List of post-nominal letters in Canada


This is a list of post-nominal letters used in Canada. The order in which they follow an individual's name is:
  1. Distinctions conferred directly by the Crown
  2. University degrees
  3. Memberships of societies and other distinctions
Normally no more than two are given, representing the highest award of each type. For decorations and medals, the order of precedence is the same as the order of precedence for the wearing of order insignias, decorations, and medals, as laid out by the Department of Canadian Heritage.

Awards and orders

Higher national decorations

National orders and Commonwealth orders

Obsolete National orders

Provincial orders

Territorial orders

National Decorations

Appointments to the monarch

Political

In practice, post-nominals are not usually translated from one language to another, but this is an exception.

Professional and academic qualifications

Academic degrees

Holders of an academic doctorate are also entitled to use the prefix "Doctor".
The only professional doctorates to grant the title of "Doctor" are those in medical fields.
Professional bachelor's degrees include BASc or BEng, BCL, BEd, LLB, LL.L., MDiv.
The exact hierarchy of professional degrees relative to academic degrees varies. For example, a Bachelor of Laws degree from North American schools is treated as equivalent to a Juris Doctor degree. On the other hand, a Bachelor of Applied Science degree at many schools can be done straight of out highschool, and is treated as the same level as academic bachelor degrees like a Bachelor of Arts degree.

Legal positions

Historically, it was also occasionally used for esquires in the British context of the title.

Academic orders, societies, academians

This post nominal is presented by the Minister of National Defence to individuals upon successful completion of the four components, which are academics, leadership, athletics, and bilingualism.

Professional qualifications

Art and graphic design

Dispute resolution

Engineering

Finance

Land surveying

Medical

Science

Business, project management, and logistics

Health and safety

Other

Hereditary titles

British post-nominals used alongside Canadian ones

Any person who, prior to 1 June 1972, was a member of a British order or the recipient of a British decoration or medal may use the post-nominal letters for the decoration or medal together with those of any Canadian order, decoration or medal.
Canadians can still be awarded British medals, as well as those from other countries, but this must first be approved by the Government of Canada.

British higher decorations

British orders

British decorations

Orders without official post-nominals