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The complete list of LGBTQ individuals who have been so honoured are:
 
The complete list of LGBTQ individuals who have been so honoured are:
  
* [[AA Bronson]], artist
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* [[Robin Blaser]] - poet
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* [[AA Bronson]] - artist
 
* [[Anne-Marie Alonzo]] - Playwright
 
* [[Anne-Marie Alonzo]] - Playwright
 
* [[Morton Beiser]] - Professor, psychologist, and epidemiologist
 
* [[Morton Beiser]] - Professor, psychologist, and epidemiologist
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* [[Walter Borden]] - Theatre actor and playwright
 
* [[Walter Borden]] - Theatre actor and playwright
 
* [[Michel Marc Bouchard]] - playwright
 
* [[Michel Marc Bouchard]] - playwright
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* [[Ronnie Burkett]] - puppeteer
 
* [[Edith Butler]] - Folk singer
 
* [[Edith Butler]] - Folk singer
 
* [[Wayson Choy]] - Writer
 
* [[Wayson Choy]] - Writer
 
* [[Toller Cranston]] - Figure Skater
 
* [[Toller Cranston]] - Figure Skater
 
* [[Douglas Coupland]] - Writer
 
* [[Douglas Coupland]] - Writer
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* [[Libby Davies]] - politician
 
* [[Clemence Desrochers]] - Writer, actor, singer
 
* [[Clemence Desrochers]] - Writer, actor, singer
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* [[Sara Diamond]] - Academic
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* [[Cheri DiNovo]] - religious leader, politician
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* [[Xavier Dolan]] - filmmaker
 
* [[Arthur Erickson]] - Architect
 
* [[Arthur Erickson]] - Architect
 
* [[Timothy Findley]] - Writer
 
* [[Timothy Findley]] - Writer
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* [[Bruce Kidd]] - Academic and athlete
 
* [[Bruce Kidd]] - Academic and athlete
 
* [[James Kudelka]] - Dancer and choreographer
 
* [[James Kudelka]] - Dancer and choreographer
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* [[Phyllis Lambert]] - Architect
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* [[KD Lang]] - singer
 
* [[Laurier LaPierre]] - Journalist, Senator  
 
* [[Laurier LaPierre]] - Journalist, Senator  
 
* [[Douglas V. Le Pan]] - Diplomat
 
* [[Douglas V. Le Pan]] - Diplomat
 
* [[Robert Lepage]] - Film, theatre, and opera productions
 
* [[Robert Lepage]] - Film, theatre, and opera productions
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* [[Ann-Marie MacDonald]] - author, playwright
 
* [[Wade MacLauchlan]] - Premier, Prince Edward Island, and academic
 
* [[Wade MacLauchlan]] - Premier, Prince Edward Island, and academic
 
* [[Marnie McBean]], Olympic athlete  
 
* [[Marnie McBean]], Olympic athlete  
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* [[Jane Rule]] - Writer
 
* [[Jane Rule]] - Writer
 
* [[Nancy Ruth]] - Canadian Senator
 
* [[Nancy Ruth]] - Canadian Senator
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* [[Ian Scott]] - Lawyer and former Attorney General of Ontario
 
* [[James D. Stewart]] - Academic
 
* [[James D. Stewart]] - Academic
 
* [[Michel Tremblay]] - Writer
 
* [[Michel Tremblay]] - Writer
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* [[LGBTQ Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom]]
 
* [[LGBTQ Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom]]
 
* [[LGBTQ Individuals Who Have Received France's Highest Honours]]
 
* [[LGBTQ Individuals Who Have Received France's Highest Honours]]
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* [[LGBTQ Members of the Order of Orange-Nassau]]
  
 
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Order of Canada


The Order of Canada is the highest civilian honour for lifetime achievement in that country. Consisting of three levels of honour (Member, Officer, and Companion), new honourees are announced in June and December of each year. The Order is administered by the Governor General of Canada on behalf of the Queen. The first of such awards was presented on July 1st, 1967 – the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation.

Companions of the Order of Canada honours are awarded for service with the highest degree of merit to Canada and to humanity or in recognition of extraordinary achievement in their field of endeavour. Only 165 living recipients are allowed and 15 awards per year. In 1972 holders of the Medal of Service took the newly created rank of Officer (OC), and a third level, Member (CM), was introduced. Up to 64 appointments can be made to the rank of Officer every year compared with 136 to the rank of Member.

Honourees include scientists, musicians, politicians, artists, athletes, business people, television and film stars, benefactors, and others. Recipients are entitled to have placed after their names the letters representing the category in which each is appointed: CC, OC or CM.

The complete list of LGBTQ individuals who have been so honoured are:

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