The Ontario order of precedence is a nominal and symbolic hierarchy used for ceremonial occasions of a provincial nature within the province of Ontario. [1] It has no legal standing but is used to dictate ceremonial protocol.
The Ontario order of precedence is a nominal and symbolic hierarchy used for ceremonial occasions of a provincial nature within the province of Ontario. [1] It has no legal standing but is used to dictate ceremonial protocol.
This is a list of the order of precedence in Ontario as of January 14,2023. [update] [2]
Sofia Lastenia Cerrato Rodriguez (September 2010)
Mahamat Ali Adoum (June 2014)
Pg Kamal Bashah Pg Ahmad (October 2014)
Elisenda Vives Balmana (April 2016)
Ermal Muca (June 2016)
Martin Alejandro Vidal Delgado (September 2016)
Jamal Abdullah Yahya Al-Sallal (November 2016)
Mohamed Siad Douale (March 2017)
Sabine Anne Sparwasser (August 2017)
Joy Ruth Acheng (September 2017)
Adeyinka Olatokunbo Asekun (October 2017)
Mohamed Imed Torjemane (October 2017)
Felix Mfula (October 2017)
Maurizio Carlo Gelli (November 2017)
Fahad Saeed M. A. Alraqbani (January 2018)
Fadi Ziadeh (January 2018)
Vaughna Sherry Tross (February 2018)
Viviane Laure Elisabeth Bampassy (March 2018)
Souriya Otmani (June 2018)
Akylbek Kamaldinov (June 2018)
Vasilios Philippou (June 2018)
Roberto Rafael Max Rodriguez Arnillas (June 2018)
Svetlana Sashova Stoycheva-Etropolski (June 2018)
Toomas Lukk (September 2018)
Vit Koziak (September 2018)
Ariunbold Yadmaa (November 2018)
Ahmed Mahmoud A. Abu Zeid (November 2018)
Kerim Uras (December 2018)
Salome Meyer (February 2019)
Urban Christian Ahlin (February 2019)
Juan Jose Ignacio Gomez Camacho (May 2019)
Bhrigu Dhungana (May 2019)
Anahit Harutyunyan (July 2019)
Roy Kennet Eriksson (July 2019)
Wadee Batti Hanna Albatti (July 2019)
Mpoki Mwasumbi Ulisubisya (September 2019)
Borek Lizec (September 2019)
Marko Milisav (September 2019)
Mauricio Ortiz Ortiz (September 2019)
Hanne Fugl Eskjaer (September 2019)
Peiwu Cong (November 2019)
M. Hassan Soroosh (November 2019)
Majed Alqatarneh (November 2019)
Prosper Higiro (November 2019)
Reem M Kh Z Alkhaled (November 2019)
Orlando José Viera Blanco (November 2019)
Ruth Masodzi Chikwira (December 2019)
Vice Skracic (December 2019)
Romy Vasquez Morales (December 2019)
Darius Skusevicius (December 2019)
Martin Wilfred Harvey (January 2020)
Adriatik Kryeziu (March 2020)
Pedro Henrique Lopes Borio (March 2020)
Fatima Meite (March 2020)
Ajay Bisaria (March 2020)
Cao Phong Pham (July 2020)
Keung Ryong Chang (July 2020)
Sharon Joyce Miller (August 2020)
Kallayana Vipattipumiprates (October 2020)
Goverdina Christina Coppoolse (October 2020)
Maria Eva Vass-Salazar (October 2020)
Jon Elvedal Fredriksen (October 2020)
Eamonn Mckee (October 2020)
Dejan Ralevic (November 2020)
Wien-Weibert Arthus (November 2020)
Hassan Dahir Dimbil (November 2020)
Rodolfo Robles (November 2020)
Konstantina Athanassiadou (November 2020)
Ricardo Alfonso Cisneros Rodriguez (November 2020)
Melita Gabric (February 2021)
Bogdan Manoiu (March 2021)
Dr Khalilur Rahman (March 2021)
Guisela Atalida Godinez Sazo (March 2021)
Michelle Cohen De Friedlander (March 2021)
Emil Druc (March 2021)
Sylvia Meier-Kajbic (March 2021)
Dennis Daniel Moses (March 2021)
Jorge Alberto Julian Londono De La Cuesta (March 2021)
Maria Josefina Martinez Gramuglia (March 2021)
Raul Eduardo Fernandez Daza (March 2021)
Susannah Clare Goshko (August 2021)
Oleg Stepanov (September 2021)
Bafetigue Ouattara (September 2021)
Andrea Ferrari (September 2021)
Hlynur Gudjonsson (September 2021)
Immaculate Nduku Musili Wambua (November 2021)
Patrick Guido M. Van Gheel (November 2021)
Molise Paul Tseole (November 2021)
Anizan Binti Adnin (December 2021)
Ivan Jurkovic (December 2021)
Andrej Gregor Rode (December 2021)
Anselm Ransford Adzete Sowah (December 2021)
Harsha Kumara Navaratne Weraduwa (December 2021)
Alfredo Martinez Serrano (December 2021)
Ronen Pinchas Hoffman (December 2021)
David Louis Cohen (December 2021)
Scott Michael Ryan (December 2021)
Khalid Rashid S. H. Al-Mansouri (March 2022)
Gline Arley Clarke (April 2022)
Noureddine Bardad Daidj (April 2022)
Daniel Tumpal Sumurung Simanjuntak (April 2022)
Rieaz Shaik (April 2022)
Kaspars Ozolins (April 2022)
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