Fivehonorary appointments to theOrder of Canada are permitted per year by the order's constitution. The following is a list of all honorary appointments to date. Names rendered in italics were later made Canadian citizens; these memberships thereby became regarded no longer as honorary but instead as substantive.
| # | Name | Citizenship | Appointment | Investiture | Death/removal | Occupation/field of endeavour |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Companions | ||||||
| 5. | Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela | 3 September 1998 | 24 September 1998 | 5 December 2013 | Former President ofSouth Africa.[1] | |
| 6. | Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother | 1 August 2000 | 31 October 2000 | 30 March 2002 | FormerRoyal Consort of Canada.[2] | |
| 9. | Frank Gehry | 12 November 2002 | 16 June 2003 | Architect.[4] | ||
| 10. | Boutros Boutros-Ghali | 8 May 2003 | 7 May 2004 | 16 February 2016 | FormerSecretary-General of the United Nations.[5] | |
| 11. | Václav Havel | 8 May 2003 | 3 March 2004 | 18 December 2011 | Former President of theCzech Republic.[6] | |
| 12. | Aga Khan IV | 29 October 2004 | 6 June 2005 | 4 February 2025[7] | Imam of theShia ImamiIsmaili Muslims.[8] | |
| Officers | ||||||
| 2. | John Kenneth Galbraith | 17 April 1997 | 5 November 1997 | 29 April 2006 | Economist.[9] | |
| 3. | James Hillier | 17 April 1997 | 5 November 1997 | 15 January 2007 | Inventor of theelectron microscope.[10] | |
| 4. | Charles Dutoit | 23 October 1997 | 30 January 2002 | Conductor of theMontreal Symphony Orchestra.[11] | ||
| 8. | Tanya Moiseiwitsch | 10 October 2002 | 16 May 2003 | 19 February 2003 | Theatre designer for theStratford Festival.[12] | |
| 15. | Charles Aznavour | 10 April 2008 | 5 July 2008 | 1 October 2018 | Musician and actor.[14] | |
| 16. | Bernard Pivot | 10 April 2008 | 7 May 2008 | 6 May 2024[15] | Television host and culture promoter.[16] | |
| 18. | Sima Samar | 25 May 2009 | 17 November 2010 | Human rights leader.[17] | ||
| 19. | Ronnie Hawkins | 29 June 2013 | 7 May 2014 | 29 May 2022 | Rock Musician[18] | |
| 20. | Bramwell Tovey | 29 June 2013 | 21 November 2014 | 12 July 2022 | Conductor and composer[18] | |
| 22. | Michael Schade | 30 Dec 2016 | 25 August 2017 | Opera singer[19] | ||
| 25. | Marie Ann Battiste | 27 June 2019 | 6 May 2022 | Indigenous rights activist and language educator[20] | ||
| 28. | Richard Wayne Hill Sr. | 28 December 2023 | Indigenous arts activist[21] | |||
| 29. | Kent Nagano | 27 June 2024 | Opera conductor and administrator[22] | |||
| 30. | Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga | 27 June 2024 | FormerPresident of Latvia[23] | |||
| Members | ||||||
| 1. | Zena Sheardown | 11 October 1981 | 29 December 1986 | Instrumental participant during theCanadian Caper.[24] | ||
| 7. | Lois Lilienstein | 1 May 2002 | 24 October 2003 | 22 April 2015 | Member ofSharon, Lois & Bram.[25] | |
| 13. | Francis Cabot | 29 June 2005 | 9 September 2005 | 19 November 2011 | Horticulturist.[26] | |
| 14. | Salome Bey | 17 November 2005 | 26 October 2006 | 9 August 2020[27] | Musician.[28] | |
| 17. | Zachary Richard | 25 May 2009 | 7 April 2010 | Singer, songwriter, and poet.[29] | ||
| 21. | Johann Olav Koss | 1 July 2015 | 13 May 2016 | Olympic speedskater and founder ofRight to Play.[30] | ||
| 23. | Kathy Reichs | 27 Dec 2018 | 18 Nov 2019 | Forensic Anthropologist and crime fiction writer .[31] | ||
| 24. | Richard J. Schmeelk [fr] | 27 Dec 2018 | 4 Sep 2019 | 19 May 2022[32] | Banker and Philanthropist, Founder of theRichard J. Schmeelk Canada Fellowship .[31] | |
| 26. | Alfred E. Slinkard | 27 Nov 2020 | 13 April 2022 | 24 Nov 2022[33] | Plant scientist and agronomic breeder.[34] | |
| 27. | Jackie Richardson | 29 Dec 2021 | Jazz singer and actress.[35] | |||
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