Order of Precedence for Canada

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The Order of Precedence for Canada is the official ceremonial hierarchy that ranks key Canadian and Commonwealth officeholders to determine protocol at state and formal events.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Order of Precedence for Canada canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ceremonial hierarchy ⓘ
order of precedence ⓘ
appliesTo federal government of Canada ⓘ
basedOn constitutional roles of offices ⓘ
representational importance ⓘ
seniority of positions ⓘ
characteristic does not confer legal powers ⓘ
purely ceremonial ranking ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
defines protocol ranking of officeholders ⓘ
determines order of introduction of dignitaries ⓘ
order of procession at ceremonies ⓘ
seating arrangements at official functions ⓘ
fourthRankedOffice chief justice of Canada ⓘ
hasScope federal state occasions ⓘ
national ceremonies ⓘ
includes chief justice of Canada ⓘ
governor general of Canada ⓘ
judges of the Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ
lieutenant governors of the provinces ⓘ
members of Parliament ⓘ
members of the Canadian Ministry ⓘ
members of the Privy Council for Canada ⓘ
members of the diplomatic corps ⓘ
monarch of Canada ⓘ
linked to: King of Canada

premiers of the provinces ⓘ
prime minister of Canada ⓘ
senators ⓘ
senior public office holders ⓘ
speakers of the Senate and House of Commons ⓘ
territorial leaders ⓘ
jurisdiction federal level ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
legalStatus non-statutory convention ⓘ
maintainedBy Canadian Heritage ⓘ
Government of Canada ⓘ
recognizes Canadian constitutional structure ⓘ
Commonwealth ties ⓘ
relatedTo Canadian honours system ⓘ
Canadian monarchy ⓘ
linked to: Canadian Crown

Canadian protocol ⓘ
secondRankedOffice governor general of Canada ⓘ
thirdRankedOffice prime minister of Canada ⓘ
topRankedOffice monarch of Canada ⓘ
usedFor formal events ⓘ
official ceremonies ⓘ
state events ⓘ

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Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chief Justice of Canada → includedIn → Order of Precedence for Canada ⓘ