The following are the appointments to various Canadian Honours of 2012. Usually, they are announced as part of the New Year and Canada Day celebrations and are published within the Canada Gazette during year. This follows the custom set out within the United Kingdom which publishes its appoints of various British Honours for New Year's and for monarch's official birthday. However, instead of the midyear appointments announced on Victoria Day, the official birthday of the Canadian Monarch, this custom has been transferred with the celebration of Canadian Confederation and the creation of the Order of Canada.

As the Canada Gazette publishes appointment to various orders, decorations and medal, either Canadian or from Commonwealth and foreign states, this article will reference all Canadians so honoured during the 2012 calendar year.

Provincial Honours are not listed within the Canada Gazette, however they are listed within the various publications of each provincial government. Provincial honours are listed within the page.

2012 was also the year of the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada. 60,000 Canadians had been awarded with the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal during this anniversary year.

The Order of Canada

Companions of the Order of Canada The Honourable Ian Corneil Binnie, C.C. Natalie Zemon Davis, C.C. The Right Honourable Paul Edgar Philippe Martin, P.C., C.C. Yannick Nézet-Séguin, C.C.

Officer of the Order of Canada Robert G. Bertram, O.C. Jean Bissonnette, O.C. Francine Décary, O.C., O.Q. Elizabeth Dowdeswell, O.C. Angèle Dubeau, O.C., C.Q. - This is a promotion within the Order Paul Hoffman, O.C. Prabhat Jha, O.C. Ralph Klein, O.C., A.O.E. Maryse Lassonde, O.C., C.Q. John Last, O.C. Jean-François Lépine, O.C. Hadi-Khan Mahabadi, O.C. Ermanno Mauro, O.C. Marianne McKenna, O.C. Craig Oliver, O.C. The Honourable P. Michael Pitfield, P.C., O.C., C.V.O. Sharon Pollock, O.C. John Brian Patrick (Pat) Quinn, O.C. The Honourable John D. Richard, O.C. Cecil H. Rorabeck, O.C. Louise Roy, O.C., O.Q. Gordon Semenoff, O.C. Chantal St-Cyr Hébert, O.C. Gilles Tremblay, O.C., O.Q. The Honourable Marilyn Trenholme Counsell, O.C., D.St.J., O.N.B. General Maurice Baril, O.C., C.M.M., M.S.M., C.D. (Retired) The Honourable James Bartleman, O.C., O.Ont. Aldo Albert Daniel Bensadoun, O.C. Lieutenant-General Joseph Jacques Charles Bouchard, O.C., C.M.M., M.S.C., C.D. William Scott Bowman, O.C. Alain Dubuc, O.C. Robert R. Fowler, O.C. Donald A. S. Fraser, O.C. Gordon Guyatt, O.C. General Rick J. Hillier, O.C., C.M.M., M.S.C., C.D. (Retired) P. Thomas (Tom) Jenkins, O.C. Hugh A. Krentz, O.C. Bruce Kuwabara, O.C. The Honourable Kevin G. Lynch, P.C., O.C. R. Peter MacKinnon, O.C. James McEwen, O.C. Stuart McLean, O.C. Jean-Jacques Nattiez, O.C., C.Q. - This is a promotion within the Order Charles Pachter, O.C. - This is a promotion within the Order Catherine Robbin, O.C. Seymour Schulich, O.C. David W. Scott, O.C. Jeffrey Skoll, O.C. Calvin Ralph Stiller, O.C., O.Ont. - This is a promotion within the Order Yuli Turovsky, O.C., C.Q. Brian Williams, O.C. Tim Wynne-Jones, O.C. Alvin Zipursky, O.C.

Members of the Order of Canada Carolyn Acker, C.M. Dyane Adam, C.M. Patsy Anderson, C.M. Allan Gordon Bell, C.M. Arthur Norman Bielfeld, C.M. Roger Bland, C.M. Robert Bourne, C.M. Pierre Bruneau, C.M., O.Q. John Buhler, C.M. Silver Donald Cameron, C.M. Stephen Chatman, C.M. Guy Corneau, C.M. Franklin Delaney, C.M. Wadih M. Fares, C.M. Anthony (Tony) Fields, C.M. Allan Gotlib, C.M. Michel Goulet, C.M. Alia Hogben, C.M. Greg Hollingshead, C.M. Nancy Kilgour, C.M. Henry Kloppenburg, C.M. Merril Knudtson, C.M. The Honourable Frances Lankin, P.C., C.M. Louis LaPierre, C.M. William Laskin, C.M. Monique F. Leroux, C.M. Guy Maddin, C.M., O.M. Salem Masry, C.M. Kenneth Maybee, C.M., O.M.M., C.D. Des McAnuff, C.M. Elizabeth McWeeny, C.M. Lois Mitchell, C.M. Bernice Morgan, C.M. Marian Packham, C.M. Gordon Rawlinson, C.M. Jean-Guy Rioux, C.M. Michèle Rouleau, C.M., C.Q. Marie Saint Pierre, C.M., C.Q. Emanuele (Lino) Saputo, C.M., O.Q. Steven Schipper, C.M. Cyril Simard, C.M., O.Q. Laure Waridel, C.M. Miriam Adams, C.M. Archibald (Archie) Alleyne, C.M. Cheryl Bartlett, C.M. Hans-Ludwig Blohm, C.M. Margaret Bloodworth, C.M. Lawrence S. Bloomberg, C.M., O.Ont. Benoît Bouchard, C.M. France Chrétien Desmarais, C.M. Jocelyne Côté-O'Hara, C.M. Tom Dawe, C.M. Jean Deslauriers, C.M. Daphne E. Dumont, C.M. John T. Ferguson, C.M. Mary Ferguson-Paré, C.M. Joella Foulds, C.M. Mary Margaret Hetherington, C.M. Noel Pattison James, C.M. Ana Paula Lopes, C.M. Denis Losier, C.M. Leslie (Les) Manning, C.M. Michael Meaney, C.M., C.Q. David Northcott, C.M., O.M. Ratna Omidvar, C.M., O.Ont. Aaju Peter, C.M. Samuel Pierre, C.M., C.Q. Sean Riley, C.M. Pierrette Robitaille, C.M. Nigel Rusted, C.M., O.N.L. Kathy Sendall, C.M. Louise Sicuro, C.M. Margaret Spoelstra, C.M. Anita Stewart, C.M. Claude St-Laurent, C.M. Garnette Sutherland, C.M. Donald John Taylor, C.M. Maïr Verthuy, C.M. Bernard Zinman, C.M.

Order of Merit of the Police Forces

Commander of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces

Chief William Sterling Blair (This is a promotion within the Order.)

Officers of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces Assistant Commissioner Roger L. Brown Chief Constable Michael Robert Chadwick Superintendent Mario Di Tommaso Chief Robert Philip Johnston Deputy Chief Constable Douglas A. LePard (This is a promotion within the Order.) Chief Thomas Mathew McKenzie Chief Stephen J. Tanner Chief Matthew A. Torigian

Members of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces Inspector William A. Renton Sergeant Jocelyn April Mr. Alexandre Beaudoin Maître Francis Brabant Staff Sergeant Patrick Adrian Cahill Sergeant François Caron Assistant Director General François Charpentier Superintendent Deborah Clark Deputy Chief Andrew M. Fletcher Chief Inspector Yves Guay Sergeant Mark Houldworth Deputy Chief Constable Richard John Lucy Sergeant Michael J. MacDonald Constable Linda A. Malcolm Sergeant Mike Novakowski Inspector Trent Rolfe Sergeant Daniel Patrick Russell Inspector Sean Ryan Superintendent John Schmidt Detective Constable Jonathan P. R. Sheldan Superintendent William Stewart Chief Superintendent Richard Bruce Taylor Deputy Chief S. Brent Thomlison Inspector Scott A. Thompson Inspector Richard Wayne Votour Deputy Chief Alan Williams

Erratum The notice published on page 746 of the March 24, 2012, issue of the Canada Gazette, Part I, is hereby amended as follows: Member of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces, as of January 5, 2012 to Sergeant John Mark Houldsworth

Royal Victorian Order

Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order Herbert Allen Le Roy

Member of the Royal Victorian Order Rosemary Doyle-Morier William John Edward Stewart

Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem

Bailiff Grand Cross of the Order of St. John Frederick Richard Bruce, MOM, Brandon, MB

Knights and Dames of the Order of St. John Mairi Christina Arthur, Bedford, NS - This is a promotion within the Order Lieutenant-Colonel Daniel Sutherland Campbell Mackay, OMM, CD, Ottawa, ON His Honour, the Honourable Brigadier General (Retired) John James Grant, CMM, CD, Halifax, NS Her Honour, the Honourable Vaughn Solomon Schofield, SOM, Winnipeg, MB

Commanders of the Order of St. John Kirk Woodruff Corkery, CD, Richmond Hill, ON - This is a promotion within the Order Teresa Kim Kwong, Calgary, AB - This is a promotion within the Order Andrea Libby, Fredericton, NB - This is a promotion within the Order Mia Michelle Nagasaki, Alliston, ON - This is a promotion within the Order Corporal (Retired) Alvin Reginald Windley, CD, Calgary, AB - This is a promotion within the Order Douglas Gordon Labron, Brockville, ON Terrence Howard Wardrop, Burlington, ON

Officers of the Order of St. John Alan Thomas Blundell, Mississauga, ON - This is a promotion within the Order Laurence Cheng, Vancouver, BC - This is a promotion within the Order The Venerable Edward Norman Dallow, CD, Kingston, ON - This is a promotion within the Order Les Johnson, Ottawa, ON - This is a promotion within the Order Joseph Paul Andre Roger Lavallee, CD, Brighton, ON - This is a promotion within the Order Nancy Diane Mattinson, Kingston, NS - This is a promotion within the Order Major Larry McMorran, CD, Dundas, ON - This is a promotion within the Order Carol Elizabeth Parsons, Mount Pearl, NL - This is a promotion within the Order Major Joseph John Petozzi, CD, Binbrook, ON - This is a promotion within the Order Katelyn Rose Szlater, Calgary, AB - This is a promotion within the Order Peter Tang, Vancouver, BC - This is a promotion within the Order Gerald Joseph Antle Jr., Goulds, NL James William Carroll, Logy Bay, NL Captain Jason Brent English, MMM, CD, Winnipeg, MB Donna Marie Hansen, CD, Ottawa, ON Leslie Helen Jack, Grimsby, ON Alain Laurencelle, Winnipeg, MB Linda Oakes, Guelph, ON Wayne Albert Purchase, Conception Bay South, NL Sergeant Brent Kenneth Schriner, CD, Hamilton, ON Colonel Richard Brian Stasuik, CD, Nanaimo, BC

Members of the Order of St. John Sergeant (Retired) Stephen Gerald Andrews, CD, Trenton, ON Gary Edwin Ashby, Porter's Lake, NS Master Seaman Heather Frances Bardell, CD, Kingston, ON Stèven Bélanger, Baie-Comeau, QC Allan Burnell Bird, CD, Manotick, ON Karine Dufresne, Montréal, QC Major Dean Paul Gresko, CD, Thunder Bay, ON Josephine Hall, Nepean, ON Jacques Janson, Ottawa, ON Donald Richard Jellie, Courtenay, BC Patricia Katherine Kearney, Ottawa, ON Beverly Eileen Lafortune, Edmonton, AB Maxime Lefebvre, Saint-Jérôme, QC Ian Joseph MacIntyre, Halifax, NS Walter William Makortoff, Heffley Creek, BC Kristeen McKee, Sudbury, ON Holly Jane McKenzie, Barrie, ON Jane Elizabeth McLaren, Cornwall, ON Honorary Colonel John Buckingham Newman, Toronto, ON Dennis O'Grady, Grand Falls-Windsor, NL Reverend Lloyd O'Neill, Halifax, NS Sebastien Rheaume, Rawdon, QC Margaret Helen Sidney, Kamloops, BC Jennifer Lyn Simpson, Woodstock, ON Lieutenant Ian Charles Steingaszner, Snowball, ON Andrew Wilder, Owen Sound, ON William Wood, Moncton, NB Christine Ann Armstrong, Winnipeg, MB Russell Grant Austin, Martensville, SK Richard Nevin Ball, St. Marys, ON Shannon-Lee Marlene Barry, Winnipeg, MB Captain Amy Lynn Belbin, Brockville, ON Darrel Francis Forbes Brown, Winnipeg, MB Major Steven Mark Daniel, Yellowknife, NT Glenys Deanna May Dlugosch, Mount Pearl, NL Noreen Flynn, Paradise, NL Anne Louise Grundy, Kingston, ON Raylene Marie Jonassen, Winnipeg, MB Deborah Anne Kelly, Windsor, ON Jennifer Kotsamanes, Cambridge, ON Armand Paul Labarge, Bethany, ON Renee Elizabeth McCormick, Sudbury, ON Judith McIlwaine, Bath, ON Brian Metcalfe, St. John's, NL Dawn Mohammed, Winnipeg, MB James Allan Osborn, Windsor, ON Darrell William Petite, Kingston, ON Larry Poulin-Carreau, Beauceville, QC Elizabeth Jean Purssell, Kingston, ON Debra Susan Roskam, Brandon, MB Cynthia Jean Russell, Cambridge, ON Malcolm Tinsley, Winnipeg, MB Joseph Bruce Varner, Ottawa, ON

Erratum The notice published on page 1963 of the June 25, 2011, issue of the Canada Gazette, Part I, is hereby amended as follows: Promotion as an Officers of the Order of St. John as of December 15, 2010, to Lieutenant-Colonel Daniel Richard Stepaniuk, CD, Dundas, ON

Provincial Honours

National Order of Québec

Grand Officers of the National Order of Québec JEAN-LOUIS BAUDOUIN, G.O.Q JACQUELINE DESMARAIS, G.O.Q

Officers of the National Order of Québec

PIERRE BOURGIE, O.Q André Bureau, O.Q Daniel Gauthier, O.Q Bartha Knoppers, O.Q NANCY NEAMTAN, O.Q Béatrice Picard, O.Q JEAN-CLAUDE POITRAS, O.Q NORBERT RODRIGUE, O.Q Geneviève Salbaing, O.Q