Editing Order of Canada (section)

==History==
The process of founding the Order of Canada began in early 1966 and concluded on 17 April 1967,<ref>{{Harvnb| McCreery| 2005| p=xiii}}</ref> when the organization was instituted by Queen Elizabeth II, on the [[advice (constitutional)|advice]] of the [[Prime Minister of Canada|Canadian prime minister]], [[Lester B. Pearson]], who was assisted with the establishment of the order by [[John Matheson]]. The [[snowflake]] design for the order was suggested by the diplomat [[John G. H. Halstead]].<ref>{{Harvnb| McCreery| 2005| p=189}}</ref> The association was officially launched on 1 July 1967, the [[Canadian Centennial|100th anniversary]] of [[Canadian Confederation]], with Governor General [[Roland Michener]] being the first inductee to the order, to the level of Companion,<ref>{{Harvnb|Office of the Governor General of Canada|2017|loc=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220523001329/https://archive.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=1170 Roland Michener, P.C., C.C., C.M.M., C.D., LL.D.]}}</ref> and on 7 July of the same year, 90 more people were appointed, including former Governor General [[Vincent Massey]], former prime minister [[Louis St. Laurent]], novelist [[Hugh MacLennan]], religious leader [[David Bauer (ice hockey)|David Bauer]], novelist [[Gabrielle Roy]], historian [[Donald Creighton]], feminist politician and future senator [[Thérèse Casgrain]], pioneering neurosurgeon [[Wilder Penfield]], painter [[Arthur Lismer]], public health leader [[Brock Chisholm]], former political leader [[Major James Coldwell|M.&nbsp;J. Coldwell]], disability advocate [[Edwin Baker (CNIB)|Edwin Baker]], painter [[Alex Colville]], and ice hockey player [[Maurice Richard]].<ref>{{Citation |last=Clarkson |first=Adrienne |title=Media > Speeches |date=30 October 2004 |publication-date=15 December 2004 |editor=Office of the Governor General of Canada |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522230341/http://archive.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=4337 |contribution=Her Excellency the Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson: Speech on the Occasion of the Order of Canada Investiture |contribution-url=http://archive.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=4337 |archive-date=May 22, 2022 |author-link=Adrienne Clarkson |editor-link=Governor General of Canada}}</ref> During a visit to [[London]], United Kingdom, later in 1970, Michener presented the Queen with her Sovereign's badge for the Order of Canada,<ref name="auto">{{Harvnb| McCreery| 2005| p=193}}</ref> which she first wore during a banquet in [[Yellowknife, Northwest Territories|Yellowknife]] in July 1970.<ref>{{citation| author=Royal Household| title=Mailbox| journal=Royal Insight Magazine| issue=April 2006| page=3| year=2006| url=http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page5218.asp| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516000637/http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page5218.asp| archive-date=16 May 2008| access-date=6 March 2007}}</ref>

From the Order of Canada grew a [[Orders, decorations, and medals of Canada|Canadian honours system]], thereby reducing the use of [[Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom|British honours]] (i.e. those administered by the Queen in her [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|UK Privy Council]]).<ref>{{Harvnb| McCreery| 2005| p=228}}</ref> Among the civilian [[List of Canadian awards|awards of the Canadian honours system]], the Order of Canada comes third, after the [[Cross of Valour (Canada)|Cross of Valour]] and membership in the [[Order of Merit]],<ref name="Government of Canada">{{Citation| last=Government of Canada| author-link=Government of Canada| title=Order of Merit (O.M.) Order| journal=Canada Gazette| volume=144| issue=25| date=8 December 2010| publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada| url=http://publications.gc.ca/gazette/archives/p2/2010/2010-12-08/pdf/g2-14425.pdf| access-date=10 December 2010| archive-date=17 May 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517173330/https://publications.gc.ca/gazette/archives/p2/2010/2010-12-08/pdf/g2-14425.pdf| url-status=live}}</ref> which is within the personal gift of [[Monarchy of Canada|Canada's monarch]]. By the 1980s, [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Canada's provinces]] began to develop their own distinct honours and decorations.<ref>{{citation |author=Department of Canadian Heritage |title=National and Provincial Honours |date=21 August 2013 |url=http://pch.gc.ca/eng/1362750840252/1363197195376 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025171549/http://pch.gc.ca/eng/1362750840252/1363197195376 |access-date=24 October 2014 |archive-date=25 October 2014}}</ref>

Canadian historian [[Margaret MacMillan]] represented the order at the [[Coronation of Charles III and Camilla|coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla]] at [[Westminster Abbey]] on 6 May 2023.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65503950| title=Coronation order of service in full| date=6 May 2023| publisher=BBC News| accessdate=6 May 2023| archive-date=6 May 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506001110/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65503950| url-status=live}}</ref>