The following are the appointments to various Canadian Honours of 2008. Usually, they are announced as part of the New Year and Canada Day celebrations and are published within the Canada Gazette during the 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.
However, 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 2008 calendar year.
Provincial Honours are not listed within the Canada Gazette. However, they are listed here.
The Order of Canada
Companion of the Order of Canada
The Right Honourable Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien, PC, CC, QC Prudy Crawford, CC - This is a promotion within the Order The Honourable Barnett J. Danson, PC, CC - This is a promotion within the Order Rock Demers, CC - This is a promotion within the Order The Honourable Charles D. Gonthier, CC The Honourable Frank Iacobucci, CC Preston Manning, CC The Honourable Louise Arbour, CC Michael Snow, CC - This is a promotion within the Order Margaret E. Southern, CC, LVO, AEO - This is a promotion within the Order The Right Honourable Kim Campbell, P.C., C.C. The Honourable John C. Major, C.C. G. Wallace F. McCain, C.C., O.N.B. - This is a promotion within the Order Raymond Moriyama, C.C., O.Ont. - This is a promotion within the Order Marcel Trudel, C.C., G.O.Q. - This is a promotion within the Order
Honorary Officers of the Order of Canada Charles Aznavour, O.C. Bernard Pivot, O.C.
Officer of the Order of Canada
Bertha Clark, OC Tom Cochrane, OC Paul Corkum, OC The Honourable William Hoyt, OC Molly Johnson, OC Leon Katz, OC, O.Ont Edward A. Lyons, OC Michael Maclear, OC Alistair MacLeod, OC Carolyn McAskie, OC Derek Oland, OC Miles Richardson, OC Robbie Robertson, OC Ginette Lemire Rodger, OC Jane Stewart, OC Pamela Wallin, OC, SOM Kenny Wheeler, OC Marie Chiouinard, OC David A. Dodge, OC Richard L. (Rick) George, OC Deborah Grey, OC Clara Hughes, OC, O.Man Douglas Gordon Jones, OC The Honourable E. Leo Kolber, OC Donat Lacroix, OC Jean Lemire, OC Joanne McDonald, OC, ONL Grant Munro, OC Stephen Nash, OC, OBC Alex Neve, OC Adrianne Pieczonka, OC Richard Puddephatt, OC Muriel Smith, OC Steven Staryk, OC Lawrence M. Tanebaum, OC Jeff Wall, OC Jocelyne Alloucherie, O.C. Gail Asper, O.C., O.M. Randolph C. (Randy) Bachman, O.C., O.M. Robin W. Boadway, O.C. Raymond Breton, O.C. AA Bronson, O.C. Victor S. Buffalo, O.C., A.O.E. Maria Campbell, O.C., S.O.M. Joan Clark, O.C. George Elliott Clarke, O.C., O.N.S. Jean-Marie Dufour, O.C., O.Q. Basil (Buzz) Hargrove, O.C. Martha Jodrey, O.C. The Honourable Donald J. Johnston, P.C., O.C. Victor Ling, O.C., O.B.C. Peter Mansbridge, O.C. Allan P. Markin, O.C. Piers McDonald, O.C. The Honourable Frank McKenna, P.C., O.C., O.N.B. Timothy R. Oke, O.C. The Honourable Landon Pearson, O.C. Clayton H. Riddell, O.C. John N. Smith, O.C. David Sweet, O.C. Audrey Thomas, O.C. Paul Thompson, O.C.
Members of the Order of Canada
Jean-Baptiste (John) Arcand, C.M. Chrystine Brouillet, C.M. Elizabeth (Libby) Burnham, C.M. Jean C. Chiasson, C.M. Joan Craig, C.M. Alexander (Al) Davidson, C.M. Mary Dawson, C.M. Flora M. Dell, C.M. Robert Doyle, C.M. Maria K. Eriksen, C.M. John Fanning, C.M. Bunny Ferguson, C.M. William Fitzgerald, C.M. J. Barry French, C.M. Ronald Gillespie, C.M. Terrence Gillespie, C.M. Muriel Gold, C.M. Charlotte Gray, C.M. Doreen Hall, C.M. Robert H. A. Haslam, C.M. The Honourable Lynda Haverstock, C.M., S.O.M. The Reverend Dr. Brent Hawkes, C.M. Peter A. Howlett, C.M. Beryl Ivey, C.M. Zbigniew Kabata, C.M. Laurent Lapierre, C.M. Ronald Edward Lawless, C.M. Jon Lien, C.M. P. Ann MacCuspie, C.M. Douglas MacPhee, C.M. Robert R. McEwen, C.M. Thomas W. Noseworthy, C.M. Elizabeth Parr-Johnston, C.M. Jean E. Portugal, C.M. Lola Rasminsky, C.M. Donald B. Rix, C.M., O.B.C. Leon Rooke, C.M. Kent Stetson, C.M. Jeffrey Turnbull, C.M. Jim Vallance, C.M. H. P. Daniel (Sandy) Van Ginkel, C.M. Timothy Vernon, C.M. Frederick A. (Fred) Walsh, C.M. Michael R. Weir, C.M., O.Ont. Howard White, C.M., O.B.C. Wilfrid Wilkinson, C.M. Clara Will, C.M. Garry W. Anderson, C.M. Tony Aspler, C.M. Peter Aucoin, C.M. Larry Audlaluk, C.M. John Barron, C.M. Margaret Becklake, C.M. Carol Gay Bell, C.M., S.O.M. Hélène-Andrée Bizier, C.M. Thea Borlase, C.M. Peter G. Buckland, C.M. Michael Clague, C.M. Armand de Mestral, C.M. Marcien Ferland, C.M. Mallory Gilbert, C.M. Frieda Granot, C.M. Walter Gretzky, C.M., O.Ont. Valerie Hussey, C.M. John E. (Jack) Irving, C.M. Antoine Landry, C.M. The Honourable Patrick LeSage, C.M. Karen Letofsky, C.M. The Honourable René J. Marin, C.M., O.M.M., O.Ont., C.D. Richard Parsons (Dick) North, C.M. Patricia O'Connor, C.M. Irene E. Pfeiffer, C.M. Kenneth Poyser, C.M. Derek A. Price, C.M. Bruce Pullan, C.M. Ray V. Rajotte, C.M., A.O.E., M.S.M. Joseph Schatzker, C.M. Michael D. Scott, C.M. Yoshio Senda, C.M. Paul Shaffer, C.M. Douglas A. Smith, C.M. Sister Margaret Smith, C.M. Jeffrey Spalding, C.M. T. Kenneth Thorlakson, C.M. Sister Margaret Vickers, C.M. Anne H. Wieler, C.M. Richard B. Wright, C.M. Gordon E. Arnell, C.M. Constance Backhouse, C.M. Lyle R. Best, C.M. Paul Bley, C.M. Peter Boneham, C.M. Yvette Bonny, C.M., C.Q. Jeanne-d'Arc Bouchard, C.M., C.Q. Robert E. Brown, C.M., O.Q. Judith Chernin Budovitch, C.M. Dominic Champagne, C.M. Simon Chang, C.M. Marcel A. Desautels, C.M. The Honourable Myra A. Freeman, C.M., O.N.S. Robert G. Glossop, C.M. Vladimir Hachinski, C.M. Dezso J. Horvath, C.M. Elke Inkster, C.M. Tim Inkster, C.M. Patrick J. Keenan, C.M., O.Ont. Marc Kielburger, C.M. Rudolph J. Kriegler, C.M. Norman Levine, C.M. Christine Leyser, C.M. H. Wade MacLauchlan, C.M. R. Gordon M. Macpherson, C.M. Mick Mallon, C.M. Judith Mappin, C.M. Michael R. Marrus, C.M. Ian W. McDougall, C.M. Axel Meisen, C.M. Henry Morgentaler, C.M. Philip Walter Owen, C.M. André Poilièvre, C.M. The Honourable Brenda Robertson, C.M., O.N.B. Kenneth Charles Sauer, C.M., C.D. Bernard Savoie, C.M. Reginald Lorne Scott, C.M. T. Clayton Shields, C.M. John S. Speakman, C.M. James C. Temerty, C.M. José Verstappen, C.M. Henry H. Wakabayashi, C.M., O.B.C. George A. Zarb, C.M.
Order of Military Merit
Commanders of the Order of Military Merit
Major-General D. W. Langton, C.D. Lieutenant-General Andrew Brooke Leslie, M.S.C., M.S.M., C.D. - This is a promotion within the Order Major-General J. G. M. Lessard, C.D. Rear-Admiral Tyrone H. W. Pile, C.D. Vice-Admiral Drew William Robertson, M.S.M., C.D. - This is a promotion within the Order Major-General W. Angus Watt, C.D. - This is a promotion within the Order Major-General S. A. Beare, C.M.M., M.S.M., C.D. Major-General D. J. R. S. Benjamin, C.M.M., C.D. - This is a promotion within the Order Major-General J. M. Duval, C.M.M., C.D Major-General J. P. Y. D. Gosselin, C.M.M., C.D. - This is a promotion within the Order Rear-Admiral P. D. McFadden, C.M.M., C.D. Rear-Admiral B. M. Weadon, C.M.M., C.D
Officers of the Order of Military Merit
Colonel Jonathan Keith Ambler, C.D. Colonel Yvan Joseph Aime Jean Blondin, C.D. Commander David Ross Garbutt Brown, C.D. Colonel R. K. (Ken) Chadder, C.D. Major Frances Louise Chilton-Mackay, C.D. Major Frederick Wayne Cyr, C.D. Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Paul de Boucherville Taillon, C.D. Lieutenant-Colonel Brigid White Dooley-Tremblay, C.D. Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Bruce Fawcett, C.D. Captain(N) David Christopher Gardam, C.D. Major Lloyd William Arthur Gillam, C.D. Captain(N) Laurence M. Hickey, C.D. Colonel Douglas Craig Hilton, C.D. Colonel Joseph Jacques Aubert Lachance, C.D. Colonel Joseph Rene Marcel Guy Laroche, C.D. Colonel Tom James Lawson, C.D. Major J. M. A. Levesque, C.D. Captain(N) Paul Andrew Maddison, C.D. Commander John Frederick Newton, C.D. Lieutenant-Colonel Paul Ormsby, C.D. Lieutenant-Colonel Jean-Pierre Pichette, C.D. Major Lee-Anne Quinn, C.D. Commander John Allen Roche, C.D. Lieutenant-Colonel Stéphane Roy, C.D. Colonel Clyde Thomas Russell, C.D. Colonel Grant Yorkland Smith, C.D. Colonel Gary Reginald Stafford, C.D. Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Emil Staniowski, C.D. Colonel Denis Thompson, C.D. Captain(N) Kelly Edward Williams, M.S.M., C.D. Colonel Paul Francis Wynnyk, C.D. Colonel Lorne David Zens, C.D. Lieutenant-Colonel Susan Beharriell, O.M.M., C.D. Captain (N) S. C. Bertrand, O.M.M, C.D. Colonel D. C. Burt, O.M.M., C.D. Lieutenant-Colonel S. M. Carey, O.M.M., C.D. Colonel G. J. A. Champagne, O.M.M., C.D. Lieutenant-Colonel B. A. J. Ciarroni, O.M.M., C.D. Commander D. J. M. Daigneault, O.M.M., C.D. Colonel J. R. Ferron, O.M.M., C.D. Lieutenant-Colonel M. J. P. Fortin, O.M.M., C.D. Lieutenant-Colonel P. F. C. Garbutt, O.M.M., C.D. Lieutenant-Colonel W. H. Garrick, O.M.M., C.D. Colonel L. G. Gillis, O.M.M., C.D. Commander M. J. M. Hallé, O.M.M., C.D Lieutenant-Colonel J. W. Hammond, O.M.M., C.D. Major D. L. Harper, O.M.M., C.D. Captain (N) H. T. Harsch, O.M.M., C.D. Captain (N) G. H. A. Hatton, O.M.M., C.D. Captain (N) N. H. Jolin, O.M.M., C.D. Commander R. W. Jones, O.M.M., C.D. Lieutenant-Colonel P. E. Kearney, O.M.M., C.D. Lieutenant-Colonel T. W. Kopan, O.M.M., M.O.M., C.D. Lieutenant-Colonel J. N. Lalonde, O.M.M., C.D. Lieutenant-Colonel R. S. Martinell, O.M.M., C.D. Lieutenant-Colonel D. A. Mason, O.M.M., C.D. Lieutenant-Colonel D. L. Miller, O.M.M., C.D. Colonel D. G. Neasmith, O.M.M., C.D. Colonel A. C. Patch, O.M.M., C.D. Lieutenant-Colonel R. J. Powell, O.M.M., C.D. Colonel J. B. Roeterink, O.M.M., C.D. Lieutenant-Colonel D. A. Rundle, O.M.M., C.D. Colonel J. G. G. Simard, O.M.M., C.D. Captain (N) W. S. Truelove, O.M.M., C. D.
Members of the Order of Military Merit
Petty Officer 1st Class Jean Joseph Gabriel Adrien Allard, C.D. Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class Muriel Marie Jeanne Arsenault, C.D. Chief Warrant Officer Joseph Théophile Richard Bégin, C.D. Chief Warrant Officer Jean Boivin, C.D. Warrant Officer Andre Joseph Luc Bouchard, C.D. Captain Jacques Albert Gaetan Joseph Bouchard, C.D. Captain Martin Lewis Brown, C.D. Master Warrant Officer John Gerald Bucci, C.D. Master Warrant Officer James Donald Butters, C.D. Lieutenant(N) Robert Francis Cyril Campbell, C.D. Chief Warrant Officer Kevin Ernest Carleton, C.D. Chief Warrant Officer J. René Caron, C.D. Chief Warrant Officer Marjolaine Marie Caron, C.D. Master Warrant Officer Joseph Maurice Gabriel Chartier, C.D. Chief Warrant Officer Henry Jacob Chartrand, C.D. Chief Petty Officer 1st Class Barbara Jean Corbett, C.D. Chief Warrant Officer Marc Joseph Corbin, C.D. Chief Petty Officer 1st Class Richard (Rick) James Devlieger, C.D. Warrant Officer Michael Richard Dickerson, C.D. Chief Warrant Officer Garfield (Gary) Augustine Foley, C.D. Master Warrant Officer Toni Kendall Gilks, C.D. Master Warrant Officer Joseph Laurent Daniel Giroux, C.D. Captain Brian John Greenwood, C.D. Chief Warrant Officer Kent John Griffiths, C.D. Master Warrant Officer Geoffrey Ernest Hanson, C.D. Master Warrant Officer David Charles Herman, C.D. Master Warrant Officer Donald Bruce Hodge, C.D. Chief Warrant Officer Lloyd Robert Hodgins, C.D. Chief Warrant Officer Michael Robert Eldon Hornbrook, C.D.