List of post-nominal letters in Canada
Awards and orders
Post-nominalOfficeNotes

List of post-nominal letters in Canada

Section Title: Awards and orders
Table Section Text: Post-nominalOfficeNotes

Post-nominal	Office	Notes

Higher national decorations[edit]

VC	Victoria Cross	Currently there are no living Canadians permitted to use the post-nominal letters VC. Since its creation in 1993, the Canadian Victoria Cross has never been awarded.

CV	Cross of Valour

National orders and Commonwealth orders[edit]

OM	Order of Merit	Commonwealth order

CC	Companion of the Order of Canada

OC	Officer of the Order of Canada

CM	Member of the Order of Canada

CMM	Commander of the Order of Military Merit

COM	Commander of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces

CVO	Commander of the Royal Victorian Order	Commonwealth order

OMM	Officer of the Order of Military Merit

OOM	Officer of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces

LVO	Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order	Commonwealth order

MMM	Member of the Order of Military Merit

MOM	Member of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces

MVO	Member of the Royal Victorian Order	Commonwealth order

Obsolete National orders[edit]

CM	Medal of Courage of the Order of Canada	The Medal of Courage of the Order of Canada was never awarded and was abolished in 1972 when the Order of Canada was restructured into two levels and the Canadian Bravery Decorations were established.

SM	Medal of Service of the Order of Canada	The Medal of Service of the Order of Canada was awarded to 319 Canadians, and would be converted into the Officer level of the Order of Canada in 1972.

Provincial orders[edit]

Note: Precedence of provincial orders are in order of when they were added to the national orders system at the request of the provincial orders system, not by the normal order of precedence for provinces.

GOQ	Grand officier de l'Ordre national du Québec	English: Grand officer of the National Order of Quebec

OQ	Officier de l'Ordre national du Québec	English: Officer of the National Order of Quebec

CQ	Chevalier de l'Ordre national du Québec	English: Knight of the National Order of Quebec

SOM	Saskatchewan Order of Merit

OOnt	Order of Ontario

OBC	Order of British Columbia

AOE	Alberta Order of Excellence

OPEI	Order of Prince Edward Island

OM	Order of Manitoba

ONB	Order of New Brunswick

ONS	Order of Nova Scotia

ONL	Order of Newfoundland and Labrador

Territorial orders[edit]

Note: Precedence of territories orders are in order of when they were added to the national orders system, not by the normal order of precedence for territories.

ONu	Order of Nunavut

ONWT	Order of the Northwest Territories

OY	Order of Yukon

National Decorations[edit]

SMV	Star of Military Valour

SC	Star of Courage

MSC French: CSM	Meritorious Service Cross	When awarded the Meritorious Service Cross, francophones use the post-nominal letters CSM for Croix du service méritoire, instead of MSC.

MMV	Medal of Military Valour

MB	Medal of Bravery

MSM	Meritorious Service Medal	The post-nominal letters for the Meritorious Service Medal (MSM) are the same in both English and French.

RVM	Royal Victorian Medal

CD	Canadian Forces Decoration

Appointments to the monarch[edit]

ADC	Aide-de-Camp to Her Majesty

A de C	Aide-de-Camp to Governor General, Lieutenant Governor or viceroy.

QHS	Queen's Honorary Surgeon

QHP	Queen's Honorary Physician

QHDS	Queen's Honorary Dental Surgeon

QHNO	Queen's Honorary Nursing Officer

QPO	Queen's Police Officer

QC French: c.r.	Queen's Counsel (French: conseillier de la reine)	During the reign of a male monarch, the letters are KC for King's Counsel.

Political

PC French: CP	Privy Councillor	A Privy Councillor is also entitled to be styled "The Honourable" or "L'honorable" for life. The post-nominal letters are necessary to denote that someone is a privy councillor because in Canada holding a certain office can also allow the use of The Honourable title.

ECNS	Member of the Executive Council of Nova Scotia	Used for members (including honorary members) of the Executive Council of Nova Scotia since 2007.

MP	Member of House of Commons of Canada	Letters are short for "Member of Parliament". This title is used in Canada and other Commonwealth nations to describe members of the lower house of Parliament only.

MPP	Member of the Ontario Legislative Assembly after 1938	Letters are short for "Member of Provincial Parliament". Before 1938, members used MLA.

MNA	Member of the National Assembly of Quebec after 1968	Before 1968, members used MLA.

MLA	Member of the Legislative Assembly	Used for members of provincial and territorial legislatures except Ontario, Quebec, and Newfoundland and Labrador.

MHA	Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly	Only used for members of the Newfoundland and Labrador legislative assembly. Even though Nova Scotia's assembly is called the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, its members are styled MLAs.

Sentence(s)

The SM Medal, the Medal of Service of the Order of Canada, was awarded to 319 Canadians and was converted into the Officer level of the Order of Canada in 1972.

final_sentence: The SM Medal, the Medal of Service of the Order of Canada, was awarded to 319 Canadians and was converted into the Officer level of the Order of Canada in 1972.