page_title: 2009 Canadian honours
section_title: Companions of the Order of Canada
hierarchical_section_title: 2009 Canadian honours / The Order of Canada / Companions of the Order of Canada
caption_attribution_description: Celine Dion performing "Taking Chances" at Celine Dion 'Taking Chances Tour' Concert @ Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada in August, 2008.
context_page_description: The following are the appointments to various Canadian Honours of 2009. Usually, they are announced as part of the New Year and Canada Day celebrations and are published within the Canada Gazette during 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 2009 calendar year.
  Provincial Honours are not listed within the Canada Gazette, however they are listed within the various publications of each provincial government. Provincial honours are listed within the page.
context_section_description: Céline Dion, C.C., O.Q. - This is a promotion within the Order
  Ben Heppner, C.C. - This is a promotion within the Order
  Stephen A. Jarislowsky, C.C., G.O.Q. - This is a promotion within the Order
  Peter Munk, C.C. - This is a promotion within the Order
  The Honourable Michel Bastarache, C.C.
  Wayne Gretzky, C.C. - This is a promotion within the Order
  Harley Norman Hotchkiss, C.C., A.O.E. - This is a promotion within the Order
  Robert Lepage, C.C., O.Q. - This is a promotion within the Order
  Chantal Petitclerc, C.C., C.Q., M.S.M.
caption: Céline Dion, promoted to the rank of Companion of the Order of Canada
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