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Order of Canada

noun

  1. an order awarded to Canadians for outstanding achievement; established in 1967

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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In 1999, Munsch was made a member of the Order of Canada.

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In 2016, he was inducted into the Order of Canada, the country's second highest civilian honour.

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The new Canadian prime minister told the King that his Order of Canada pin had broken this morning.

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The allegations led to her recently returning her Order of Canada, the country's highest civilian honour.

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Peter Savaryn, a former chancellor of the University of Alberta, was given the Order of Canada in 1987.

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