Order of precedence in Ontario

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

Ontario order of precedence
This is a list of the order of precedence in Ontario  The King of Canada (His Majesty Charles III) Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (Edith Dumont ) Premier of Ontario (Doug Ford ) Chief Justice of Ontario (George Strathy ) Former Lieutenant Governors of Ontario, in order of their departure from office: Hal Jackman (1991–1997) Hilary Weston (1997–2002) Elizabeth Dowdeswell (2014–2023)</ol></li> Former Premiers of Ontario, in order of their first assumption of office: <li>David Peterson (1985–1990)</li> <li>Bob Rae (1990–1995)</li> <li>Mike Harris (1995–2002)</li> <li>Ernie Eves (2002–2003)</li> <li>Dalton McGuinty (2003–2013)</li> <li>Kathleen Wynne (2013–2018)</li></ol></li> Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (Ted Arnott )</li> <li>Heads of accredited diplomatic missions in Ottawa, in order of the date they presented their diplomatic credentials to the Governor General of Canada: <ol style="column-width:30em" start="15"> <li>🇭🇳 Sofia Lastenia Cerrato Rodriguez (September 2010)</li> <li>🇹🇩 Mahamat Ali Adoum (June 2014)</li> <li> Pg Kamal Bashah Pg Ahmad (October 2014)</li> <li>🇦🇩 Elisenda Vives Balmana (April 2016)</li> <li>🇦🇱 Ermal Muca (June 2016)</li> <li>🇺🇾 Martin Alejandro Vidal Delgado (September 2016)</li> <li>🇾🇪 Jamal Abdullah Yahya Al-Sallal (November 2016)</li> <li>🇩🇯 Mohamed Siad Douale (March 2017)</li> <li>🇩🇪 Sabine Anne Sparwasser (August 2017)</li> <li>🇺🇬 Joy Ruth Acheng (September 2017)</li> <li>🇳🇬 Adeyinka Olatokunbo Asekun (October 2017)</li> <li>🇹🇳 Mohamed Imed Torjemane (October 2017)</li> <li>🇿🇲 Felix Mfula (October 2017)</li> <li>🇳🇮 Maurizio Carlo Gelli (November 2017)</li> <li>🇦🇪 Fahad Saeed M. A. Alraqbani (January 2018)</li> <li>🇱🇧 Fadi Ziadeh (January 2018)</li> <li>🇰🇳 Vaughna Sherry Tross (February 2018)</li> <li>🇸🇳 Viviane Laure Elisabeth Bampassy (March 2018)</li> <li>🇲🇦 Souriya Otmani (June 2018)</li> <li>🇰🇿 Akylbek Kamaldinov (June 2018)</li> <li>🇨🇾 Vasilios Philippou (June 2018)</li> <li>🇵🇪 Roberto Rafael Max Rodriguez Arnillas (June 2018)</li> <li>🇧🇬 Svetlana Sashova Stoycheva-Etropolski (June 2018)</li> <li>🇪🇪 Toomas Lukk (September 2018)</li> <li> Vit Koziak (September 2018)</li> <li>🇲🇳 Ariunbold Yadmaa (November 2018)</li> <li>🇪🇬 Ahmed Mahmoud A. Abu Zeid (November 2018)</li> <li>🇹🇷 Kerim Uras (December 2018)</li> <li>🇨🇭 Salome Meyer (February 2019)</li> <li>🇸🇪 Urban Christian Ahlin (February 2019)</li> <li>🇲🇽 Juan Jose Ignacio Gomez Camacho (May 2019)</li> <li>🇳🇵 Bhrigu Dhungana (May 2019)</li> <li>🇦🇲 Anahit Harutyunyan (July 2019)</li> <li>🇫🇮 Roy Kennet Eriksson (July 2019)</li> <li>🇮🇶 Wadee Batti Hanna Albatti (July 2019)</li> <li>🇹🇿 Mpoki Mwasumbi Ulisubisya (September 2019)</li> <li>🇨🇿 Borek Lizec (September 2019)</li> <li>🇧🇦 Marko Milisav (September 2019)</li> <li>🇨🇷 Mauricio Ortiz Ortiz (September 2019)</li> <li>🇩🇰 Hanne Fugl Eskjaer (September 2019)</li> <li>🇨🇳 Peiwu Cong (November 2019)</li> <li>🇦🇫 M. Hassan Soroosh (November 2019)</li> <li>🇯🇴 Majed Alqatarneh (November 2019)</li> <li>🇷🇼 Prosper Higiro (November 2019)</li> <li>🇰🇼 Reem M Kh Z Alkhaled (November 2019)</li> <li>🇻🇪 Orlando José Viera Blanco (November 2019)</li> <li>🇿🇼 Ruth Masodzi Chikwira (December 2019)</li> <li>🇭🇷 Vice Skracic (December 2019)</li> <li>🇵🇦 Romy Vasquez Morales (December 2019)</li> <li>🇱🇹 Darius Skusevicius (December 2019)</li> <li>🇳🇿 Martin Wilfred Harvey (January 2020)</li> <li> Adriatik Kryeziu (March 2020)</li> <li>🇧🇷 Pedro Henrique Lopes Borio (March 2020)</li> <li>🇲🇱 Fatima Meite (March 2020)</li> <li>🇮🇳 Ajay Bisaria (March 2020)</li> <li> Cao Phong Pham (July 2020)</li> <li>🇰🇷 Keung Ryong Chang (July 2020)</li> <li>🇯🇲 Sharon Joyce Miller (August 2020)</li> <li>🇹🇭 Kallayana Vipattipumiprates (October 2020)</li> <li>🇳🇱 Goverdina Christina Coppoolse (October 2020)</li> <li>🇭🇺 Maria Eva Vass-Salazar (October 2020)</li> <li>🇳🇴 Jon Elvedal Fredriksen (October 2020)</li> <li>🇮🇪 Eamonn Mckee (October 2020)</li> <li>🇷🇸 Dejan Ralevic (November 2020)</li> <li>🇭🇹 Wien-Weibert Arthus (November 2020)</li> <li>🇸🇴 Hassan Dahir Dimbil (November 2020)</li> <li>🇵🇭 Rodolfo Robles (November 2020)</li> <li>🇬🇷 Konstantina Athanassiadou (November 2020)</li> <li>🇸🇻 Ricardo Alfonso Cisneros Rodriguez (November 2020)</li> <li>🇪🇺 Melita Gabric (February 2021)</li> <li>🇷🇴 Bogdan Manoiu (March 2021)</li> <li>🇧🇩 Dr Khalilur Rahman (March 2021)</li> <li>🇬🇹 Guisela Atalida Godinez Sazo (March 2021)</li> <li>🇩🇴 Michelle Cohen De Friedlander (March 2021)</li> <li>🇲🇩 Emil Druc (March 2021)</li> <li>🇦🇹 Sylvia Meier-Kajbic (March 2021)</li> <li>🇹🇹 Dennis Daniel Moses (March 2021)</li> <li>🇨🇴 Jorge Alberto Julian Londono De La Cuesta (March 2021)</li> <li>🇦🇷 Maria Josefina Martinez Gramuglia (March 2021)</li> <li>🇨🇱 Raul Eduardo Fernandez Daza (March 2021)</li> <li> Susannah Clare Goshko (August 2021)</li> <li>🇷🇺 Oleg Stepanov (September 2021)</li> <li> Bafetigue Ouattara (September 2021)</li> <li>🇮🇹 Andrea Ferrari (September 2021)</li> <li>🇮🇸 Hlynur Gudjonsson (September 2021)</li> <li>🇰🇪 Immaculate Nduku Musili Wambua (November 2021)</li> <li>🇧🇪 Patrick Guido M. Van Gheel (November 2021)</li> <li>🇱🇸 Molise Paul Tseole (November 2021)</li> <li>🇲🇾 Anizan Binti Adnin (December 2021)</li> <li> Ivan Jurkovic (December 2021)</li> <li>🇸🇮 Andrej Gregor Rode (December 2021)</li> <li>🇬🇭 Anselm Ransford Adzete Sowah (December 2021)</li> <li>🇱🇰 Harsha Kumara Navaratne Weraduwa (December 2021)</li> <li>🇪🇸 Alfredo Martinez Serrano (December 2021)</li> <li>🇮🇱 Ronen Pinchas Hoffman (December 2021)</li> <li>🇺🇸 David Louis Cohen (December 2021)</li> <li>🇦🇺 Scott Michael Ryan (December 2021)</li> <li>🇶🇦 Khalid Rashid S. H. Al-Mansouri (March 2022)</li> <li>🇧🇧 Gline Arley Clarke (April 2022)</li> <li>🇩🇿 Noureddine Bardad Daidj (April 2022)</li> <li>🇮🇩 Daniel Tumpal Sumurung Simanjuntak (April 2022)</li> <li>🇿🇦 Rieaz Shaik (April 2022)</li> <li>🇱🇻 Kaspars Ozolins (April 2022)</li></ol></li> Members of the Executive Council of Ontario, in accordance with the precedence document issued by the Cabinet Office: <ol style="column-width:40em;" start="118"> <li>Raymond Cho, Minister for Seniors and Accessibility</li> <li>Steve Clark, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing</li> <li>Vic Fedeli, Chair of Cabinet, Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade</li> <li>Caroline Mulroney, Minister of Francophone Affairs, Minister of Transportation</li> <li>Paul Calandra, Minister of Long-Term Care, Minister of Legislative Affairs</li> <li>Doug Downey, Attorney General</li> <li>Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education</li> <li>Monte McNaughton, Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development</li> <li>Michael Tibollo, Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions</li> <li>Peter Bethlenfalvy, Minister of Finance</li> <li>Stan Cho, Associate Minister of Transportation</li> <li>Jill Dunlop, Minister of Colleges and Universities</li> <li>Merrilee Fullerton, Minister of Children, Community and Social Services</li> <li>David Piccini, Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks</li> <li>Greg Rickford, Minister of Northern Development, Minister of Indigenous Affairs</li> <li>Prabmeet Sarkaria, President of the Treasury Board</li> <li>Todd Smith, Minister of Energy</li> <li>Kinga Surma, Minister of Infrastructure</li> <li>Lisa Thompson, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs</li> <li>Michael Ford, Minister of Citizenship and Multiculturalism</li> <li>Parm Gill, Minister of Red Tape Reduction</li> <li>Sylvia Jones, Minister of Health, Deputy Premier</li> <li>Michael Kerzner, Solicitor General</li> <li>Neil Lumsden, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport</li> <li>Michael Parsa, Associate Minister of Housing</li> <li>George Pirie, Minister of Mines</li> <li>Kaleed Rasheed, Minister of Public and Business Service Delivery</li> <li>Graydon Smith, Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry</li> <li>Charmaine Williams, Associate Minister of Women's Social and Economic Opportunity</li> </ol> </li> Leader of His Majesty's Loyal Opposition (Peter Tabuns )</li> <li>Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada residing in Ontario: <li>Members of the Cabinet of Canada, in order of their appointment: <li>Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (2019), Minister of Finance (2020)</li> <li>Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions (2021), Associate Minister of Health (2021)</li> <li>Patty Hajdu, Minister of Indigenous Services (2021), Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario (2021)</li> <li>Karina Gould, Minister of Families, Children, and Social Development (2021)</li> <li>Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Housing, Diversity and Inclusion (2021)</li> <li>Bill Blair, Minister of Emergency Preparedness (2021), President of the King's Privy Council for Canada (2021)</li> <li>Mary Ng, Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development (2021)</li> <li>Filomena Tassi, Minister of Public Services and Procurement (2021)</li> <li>Mark Holland, Leader of the Government in the House of Commons (2021)</li> <li>Anita Anand, Minister of National Defence (2021)</li> <li>Mona Fortier, President of the Treasury Board (2021)</li> <li>Marco Mendicino, Minister of Public Safety (2021)</li> <li>Omar Alghabra, Minister of Transport (2021)</li> <li>Marci Ien, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth (2021)</li> <li>Helena Jaczek, Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (2021)</li> <li>Kamal Khera, Minister of Seniors (2021)</li> </ol></li> <li>Other members of the Privy Council, in order of their appointment: <ol style="column-width:20em"start="164"> <li>Jean-Jacques Blais (1976)</li> <li>Tony Abbott (1976)</li> <li>David MacDonald (1979)</li> <li>David Crombie (1979)</li> <li>Perrin Beatty (1979)</li> <li>James Fleming (1980)</li> <li>Ed Lumley (1980)</li> <li>Paul Cosgrove (1980)</li> <li>Judy Erola (1980)</li> <li>Ed Broadbent (1982)</li> <li>David Collenette (1983)</li> <li>Roy MacLaren (1983)</li> <li>Otto Jelinek (1984)</li> <li>Rob Nicholson (1993)</li> <li>Bev Oda (2006)</li> <li>Marjory LeBreton (2006)</li> <li>Diane Finley (2006)</li> <li>Michael Chong (2006)</li> <li>Gordon O'Connor (2006)</li> <li>John Baird (2006)</li> <li>Tony Clement (2006)</li> <li>Peter Van Loan (2006)</li> <li>Gary Goodyear (2008)</li> <li>Lisa Raitt (2008)</li> <li>Julian Fantino (2011)</li> <li>Bal Gosal (2011)</li> <li>Joe Oliver (2011)</li> <li>Peter Kent (2011)</li> <li>Kellie Leitch (2013)</li> <li>Pierre Poilievre (2013)</li> <li>Ed Holder (2014)</li> <li>Erin O'Toole (2015)</li> <li>Jane Philpott (2015)</li> </ol></li> </ol></li> Chief Justice of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Geoffrey B. Morawetz)</li> <li>Associate Chief Justice of Ontario (J. Michal Fairburn)</li> <li>Associate Chief Justice of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Faye McWatt)</li> <li>Judges of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, in order of date of appointment</li> <li>Judges of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, in order of date of appointment</li> <li>Members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, in order of the date of their first election to the Legislature</li> <li> <li>Members of the Senate who represent Ontario, in order by their date of appointment</li> <li>Members of the House of Commons who represent Ontario constituencies, in order by their date of election</li> </ol></li> <li>Heads of religious denominations</li> <li>Heads of Consular Post with jurisdiction in the Province of Ontario with precedence governed by date of exequatur</li> <li>Judges of the Ontario Court of Justice</li> <li> <li>Chair of the host Regional Municipality (where applicable)</li><li>host Mayor</li></ol></li> <li> <li>Other Chairs of Regional Municipalities (where applicable)</li><li>Other Mayors, in order by their date of appointment or election to office</li><li>Aboriginal leaders: Chiefs of the Treaty First Nations in Ontario</li></ol></li> <li> <li>Deputy Ministers, with precedence governed by date of appointment</li><li>Other Ontario Public Service Officials with the rank and status of Deputy Ministers, with precedence governed by date of appointment</li></ol></li> </ol>