient of the title of "Officer" of th ...
, aboriginal chief, appointed 2002
*
Lise Payette , politician, writer, appointed 2001
*
Pierre Péladeau
Pierre Péladeau, (April 11, 1925 – December 24, 1997) was a French-Canadian businessman. He was the founder of Quebecor Inc., a Canadian media and telecommunications conglomerate in Quebec.
He was the father of billionaire Pierre Karl Péla ...
businessman, appointed 1989
*
Louise Penny
Louise Penny is a Canadian author of mystery novels set in the Canadian province of Quebec centred on the work of francophone Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec. Penny's first career was as a radio broadcaster for the Can ...
, author, appointed 2017
*
Hubert Reeves
Hubert Reeves (born July 13, 1932), is a Canadian astrophysicist and popularizer of science.
Early life and education
Reeves was born in Montreal on July 13, 1932, and as a child lived in Léry. Reeves attended Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf, a ...
, astrophysicist, appointed 1994
*
Maurice Richard
Joseph Henri Maurice "Rocket" Richard (; ; August 4, 1921 – May 27, 2000) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Montreal Canadiens. He was the first player in NHL hist ...
, hockey player, appointed 1985
*
Mary Simon , Governor General of Canada, appointed 1992
*
Mary Two-Axe Earley
Mary Two-Axe Earley (born Mary Two-Axe; October 4, 1911 – August 21, 1996) was a Mohawk and Oneida women's rights activist from the reserve of Kahnawake in Quebec, Canada. After losing her legal Indian status due to marrying a non-status man ...
, women's rights activist, appointed 1985
*
Jacques Villeneuve
Jacques Joseph Charles Villeneuve ( born 9 April 1971) is a Canadian professional racing driver and amateur musician who won the 1997 Formula One World Championship with Williams. In addition to Formula One (F1) he has competed in various ot ...
, racing driver, appointed 1998
Knight
*
Jacques Amyot , long-distance swimmer, appointed 2001
*
Denys Arcand , filmmaker, appointed 1990
*
Frédéric Back , animator, appointed 1989
*
Alice Benjamin, appointed 1993
*
Sylvie Bernier , Olympic diver, appointed 1985
*
Ferdinand Biondi , radio broadcaster, appointed 1985
*
Neil Bissoondath , author, appointed 2010
*
Denise Bombardier , journalist, appointed 2000
*
Claire Bonenfant
Claire Bonenfant (27 June 1925 – 29 September 1996) was a Canadian politician and champion of feminist rights. A Chevalier of the Ordre national du Québec, Bonenfant was president of the Quebec Status of Women Council. The University of Laval's ...
, president of the Quebec Status of Women Council, appointed 1991
*
Émile Bouchard
Joseph Émile Alcide Bouchard, CM, CQ (4 September 1919 – 14 April 2012) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played defence with the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League from 1941 to 1956. He is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fa ...
, hockey player, appointed 2008
*
Gaétan Boucher
Gaétan T. Boucher, (born May 10, 1958), is a Canadian former speed skating Olympic champion.
Biography
Boucher first trained in ice hockey, the leading sport in Canada but then changed to speed skating after winning a national title in 1972. ...
, speed skater, appointed 1985
*
Isabelle Boulay
Isabelle Boulay, (born 6 July 1972) is a French Canadian singer.
Biography
Born in Sainte-Félicité, Quebec, where her parents owned a restaurant, Boulay moved to the nearby city of Matane at the start of her adolescence, and studied litera ...
, singer, appointed 2012
*
Pierre Bourque , mayor of Montreal, appointed 1993
*
Françoise David
Françoise David (born January 13, 1948) is a former spokesperson of Québec solidaire – a left-wing, feminist, and sovereigntist political party in the province of Quebec, Canada. She was elected to serve as the Member of the National Assemb ...
, social and feminist activist, appointed 1999
*
Yvon Deschamps , comedian, appointed 2001
*
Jean Duceppe , actor, appointed 1985
*
Diane Dufresne , singer and painter, appointed 2002
*
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif (; born February 11, 1991) is a Canadian football guard for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played university football and attended medical school at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, be ...
, NFL player, appointed 2019
*
Gad Elmaleh
Gad Elmaleh ( ar, جاد المالح, Latn, ar, Gād el-Māleḥ; born 19 April 1971) is a Moroccan-Canadian stand-up comedian and actor who achieved fame in France, Morocco and the United States. He is best known in the French-speaking worl ...
, comedian, appointed 2017
*
Marc Favreau , actor, appointed 1995
*
Jean-Pierre Ferland , singer-songwriter
*
Madeleine Ferron
Madeleine Ferron (July 24, 1922 – February 27, 2010) was a Canadian writer.
Biography
She was born in Louiseville, Quebec. She began her early studies with the Sisters of Saint Anne, continuing at the Université de Montréal and Universit ...
, writer, appointed 1992
*
Daniel Germain
Daniel Germain, (born 1964) is a Canadian philanthropist. He is president and founder of the Breakfast Club of Canada, a Canadian charity that promotes and assists the establishment and maintenance of school breakfast programs in Canada."Realizi ...
, philanthropist, appointed 1997
*
Jacques Godbout , writer and filmmaker, appointed 1998
*
Marc-André Hamelin
Marc-André Hamelin, OC, CQ (born September 5, 1961), is a Canadian virtuoso pianist and composer. Hamelin is recognized worldwide for the originality and technical proficiency of his performances of the classic repertoire. He has received 11 Gr ...
, pianist
*
Otto Joachim , composer, musician, painter, appointed 1993
*
Roland-Benoît Jomphe
Roland-Benoît Jomphe (1917–2003) was a Quebec poet from the Minganie region of Quebec.
Early life
He was born at Pointe-aux-Esquimaux in what later became the town of Havre-Saint-Pierre. His father was a fisherman.
Career
Jomphe became a f ...
, poet, appointed 1987
*
Oliver Theophilus Jones , pianist, organist, composer and arranger, appointed 1994
*
Pauline Julien , singer-songwriter, appointed 1997
*
Marie-Claire Kirkland-Casgrain , appointed 1985
*
Françoise Labbé , artist, appointed 1997
*
Jacques Lacombe
Jacques Lacombe, (born July 14, 1963 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec) is a Canadian conductor.
Lacombe began his musical learning with choral singing. He later trained as an organist, and continued his studies at the Conservatoire de musique du ...
, conductor, appointed 2012
*
Jacques Lacoursière
Jacques Lacoursière, (4 May 1932 – 1 June 2021) was a Canadian TV host, author and historian.
Life and career
Lacoursière was born in Shawinigan, in the Mauricie region, and then resided in Beauport in the Greater Quebec area.
Lacoursi ...
, historian, appointed 2002
*
Guy Lafleur
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, hockey player, appointed 2005
*
Guy Laliberté
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, appointed 1997
*
Mario Lemieux
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, hockey player, appointed 2009
*
Michel Lemieux
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, performance artist and theatre director, appointed 2014
*
Édouard Lock
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Career
La La La Human Steps Founder, Artistic Director and Choreographer Édouard Lock began hi ...
, dancer, appointed 2001
*
Louis Lortie
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Education
Born in Montreal, Lortie made his debut with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra at the age of thirteen and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra three years l ...
, pianist, appointed 1998
*
Norman McLaren
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, animator and filmmaker, appointed 1985
*
Julie Payette
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Payette holds engineering degrees from McGill ...
, astronaut, appointed 2000
*
Oscar Peterson
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, jazz musician, appointed 1991
*
Chantal Petitclerc , wheelchair athlete, Canadian senator, appointed 2005
* Samuel Pierre, professor, appointed 20
*
Victor Pilon
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Life and career
After a two-year stay in Europe, Pilon enrolled in visual arts at the University of Ottawa. In 1983, ...
, director, theatre designer, visual designer and photographer, appointed 2014
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Luc Plamondon
Luc Plamondon, OC, CQ (b. March 2, 1942 in Saint-Raymond, Quebec), is a French-Canadian lyricist and music executive. He is best known for his work on the musicals ''Starmania'' and ''Notre-Dame de Paris''.
He is the brother of Louis Plamondo ...
, songwriter, appointed 1990
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Jean-Louis Roux
Jean-Louis Roux, (May 18, 1923 – November 28, 2013) was a Canadian politician, entertainer and playwright who was briefly the List of lieutenant governors of Quebec#Lieutenant Governors of Quebec, 1867–present, 26th Lieutenant Governor of Que ...
, actor and Lieutenant Governor of Quebdec, appointed 1989
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Hubert Sacy
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, General manager of Éduc’alcool, appointed 2010
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Pierre Théberge
Pierre Théberge (August 9, 1942 – October 5, 2018) was a museum director, curator and art historian, who was an advocate for Canadian art.
Career
Théberge was born the seventh of nine children on August 9, 1942, in Saint-Éleuthère, Queb ...
, Museum director
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:fr:Michèle Thibodeau-DeGuire , engineer, appointed in 2005
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Michel Tremblay
Michel Tremblay (born 25 June 1942) is a French-Canadian novelist and playwright.
Tremblay was born in Montreal, Quebec, where he grew up in the French-speaking neighbourhood of Plateau Mont-Royal; at the time of his birth, a neighbourhood wit ...
, playwright and author, appointed 1991
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Alain Trudel
Alain Trudel (born 13 June 1966) is a Canadian conductor, trombonist and composer.
Biography
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Trudel first became known to the public as a trombone soloist. He made his solo debut at the age of 18, with Charles Dutoit a ...
, conductor and trombonist, appointed 2019
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Jesús Carles de Vilallonga
Jesús Carles de Vilallonga i Rosell (1927, Santa Coloma de Farners, Spain – 2018, Barcelona, Spain) was a Spanish/Canadian figurative artist who worked primarily in the medium of egg tempera. He is best known for his richly textured paintings ...
, painter, appointed 2011
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Denis Villeneuve
Denis Villeneuve (; born October 3, 1967) is a Canadian filmmaker. He is a four-time recipient of the Canadian Screen Award (formerly Genie Award) for Best Direction, winning for '' Maelström'' in 2001, '' Polytechnique'' in 2009, ''Incendies ...
, director and screenwriter, appointed in 2019
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Paul Zumthor
Paul Zumthor, (5 August 1915 – 11 January 1995) was a medievalist, literary historian, and linguist. He was a Swiss from Geneva.
Biography
He studied in Paris with Gustave Cohen and worked on French etymology with Walther von Wartburg. In ...
, medievalist and literary historian, appointed 1992
Non-Quebec inductees
Honorary Grand Officer
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Charles Dutoit
Charles Édouard Dutoit (born 7 October 1936) is a Swiss conductor. He is currently the principal guest conductor for the Saint Petersburg Philharmonia and co-director of thMISA Festival in Shanghai In 2017, he became the 103rd recipient of th ...
, conductor, appointed 1995
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François Hollande
François Gérard Georges Nicolas Hollande (; born 12 August 1954) is a French politician who served as President of France from 2012 to 2017. He previously was First Secretary of the Socialist Party (PS) from 1997 to 2008, Mayor of Tulle from ...
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President of France
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, appointed 2014
Honorary Officer
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Raymond Barre ,
Prime Minister of France
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The prime minister ...
, appointed 1986
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Jacques Chirac
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, President of France, appointed 1987
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Jim Douglas ,
Governor of Vermont, appointed 2010
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Michel Drucker , television host, appointed Knight 2001, Officer 2010
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Laurent Fabius , Prime Minister of France, appointed 1986
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Lionel Jospin , Prime Minister of France, appointed 1998
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Alain Juppé
Alain Marie Juppé (; born 15 August 1945) is a French politician. A member of The Republicans, he was Prime Minister of France from 1995 to 1997 under President Jacques Chirac, during which period he faced major strikes that paralysed the coun ...
, Prime Minister of France, appointed 1996
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Antonine Maillet ,
Acadian
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writer and playwright, appointed 1990
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Nana Mouskouri ,
Greek singer, appointed 2013
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Alain Peyrefitte
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, FrenCch politician, appointed 1998
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Jordi Pujol ,
President of the Generalitat of Catalonia
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, appointed 1996
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Jean-Pierre Raffarin
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He resigned after France's rejection of the referendum on the European Union draft constitution. Howeve ...
, Prime Minister of France, appointed 2003
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Michel Rocard , Prime Minister of France, appointed 2000
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Philippe Séguin
Philippe Séguin (21 April 1943 – 7 January 2010) was a French political figure who was President of the National Assembly from 1993 to 1997 and President of the Cour des Comptes of France from 2004 to 2010.
He entered the Court of Financi ...
, President of the
French National Assembly
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, appointed 2000
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Edmund Stoiber
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, Minister-President of
Bavaria
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, appointed 2003
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Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga
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,
President of Latvia
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The term of office is four years. Before 1999, it w ...
, appointed 2006
Honorary Knight
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David Azrieli , architect, appointed 1999
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Gérard Depardieu
Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu, CQ (, , ; born 27 December 1948) is a French actor, filmmaker, businessman and vineyard owner since 1989 who is one of the most prolific thespians in film history having completed over 250 films since 1967 alm ...
, actor, appointed 2002
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Bernard Pivot
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Biography
Pivot was born in Lyon, the son of two grocers. During Worl ...
, television host, appointed 2001
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Canadian order of precedence (decorations and medals)
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Awards of valour
National orders
Provincial orders
Territorial orders
National decorations
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State decoration
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Prix du Québec
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Cultura ...
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