The following are the appointments to various Canadian Honours of 2020. Usually, they are announced as part of the New Year and Canada Day celebrations and are published within the Canada Gazette during the 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 2020 calendar year. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
Provincial Honours are not listed within the Canada Gazette, however they are listed within the various publications of each provincial government. Provincial honours will be listed within this page as they are announced.
No appointments were made during 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Order of Nunavut was not awarded in 2020.
The Order of the Northwest Territories was not awarded in 2020.
Colonel Joshua James Major, M.S.M., C.D.
The notice published on page 4533 of the 28 December 2019, issue of the Canada Gazette, Part I, contained an error. Accordingly, the following modifications are made - Delete the following award: From the President of the French Republic, the National Defence Medal, Bronze Echelon to Major Francis Lavoie replace with the following: From the President of the French Republic the National Defence Medal, Bronze Echelon with "Armée de terre" clasp to Major Francis Lavoie. [2]