Protocols: Ontario's Order of Precedence

Table of Precedence for Ontario

  1. Lieutenant Governor of Ontario or the Administrator
  2. The Premier of Ontario
  3. The Chief Justice of Ontario
  4. Former Lieutenant Governors of Ontario, with relative precedence among them governed by the date of their leaving office
  5. Former Premiers of Ontario, with relative precedence among them governed by the dates of their first assumption of office
  6. The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
  7. Heads of accredited Diplomatic Missions in Ottawa with relative precedence to be determined by the date they present their credentials to the Governor General of Canada
  8. Members of the Executive Council of Ontario, in accordance with the precedence document issued by the Cabinet Office
  9. The Leader of the Opposition
  10. Members of the Privy Council for Canada resident in Ontario (See Note 2 below)
  11. The Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Justice
  12. The Associate Chief Justice of Ontario
  13. The Associate Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Justice
  14. The Chief Justice and the Associate Chief Justices of the Ontario Court of Justice (See Note 3 below)
  15. Judges of the Ontario Court of Appeal (See Note 3 below)
  16. Judges of the Superior Court of Justice (See Note 3 below)
  17. Members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario with precedence governed by the date of their first election to the Legislature
  18. (a) Members of the Senate who represent Ontario with relative precedence among them determined by the date of appointment
    (b) Members of the House of Commons who represent Ontario constituencies with relative precedence among them determined by the date of election, and alphabetically for those elected at the same election
  19. Heads of religious denominations
  20. Heads of Consular Post with jurisdiction in the Province of Ontario with precedence governed by date of exequatur
  21. Judges of the Ontario Court of Justice
  22. (a) The Chair of the host Regional Municipality (where applicable)
    (b) The host Mayor
  23. (a) Other Chairs of Regional Municipalities (where applicable)
    (b) Other Mayors with relative precedence governed by the date of appointment or election to office
    (c) Aboriginal leaders: Chiefs of the Treaty First Nations in Ontario
  24. (a) Deputy Ministers, with precedence governed by date of appointment
    (b) Other Ontario Public Service Officials with the rank and status of Deputy Ministers, with precedence governed by date of appointment.

Notes

  1. The Table of Precedence for Ontario lists categories in their order of precedence as they apply to ceremonies and occasions of a provincial nature. At provincial functions where federal, foreign or diplomatic dignitaries are present, circumstances may dictate that provisions of the Table of Precedence of Canada or international rules of protocol be observed thus giving these dignitaries precedence over certain provincial categories. Similarly, circumstances may also dictate that precedence courtesy be given to host officials of lesser rank over other senior dignitaries present (e.g., municipal functions).
    In the cases when the date of appointment or election to office is the same, precedence within each category is determined in the alphabetical order.
  2. Precedence among Members of the Privy Council for Canada resident in Ontario is given to:
    (a) Members of the Canadian Ministry (Cabinet Ministers and Secretaries of State)
    (b) Those who are not Members of the Canadian Ministry
    Precedence in each category is determined by the date of their appointment to the Privy Council.
  3. Precedence among members of the judicial system to be determined by the date of their appointment.

 

 
 
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