Order of precedence in Ontario


The Ontario order of precedence is a nominal and symbolic hierarchy used for ceremonial occasions of a provincial nature of within the province of Ontario. It has no legal standing but is used to dictate ceremonial protocol.

Ontario order of precedence

  1. The Queen of Canada in Right of Ontario
  2. Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
  3. Premier of Ontario
  4. Chief Justice of Ontario
  5. Heads of accredited diplomatic missions in Ottawa
  6. Former Lieutenant Governors of Ontario in order of their departure from office:
  7. # Hal Jackman OC OOnt CD
  8. # Hilary Weston CM OOnt
  9. # James Bartleman OOnt
  10. # David Onley OOnt
  11. Former Premiers of Ontario in order of their first assumption of office:
  12. # Bill Davis PC CC OOnt QC
  13. # David Peterson PC
  14. # Bob Rae PC CC OOnt QC
  15. # Mike Harris
  16. # Ernie Eves
  17. # Dalton McGuinty
  18. # Kathleen Wynne MPP
  19. Speaker of the Legislative Assembly
  20. Members of the Executive Council of Ontario
  21. # Christine Elliott MPP, Deputy Premier of Ontario and Minister of Health and Long-Term Care
  22. # Vic Fedeli MPP, Minister of Finance and Chair of Cabinet
  23. # Merrilee Fullerton MPP, Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities
  24. # Sylvia Jones MPP, Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services
  25. # Lisa Thompson MPP, Minister of Education
  26. # Rod Phillips MPP, Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
  27. # Monte McNaughton MPP, Minister of Infrastructure
  28. # Lisa MacLeod MPP, Minister of Children and Youth Services, Minister Responsible for Women's Issues and Minister of Community and Social Services
  29. # Raymond Cho MPP, Minister of Seniors and Accessibility
  30. # Jeff Yurek MPP, Minister of Transportation
  31. # Laurie Scott MPP, Minister of Labour
  32. # Greg Rickford PC MPP, Minister of Energy, Minister of Northern Development and Mines and Minister of Indigenous Affairs
  33. # Michael Tibollo MPP, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport
  34. # Ernie Hardeman MPP, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
  35. # Steve Clark MPP, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing
  36. # John Yakabuski MPP, Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry
  37. # Peter Bethlenfalvy MPP, President of the Treasury Board
  38. # Todd Smith MPP, Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade and Government House Leader
  39. # Caroline Mulroney MPP, Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Francophone Affairs
  40. # Bill Walker MPP, Minister of Government and Consumer Services
  41. Leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition
  42. Members of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada resident in Ontario
  43. # Members of the federal Cabinet in order of their appointment to the Cabinet
  44. ## Navdeep Singh Bains PC BA MBA CMA MP, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development
  45. ## William Francis Morneau PC MP, Minister of Finance
  46. ## Chrystia Freeland PC MP, Minister of Foreign Affairs
  47. ## Maryam Monsef PC MP, Minister of the Status of Women
  48. ## Kirsty Duncan PC MP, Minister of Science
  49. ## Patty Hajdu PC MP, Minister of Employment, Workforce, and Labour
  50. ## Bardish Chagger PC MP, Minister of Small Business and Tourism and Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
  51. ## Karina Gould PC MP, Minister of Democratic Institutions
  52. ## Ahmed Hussen PC MP, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
  53. # Other members of the Queen's Privy Council resident in Ontario in order of their appointment but with precedence given to those who bear the honorary title "Right Honourable" in accordance with the date of receiving the honorary title
  54. ## Paul Theodore Hellyer PC
  55. ## Donald Stovel Macdonald PC CC
  56. ## Robert Stanbury PC QC
  57. ## Alastair Gillespie PC OC
  58. ## Hugh Faulkner PC
  59. ## Jean-Jacques Blais PC
  60. ## Anthony Abbott PC
  61. ## Norman Cafik PC
  62. ## John Mercer Reid PC
  63. ## David MacDonald PC
  64. ## William H. Jarvis PC
  65. ## Sinclair Stevens PC
  66. ## John Wise PC
  67. ## Ron Atkey PC QC
  68. ## David Crombie PC OC
  69. ## Perrin Beatty PC
  70. ## Robert Howie PC
  71. ## James Fleming PC
  72. ## Ed Lumley PC
  73. ## Paul Cosgrove PC
  74. ## Judy Erola PC
  75. ## Ed Broadbent PC CC
  76. ## Bill Davis PC CC O.Ont QC
  77. ## David Collenette PC
  78. ## David Paul Smith PC QC
  79. ## Roy MacLaren PC
  80. ## Ralph Ferguson PC
  81. ## Otto Jelinek PC
  82. ## Rob Nicholson PC QC MP
  83. ## Bev Oda PC
  84. ## Marjory LeBreton PC
  85. ## Diane Finley PC MP
  86. ## Michael Chong PC MP
  87. ## Gordon O'Connor PC OMM CD
  88. ## John Baird PC
  89. ## Tony Clement PC MP
  90. ## Peter Van Loan PC
  91. ## Gary Goodyear PC DC FCCSS
  92. ## Lisa Raitt PC BSc MSc LLB MP
  93. ## Julian Fantino PC COM OOnt
  94. ## Bal Gosal PC BSc
  95. ## Joe Oliver PC
  96. ## Peter Kent PC MP
  97. ## Kellie Leitch PC OOnt MD MBA FRCS MP
  98. ## Pierre Poilievre PC MP
  99. ## Ed Holder PC BA
  100. ## Erin O'Toole PC CD BA LLB MP
  101. ## Jane Philpott PC MD MP
  102. Chief Justice of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice
  103. Associate Chief Justice of Ontario
  104. Associate Chief Justice of the Ontario Court of Justice
  105. Judges of the Ontario Court of Appeal in order of date of appointment
  106. Judges of the Ontario Court of Justice in order of date of appointment
  107. The Ontario Ombudsman
  108. Members of the Legislative Assembly in order of the date of their first election to the Legislature
  109. Heads of religious denominations
  110. Heads of Consular Post with jurisdiction in the Province of Ontario with precedence governed by date of "exequatur"
  111. The Chief Judge of the Ontario Court of Justice
  112. Judges of the Ontario Court of Justice with precedence governed by the date of appointment
  113. Chairs of Regional Municipalities with relative precedence governed by the date of appointment or election to office
  114. Heads of Ontario Municipalities with precedence governed by the date of their first election to office
  115. # Deputy Ministers
  116. # Other senior Ontario Public Service officials with the rank and status of deputy minister, with precedence governed by the respective dates of their first appointment.