Recipients will be announced in the spring 2023.
Regardless of age, status or field of activity, persons nominated for admission to the Ordre must meet at least one of the following criteria:
The following persons may not be admitted to the Ordre nor may they put forward or support a nomination:
A person may not put forward his or her own nomination to the Ordre. A third party – friend, parent, co-worker or admirer – who wishes to do so may nominate a person.
Each nomination must be supported by two persons.
Candidates must be nominated by a third party and supported by two other people.
The following people are not eligible:
To put forward a nomination, complete the form provided for this purpose. An interactive version of the form is available on this website during the annual call for nominations.
The call for candidates takes place from September 1 to October 31 of each year. Selected candidates will be announced in spring of the following year.
For more informations, please contact the Secretariat of the Ordre 514-872-4898 or at ordre@montreal.ca
Make sure to obtain the consent of the two persons supporting your nomination.
Have all the required information about the nominee and the two persons supporting the nomination, that is:
Achievements justifying the nomination: this part of the form includes four sections:
Do not indicate the desired rank for the nominee. This duty rests with the council of the Ordre.
Nominations received after the closing date of the annual call for nominations, October 31 of each year, will not be considered. They may, however, be kept for the following year’s call for nominations.
A member of the Ordre may be nominated to a higher rank. A minimum of 5 years must have elapsed since the awarding of the most recent medal. New accomplishments will be required to justify the request.
The request must be put forward during the annual nomination period. A specific form will be made available when the opportunity presents itself, that is, 5 years from the first presentation of the medals in 2017.
Montréal’s urban agglomeration consists of the 16 municipalities that form the Island of Montréal, that is, Ville de Montréal (19 boroughs) and the 15 municipalities reconstituted on January 1, 2006.
To consult the list of municipalities involved.
The minimum delay to re-apply is two years.