The Canadian order of precedence is a nominal and symbolic hierarchy of important positions within the Government of Canada.

Canadian Order of Precedence

  • Queen of Canada (Elizabeth II)
  • Governor General of Canada (Adrienne Clarkson)
  • Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (Beverley McLachlin)
  • Prime Minister of Canada (Paul Martin)
  • Speaker of the Senate (Dan Hays)
  • Speaker of the House of Commons (Peter Milliken)
  • Ambassadors
  • Ministers of the Crown, in chronological order of appointment to Queen's Privy Council for Canada
    • Jack Austin, Leader of the Government in the Senate
    • David Anderson, Minister of the Environment
    • Ralph E. Goodale, Minister of Finance
    • Anne McLellan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
    • Lucienne Robillard, Minister of Industry
    • Pierre Pettigrew, Minister of Health and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
    • Jim Peterson, Minister of International Trade
    • Andy Scott, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
    • Claudette Bradshaw, Minister of Labour
    • Denis Coderre, President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada
    • Rey Pagtakhan, Minister of Western Economic Diversification
    • John McCallum, Minister of Veterans Affairs
    • Stephen Owen, Minister of Public Works and Government Services
    • Bill Graham, Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Ministers of State, in chronological order of appointment to Queen's Privy Council for Canada
    • Ethel Blondin-Andrew, Minister of State (Children and Youth)
    • Andy Scott, Minister of State (Infrastructure)
    • Gar Knutson, Minister of State (Emerging Markets)
    • Denis Paradis, Minister of State (Financial Institutions)
    • Jean Augustine, Minister of State (Multiculturalism and Status of Women)
    • Mauril Belanger, Minister of State
    • Carolyn Bennett, Minister of State (Public Health)
    • Joe Comuzzi, Minister of State (Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario)
    • Albina Guarnieri, Minister of State (Civil Preparedness)
  • Leader of the Opposition (Stephen Harper)
  • Lieutenant Governors of the Provinces
    • Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (James Bartleman)
    • Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (Lise Thibault)
    • Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (Myra Freeman)
    • Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick (Marilyn Counsell)
    • Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (Peter Liba)
    • Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia (Iona Campagnolo)
    • Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island (Leonce Bernard)
    • Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan (Lynda Haverstock)
    • Lieutenant Governor of Alberta (Lois Hole)
    • Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador (Arthur House)
  • All other Members of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada
  • Premiers of the Provinces
  • Commissioners of the Territories
    • Commissioner of the Northwest Territories (Glenna Hansen)
    • Commissioner of the Yukon Territory (Jack Cable)
    • Commissioner of Nunavut (Peter Irniq)
  • Government Leaders of the Territories
    • Government Leader of the Northwest Territories (Stephen Kakfwi)
    • Government Leader of the Yukon Territory (Dennis Fentie)
    • Government Leader of Nunavut (Paul Okalik)
  • Religous leaders
  • Puisne Judges of the Supreme Court
    • Charles Gonthier
    • Frank Iacobucci
    • John Major
    • Michel Bastarache
    • Ian Binnie
    • Louise Arbour
    • Louis Le Bel
    • Marie Deschamps
  • Chief Justice and the Associate Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Canada
    • Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Canada (John Richard)
    • Associate Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Canada (Allan Lutfy)
  • Chief Justices of the Provincial Courts
    • Chief Justice of Ontario (Roy McMurtry)
    • Chief Justice of Quebec (Pierre Michaud)
    • Chief Justice of Nova Scotia (Constance Glube)
    • Chief Justice of New Brunswick (Joseph Daigle)
    • Chief Justice of Manitoba (Richard Scott)
    • Chief Justice of British Columbia (Allan McEachern)
    • Chief Justice of Prince Edward Island (Gerard Mitchell)
    • Chief Justice of Saskatchewan (Edward Bayda)
    • Chief Justice of Alberta (Catherine Fraser)
    • Chief Justice of Newfoundland and Labrador (Clyde Wells)
    • Chief Justice of the Northwest Territories (Edward Richard)
    • Chief Justice of the Yukon Territory (Ralph Hudson)
    • Chief Justice of Nunavut (Beverley Browne)
    • Associate Chief Justice of Ontario (Dennis O'Connor)
    • Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Justice (Heather Forster Smith)
    • Associate Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Justice (J. Douglas Cunningham)
    • Chief Justice of the Ontario Court of Justice (Brian Lennox )
    • Associate Chief Justice of the Ontario Court of Justice (Marietta Roberts)
    • Associate Chief Justice of the Ontario Court of Justice (David Wake)
    • Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Quebec (Lyse Lemieux)
    • Senior Associate Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Quebec (Rene Dionne)
    • Associate Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Quebec (Andre Deslongchamps)
    • Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia (Joseph Kennedy)
    • Associate Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia (Michael MacDonald)
    • Associate Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, Family Division (Robert Ferguson)
    • Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of New Brunswick (David Smith)
    • Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba (Benjamin Hewak)
    • Associate Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba (Jeffrey Oliphant)
    • Associate Chief Justice, Family Division, of the Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba (Gerald Mercier)
    • Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia (Donald Brenner)
    • Associate Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia (Patrick Dohm)
    • Chief Justice of the British Columbia Court of Appeal (Lance Finch)
    • Chief Justice of the Trial Division, Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island (Armand DesRoches)
    • Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench for Saskatchewan (Frank Gerein)
    • Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Allan Wachowich)
    • Associate Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Allen Sulatycky)
    • Chief Justice of the Trial Division of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland (Derek Green)
  • Federal and Provincial Judges
  • Senators
  • Members of the Canadian House of Commons
  • Consuls General of Countries Without Diplomatic Representation
  • Military Leaders
  • Speakers of the Legislative Assemblies of the Provinces and Territories
  • Members of the Executive Councils of the Provinces and Territories
  • Judges of Provincial and Territorial Courts
  • Members of the Legislative Assemblies of the Provinces and Territories