# Honorary appointments to the Order of Canada

Five honorary appointments to the Order 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 | Appointment | Investiture | Death/removal | Occupation/field of endeavour |
| Companions |||||||
| 5. | Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela | 3 September 1998 | 24 September 1998 | 5 December 2013 | Former President of South Africa. |
| 6. | Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother | 1 August 2000 | 31 October 2000 | 30 March 2002 | Former Royal Consort of Canada. |
| 9. | Frank Gehry | 12 November 2002 | 16 June 2003 | | Architect. |
| 10. | Boutros Boutros-Ghali | 8 May 2003 | 7 May 2004 | 16 February 2016 | Former Secretary-General of the United Nations. |
| 11. | Václav Havel | 8 May 2003 | 3 March 2004 | 18 December 2011 | Former President of the Czech Republic. |
| 12. | Aga Khan IV | 29 October 2004 | 6 June 2005 | 4 February 2025 | Imam of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims. |
| Officers |||||||
| 2. | John Kenneth Galbraith | 17 April 1997 | 5 November 1997 | 29 April 2006 | Economist. |
| 3. | James Hillier | 17 April 1997 | 5 November 1997 | 15 January 2007 | Inventor of the electron microscope. |
| 4. | Charles Dutoit | 23 October 1997 | 30 January 2002 | | Conductor of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. |
| 8. | Tanya Moiseiwitsch | 10 October 2002 | 16 May 2003 | 19 February 2003 | Theatre designer for the Stratford Festival. |
| 15. | Charles Aznavour | 10 April 2008 | 5 July 2008 | 1 October 2018 | Musician and actor. |
| 16. | Bernard Pivot | 10 April 2008 | 7 May 2008 | 6 May 2024 | Television host and culture promoter. |
| 18. | Sima Samar | 25 May 2009 | 17 November 2010 | | Human rights leader. |
| 19. | Ronnie Hawkins | 29 June 2013 | 7 May 2014 | 29 May 2022 | Rock Musician |
| 20. | Bramwell Tovey | 29 June 2013 | 21 November 2014 | 12 July 2022 | Conductor and composer |
| 22. | Michael Schade | 30 Dec 2016 | 25 August 2017 | | Opera singer |
| 25. | Marie Ann Battiste | 27 June 2019 | 6 May 2022 | | Indigenous rights activist and language educator |
| 28. | Richard Wayne Hill Sr. | 28 December 2023 | | | Indigenous arts activist |
| 29. | Kent Nagano | 27 June 2024 | | | Opera conductor and administrator |
| 30. | Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga | 27 June 2024 | | | Former President of Latvia |
| Members |||||||
| 1. | Zena Sheardown | 11 October 1981 | 29 December 1986 | | Instrumental participant during the Canadian Caper. |
| 7. | Lois Lilienstein | 1 May 2002 | 24 October 2003 | 22 April 2015 | Member of Sharon, Lois & Bram. |
| 13. | Francis Cabot | 29 June 2005 | 9 September 2005 | 19 November 2011 | Horticulturist. |
| 14. | Salome Bey | 17 November 2005 | 26 October 2006 | 9 August 2020 | Musician. |
| 17. | Zachary Richard | 25 May 2009 | 7 April 2010 | | Singer, songwriter, and poet. |
| 21. | Johann Olav Koss | 1 July 2015 | 13 May 2016 | | Olympic speedskater and founder of Right to Play. |
| 23. | Kathy Reichs | 27 Dec 2018 | 18 Nov 2019 | | Forensic Anthropologist and crime fiction writer . |
| 24. | Richard J. Schmeelk [fr] | 27 Dec 2018 | 4 Sep 2019 | 19 May 2022 | Banker and Philanthropist, Founder of the Richard J. Schmeelk Canada Fellowship . |
| 26. | Alfred E. Slinkard | 27 Nov 2020 | 13 April 2022 | 24 Nov 2022 | Plant scientist and agronomic breeder. |
| 27. | Jackie Richardson | 29 Dec 2021 | | | Jazz singer and actress. |