Order of Canada Appointments: 2024 Update

This analysis, conducted over the past decade, examines the diversity of Order of Canada appointments. Appointments are contingent upon nominations and typically reflect contributions over an extended period. This updates the analysis in my analysis of last year, How diverse are Order of Canada appointments? Key findings include:

• Women are significantly underrepresented across all periods.
• Visible minorities are underrepresented, while Indigenous peoples are slightly overrepresented relative to their population share.
• Visible minority representation has increased over time.
• Contributions to the arts have generally constituted the largest share of appointments, followed by health, business, public service, and activism.
• The share of appointments by rank and group follows the typical pattern in most diversity analyses, where diversity decreases with increasing rank. However, this pattern is only observed for women. In contrast, the share of Indigenous companions is higher than for officers, which in turn is higher than Indigenous members. The share of visible minority officers is greater than the share of visible minority members.