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{{Short description|Civilian honour for merit in Canada}}
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{{Infobox order
| title           = National Order of Quebec<br />{{nobold|{{resize|{{lang|fr|Ordre national du Québec}}}}}}
| image           = File:QuebecOrder.svg
| caption         = Insignia of the Grades of the National Order of Quebec
| awarded_by      = the [[lieutenant governor of Quebec]]-in-[[Executive Council of Quebec|Council]]<br />[[File:Coat of arms of Quebec.svg|30px]]
| type            = [[Order of merit]] ([[Orders, decorations, and medals of the Canadian provinces|provincial]])
| established     = 20 June 1984
| founder         = [[Gilles Lamontagne]]
| motto           = {{Langnf|fr|Honneur au peuple du Québec|Homage to the people of Quebec}}
| eligibility     = Residents of [[Quebec]] nominated by the Council and non-Quebecers nominated by the [[Premier of Quebec]]
| status          = Currently constituted
| grades          = Grand Officer (''grand officier/grande officière'') (GOQ)<br />Officer (''officier/officière'') (OQ)<br />Knight (''chevalier/chevalière'') (CQ)
| website         = {{official|https://www.ordre-national.gouv.qc.ca/index-en.asp}}
| higher          = [[Venerable Order of Saint John]]
| lower           = [[Saskatchewan Order of Merit]]
| image2          = Grand Officer National Order of Québec Undress ribbon.png
| image_size2     = 130px
| caption2        = [[Ribbon bar]] of a Grand Officer
| image3          = Officer National Order of Québec Undressed Ribbon.png
| image_size3     = 130px
| caption3        = Ribbon bar of an Officer
| image4          = Knight National Order of Québec undressed ribbon.png
| image_size4     = 130px
| caption4        = Ribbon bar of a Knight
}}

The '''National Order of Quebec''' ([[Quebec French|French]]: {{Lang|fr|l'Ordre national du Québec}}), also known as the '''Order of Quebec''', is a civilian honour for merit in the Canadian province of [[Quebec]]. Instituted in 1984 when [[Lieutenant Governor of Quebec|Lieutenant Governor]] [[Jean-Pierre Côté]] granted [[royal assent]] to the {{Lang|fr|Loi sur l'Ordre national du Québec}} (National Order of Quebec Act),<ref name=EIIR3>{{Citation| last=Elizabeth II| author-link=Elizabeth II| date=20 June 1984| title=Loi sur l'Ordre national du Québec| series=I.3| location=Ville de Québec| publisher=Éditeur officiel du Québec| language=fr| url=http://www2.publicationsduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/dynamicSearch/telecharge.php?type=2&file=/O_7_01/O7_01.html}}</ref><ref name=CE>{{Citation| last=Bingham| first=Russell| contribution=Culture > Awards > National Order of Québec (L'ordre national du Québec)| title=The Canadian Encyclopedia| editor-last=Marsh| editor-first=James H.| place=Toronto| publisher=Historica Foundation of Canada| url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/national-order-of-quebec-lordre-national-du-quebec| access-date=14 August 2009}}</ref> the order is administered by the [[Governor-in-Council]] and is intended to honour current or former Quebec residents for conspicuous achievements in any field,<ref name=CE /> being thus described as the highest honour in Quebec.<ref>{{cite web|title=Goals and objectives of the Ordre |url=https://www.ordre-national.gouv.qc.ca/a-propos/objet-buts-ordre-en.asp |publisher=National Order of Quebec, Government of Quebec |access-date=11 November 2023 |quote=It is the highest award Québec bestows.}}</ref> In 1986, the order was expanded to include honorary membership for people outside Quebec.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ordre-national.gouv.qc.ca/a-propos/historique-en.asp |title=Background - About the Order |publisher=National Order of Quebec, Government of Quebec |access-date=11 November 2023}}</ref>

==Structure and appointment==
Although the National Order of Quebec was established with the granting of [[royal assent]] by [[Lieutenant Governor of Quebec|Quebec's lieutenant governor]] and the [[Monarchy of Canada|Canadian sovereign]] is the [[fount of honour]],<ref>{{Citation| url=http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/hon/nat-honour-honneur/index-eng.htm| last=Royal Canadian Mounted Police| title=Honours and Recognition Programs > Canadian National Honours| publisher=[[Queen's Printer for Canada]]| access-date=20 May 2009| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090323114038/http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/hon/nat-honour-honneur/index-eng.htm| archive-date=23 March 2009| df=dmy-all}}</ref> the [[viceroy]] does not, as in other provinces, form an explicit part of the organization. Instead, the monarch's representative is related to the order only by virtue of his or her [[Queen-in-Council|place in council]], collectively termed the [[government of Quebec]],<ref>{{Citation| last=Victoria| author-link=Queen Victoria| date=1 July 1867| title=Constitution Act, 1867| series=66| location=Westminster| publisher=Queen's Printer| url=http://www.solon.org/Constitutions/Canada/English/ca_1867.html}}</ref> to which the constitution of the Order of Quebec makes specific reference.<ref name=EIIR3 />

The order contains three grades, each with accordant [[post-nominal letters]] and place in the [[Canadian order of precedence (decorations and medals)|Canadian order of precedence for honours, decorations, and medals]]. They are, in descending hierarchical order:{{efn|The grade titles in French are [[Grammatical gender|gendered]]; they are given here with the male versions first.}}<ref>{{Harvnb| Elizabeth II| 1984| loc=I.2}}</ref>

* Grand Officer ({{Lang|fr|grand officier/grande officière}}; GOQ)
* Officer ({{Lang|fr|officier/officière}}; OQ)
* Knight ({{Lang|fr|chevalier/chevalière}}'';'' CQ)

Nominations to the National Order of Quebec are sought in Quebec's daily and weekly media publications and are directed to the Council of the National Order of Quebec, elected by and amongst the members of the order for a period of three years and headed by a president elected by the council for two years.{{efn|{{as of|November 2023|post=,}} members of the Council of the National Order of Quebec are: [[Claudine Roy]], President; [[Paul Grand'Maison]], Vice-President; [[Françoise Bertrand]]; [[Neil Bissoondath]]; [[Jean-Claude Poitras]]; [[Liza Frulla]]; [[Jacques Girard]]; [[John R. Porter (museum administrator)|John R. Porter]]; and [[Jean-Louis Roy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ordre-national.gouv.qc.ca/a-propos/membres-conseil-en.asp |publisher=National Order of Quebec, Government of Quebec |title=Board members |date=2 October 2023 |access-date=11 November 2023}}</ref>}}<ref>{{Harvnb| Elizabeth II| 1984|loc=II
10-II.12}}</ref> This body is mandated to short-list candidates and forward their suggestions to the [[Queen-in-Council|Governor-in-Council]].<ref name=CE /> Any person born, living, or who has lived in Quebec, save for anyone serving as a Member of the [[National Assembly of Quebec]],<ref>{{Harvnb| Elizabeth II| 1984| loc=I.7}}</ref> is eligible to be nominated and names may be submitted posthumously.<ref name=EIIR3 /> The Cabinet may also, without the input of the Council of the National Order of Quebec, put forward the names of non-Quebecers for appointment as honorary members.<ref>{{Harvnb| Elizabeth II| 1984| loc=I.4}}</ref> Promotion through the grades is possible for both substantive and honorary members.<ref>{{Harvnb| Elizabeth II| 1984| loc=I.6}}</ref> Admission recognizes conspicuous meritorious actions that improve or support Quebec and/or its language and culture.<ref>{{Citation| url=http://www.ordre-national.gouv.qc.ca/ordre_national/appel_candidatures.htm| last=Ministère du Conseil exécutif| title=Qu'est-ce que l'Ordre national? > Appel public de candidatures| publisher=Éditeur officiel du Québec| language=fr| access-date=15 August 2009}}</ref>

==Insignia==
[[File:Drapeau de l'Ordre national du Québec.svg|thumb|Flag of the National Order of Quebec]]
Upon admission into the Order of Quebec, members are presented with various insignia of the organization—a medallion, miniature, and button.<ref>{{Citation| last=Elizabeth II| author-link=Elizabeth II| date=1985| title=Règlement sur les insignes de l'Ordre national du Québec| series=I.2| location=Ville de Québec| publisher=Éditeur officiel du Québec| language=fr| url=http://www2.publicationsduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/dynamicSearch/telecharge.php?type=3&file=/O_7_01/O7_01R1.HTM}}</ref> All are administered by the Regulations for the Insignia of the National Order of Quebec and were designed by [[Madeleine Dansereau]], who was inspired by the [[Heraldry|heraldic]] elements of the [[Flag of Quebec|provincial flag]], notably the colours of blue and white used on the order's ribbon and the ''[[fleur-de-lis]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ordre-national.gouv.qc.ca/titres-insignes-symboles/index-en.asp |title=Titles, insignia and symbols |publisher=National Order of Quebec, Government of Quebec |access-date=11 November 2023}}</ref> The badge of a Grand Officer consists of two 18[[Carat (purity)|kt]] [[gold]] plates, in the shape of a [[cross]] formed by two {{convert|60|mm|in}} by {{convert|40|mm|in}} arms, symmetrically superimposed atop one another 4&nbsp;mm apart, the obverse face a [[Jewellery#Metal finishes|high-polish]], [[Rustication (architecture)|rusticated]] surface; at the lower left corner is a white enamel [[fleur-de-lis]]. On the reverse of the badge is inscribed the order's motto—{{Lang|fr|Honneur au peuple du Québec}} (homage to the people of Quebec)—and a serial number at the base of the vertical bar. The badge for Officers is of a nearly identical design, but made of arms {{convert|50|mm|in}} long by {{convert|25|mm|in}} wide, the obverse plate in 18k gold with an applied gold fleur-de-lis, and the rear in [[sterling silver]]. Knights have a medal with a {{convert|40|mm|in}} diameter, brushed silver medallion with a symmetrically placed, etched cross with arms {{convert|30|mm|in}} long by {{convert|20|mm|in}} wide and filled with a highly polished, rusticated surface; a gold fleur-de-lis is mounted at the lower, left side of the cross. Each member will also receive miniature versions of their insignia, identical in appearance save for size: those for all grades being {{convert|18|mm|in}} wide in each direction or in circumference. A lapel pin is also used for wear on casual civilian clothing.<ref name=EIIR1985I.3>{{Harvnb| Elizabeth II| 1985| loc=I.3-I.14}}</ref> Male members wear their emblems suspended from a {{convert|38|mm|in}} wide ribbon, at the collar for Grand Officers and Officers, and on a vertical ribbon on a medal bar on the left chest for Knights; women Grand Officers and Officers wear their insignia on a ribbon bow pinned at the left shoulder, and female Knights carry their medals in the same fashion as the men. The ribbon for miniatures is {{convert|18|mm|in}} wide.<ref name=EIIR1985I.3 />

The regulations of the National Order of Quebec stipulate that the premier presents new inductees with their insignia, either on the [[National Holiday (Quebec)|National Holiday of Quebec]] or another day during the National Week.<ref>{{Harvnb| Elizabeth II| 1985| loc=III.19-III.20}}</ref> The ceremony takes place in the ''[[Legislative Council of Quebec|Salon Rouge]]'' of the [[Parliament Building (Quebec)|parliament building]] in [[Quebec City]], though exceptions are sometimes made when inductees cannot be present (notably for some non-Quebecer appointments).<ref name=CE /> The insignia remain property of the [[Monarchy in Quebec|Crown in Right of Quebec]] and must be returned upon a holder's cessation of membership in the society,<ref>{{Harvnb| Elizabeth II| 1984| loc=III.23}}</ref> whether by death or dismissal.<ref>{{Harvnb| Elizabeth II| 1984| loc=III.24}}</ref>

==Inductees==
{{Main category|Members of the National Order of Quebec}}
The following are some notable appointees into the National Order of Quebec:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ordre-national.gouv.qc.ca/membres/index-en.asp |title=Members of the Ordre national du Québec |publisher=National Order of Quebec, Government of Quebec |access-date=11 November 2023}}</ref>

===Quebec inductees===

====Grand Officer====
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* [[Jean Victor Allard]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|CC]] [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] GOQ [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]] [[Canadian Efficiency Decoration|ED]] [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]]}}, [[Chief of the Defence Staff (Canada)|Chief of the Defence Staff]], appointed 1985
* [[Marcel Bélanger]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|OC]] GOQ}}, economist, appointed 1994
* [[Jean Béliveau]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=CC GOQ}}, hockey player, appointed 2010
* [[Lucien Bouchard]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Queen's Privy Council for Canada|PC]] GOQ}}, 27th Premier of Quebec, appointed 2008
* [[Robert Bourassa]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=GOQ}}, 22nd Premier of Quebec, appointed posthumously 2008
* [[Jean Campeau]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=GOQ}}, politician and businessman, appointed Grand Officer in 1990
* [[Leonard Cohen|Leonard Norman Cohen]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=GOQ}}, singer-songwriter, appointed 2008
* [[Maurice Couture]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|CC]]|country=CAN|GOQ}}, Archbishop of Quebec 1990–2002, appointed 2003
* [[Robert Després]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|CC]] GOQ}}, businessman, appointed 2003
* [[Jean Drapeau]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|CC]] GOQ}}, mayor of Montreal, appointed 1987
* [[Marcelle Ferron]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=GOQ}}, painter and stained glass artist, appointed 1992
* [[Gérard Filion]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=GOQ}}, newspaper director, appointed 1989
* [[Armand Frappier]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|CC]] GOQ}}, researcher, appointed 1985
* [[Paul Gérin-Lajoie]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|CC]] GOQ [[Queen's Counsel|QC]]}}, appointed Officer in 1987 and Grand Officer in 1998
* [[Phil Gold]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|CC]] GOQ [[Royal Society of Canada|FRSC]] [[Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada|FRCPC]] [[American College of Physicians|MACP]]}}, scientist, physician, appointed Officer in 1989 and Grand Officer in 2019
* [[Hubert Reeves]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|CC]] OQ}}, astrophysicist, appointed officer in 1994 and Grand Officer in 2017.
* [[Emmett Johns]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|CM]] GOQ}}, Canadian priest and humanitarian, appointed 2003
* [[Daniel Johnson Jr.]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=GOQ}}, 25th Premier of Quebec, appointed 2008
* [[Pierre-Marc Johnson]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=GOQ}}, 24th Premier of Quebec, appointed 2008
* [[Phyllis Lambert|Phyllis Barbara Lambert]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|CC]] GOQ [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres|OAL]] [[Royal Architectural Institute of Canada|FRAIC]] [[Royal Society of Canada|FRSC]] [[Royal Canadian Academy of Arts|FRCA]]}}, architect and philanthropist
* [[Bernard Landry]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=GOQ}}, 28th Premier of Quebec, appointed 2008
* [[Charles Philippe Leblond]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=GOQ}}, scientist, professor, appointed Grand Officer in 2001
* [[Félix Leclerc]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|OC]] GOQ}}, singer-songwriter, appointed 1985
* [[Jean Paul Lemieux]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|CC]] GOQ}}, painter, appointed posthumously 1997
* [[René Lévesque]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=GOQ}}, 23rd Premier of Quebec, appointed posthumously 2008
* [[Brian Mulroney|Martin Brian Mulroney]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Queen's Privy Council for Canada|PC]] [[Order of Canada|CC]] GOQ}}, 18th Prime Minister of Canada, appointed 2002
* [[Alanis Obomsawin]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|OC]] GOQ}}, filmmaker, First Nations activist, appointed 2016
* [[Jacques Parizeau]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=GOQ}}, 26th Premier of Quebec, appointed 2008
* [[Jean-Paul Riopelle]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|CC]] GOQ}}, painter, appointed Officer in 1988 and Grand Officer in 1994
* [[Ethel Stark]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|CM]] GOQ}}, violinist and conductor, appointed 2003
* [[Charles Taylor (philosopher)|Charles Taylor]] {{post-nominals|country=CAN|CC|GOQ|FRSC|FBA}}, philosopher, appointed 2003
* [[Jean Vanier]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|CC]] GOQ}}, philanthropist, theologian, founder of [[L'Arche]], appointed 1992
* [[Gilles Vigneault]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=GOQ}}, singer-songwriter, appointed Knight in 1985 and Grand Officer in 2000
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====Officer====
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* [[Yves Beauchemin]]  {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|OQ}}, novelist, appointed 2003
* [[Laurent Beaudoin]] {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CMG|CC|OQ|FCA}}, businessman appointed 1990
* [[Francesco Bellini (businessman)|Francesco Bellini]] {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CM|OQ}}, research scientist and entrepreneur, appointed 2004
* [[Daniel Borsuk]] {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|OQ}}, plastic surgeon, appointed 2019
* [[Michel Brault]] {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|OQ}}, filmmaker, appointed 2003
* [[Boris Brott]] {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|OC|OOnt|OQ}}, conductor, appointed 2014
* [[Solange Chaput-Rolland]] {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|OC|OQ}}, appointed 1985
* [[Jean Coutu (pharmacist)|Jean Coutu]] {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|OC|OQ}}, businessman, appointed 1993
* [[Richard Cruess]] {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CC|OQ|FRSC}}, orthopaedic surgeon and academic, appointed 2003
* [[Bernard Derome]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|CM]] OQ}}, news anchor, appointed 2006
* [[Celine Dion|Céline Dion]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|CC]] OQ}}, singer, appointed 1998
* [[Léon Dion]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|OC]] OQ [[Royal Society of Canada|FRSC]]}}, author, teacher, intellectual, appointed 1990
* [[Fernand Dumont]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=OQ}}, author, intellectual, appointed 1992
* [[Marie-Hélène Falcon]] {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|OQ}}, dance and theatre, appointed 2003
* [[Denise Filiatrault]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|OC]] OQ}}, playwright, actor, appointed 2000
* [[Anne Hébert]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|CC]] OQ}}, writer, appointed 1985
* [[Larkin Kerwin]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|CC]] OQ [[Royal Society of Canada|FRSC]]}}, physicist, appointed 1988
* [[Lucia Kowaluk]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|CC]] OQ}}, community activist, appointed 2014
* [[Louis Laberge]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=OQ}}, union leader, appointed 1988
* [[Normand Laprise]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=OQ}}, chef and author, appointed 2009
* [[Robert Lepage]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|CC]] OQ}}, playwright, filmmaker, appointed 1999
* [[Monique F. Leroux]], {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|CM]] OQ}} businesswoman, appointed 2012
* [[Jean-Louis Lévesque]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|CM]] OQ}}, entrepreneur, philanthropist, appointed 1991
* Vincent Lemieux {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|OQ}}, professor and political scientist, appointed 2003
* [[André Melançon]] OQ, actor, screenwriter and film director, appointed 2013
* [[Gaston Miron]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=OQ}}, poet, appointed 1996
* [[Ted Moses]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=OQ}}, aboriginal chief, appointed 2002
* Louise Otis {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|OQ}}, judge, appointed 2003
* Denise Ouellet-Grenier {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|OQ}}, director of the L'Ordre national du Québec until 2001, appointed 2003
* [[Lise Payette]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=OQ}}, politician, writer, appointed 2001
* [[Pierre Péladeau]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|CM]] OQ}} businessman, appointed 1989
* [[Louise Penny]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|OC]] OQ}}, author, appointed 2017
* [[Maurice Richard]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Queen's Privy Council for Canada|PC]] [[Order of Canada|OC]] OQ}}, hockey player, appointed 1985
* [[Mary Simon]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|OC]] OQ}}, Governor General of Canada,<ref>{{Cite web|date=July 6, 2021|title=Prime Minister announces The Queen's approval of Canada's next Governor General|url=https://pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2021/07/06/prime-minister-announces-queens-approval-canadas-next-governor|access-date=July 8, 2021|website=[[Canadian Government]]}}</ref> appointed 1992<ref>{{Cite web|date=September 27, 2011|title=Mary Simon, Officière (1992)|url=https://www.ordre-national.gouv.qc.ca/membres/membre-en.asp?id=154|access-date=July 8, 2021|website=National Order of Quebec}}</ref>
* [[Mary Two-Axe Earley]] {{Post-nominals|country=||list=OQ}}, women's rights activist, appointed 1985
* [[Jacques Villeneuve]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=OQ}}, racing driver, appointed 1998
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====Knight====
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* [[Jacques Amyot (swimmer)|Jacques Amyot]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=CQ}}, long-distance swimmer, appointed 2001
* [[Denys Arcand]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|CC]] CQ}}, filmmaker, appointed 1990
* [[Frédéric Back]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|OC]] CQ}}, animator, appointed 1989
* [[Alice Benjamin]], appointed 1993
* [[Sylvie Bernier]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|OC]] CQ}}, Olympic diver, appointed 1985
* [[Ferdinand Biondi]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|OC]] CQ}}, radio broadcaster, appointed 1985
* [[Neil Bissoondath]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|OC]] CQ}}, author, appointed 2010
* [[Denise Bombardier]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=CQ}}, journalist, appointed 2000
* [[Claire Bonenfant]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=CQ}}, president of the Quebec Status of Women Council, appointed 1991
* [[Émile Bouchard]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=CQ}}, hockey player, appointed 2008
* [[Gaétan Boucher]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|OC]] CQ}}, speed skater, appointed 1985
* [[Isabelle Boulay]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=CQ}}, singer, appointed 2012
* [[Pierre Bourque (politician)|Pierre Bourque]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=CQ}}, mayor of Montreal, appointed 1993
* [[Françoise David]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=CQ}}, social and feminist activist, appointed 1999
* [[Yvon Deschamps]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=CQ}}, comedian, appointed 2001
* [[Jean Duceppe]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=CQ}}, actor, appointed 1985
* [[Diane Dufresne]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=CQ}}, singer and painter, appointed 2002
* [[Laurent Duvernay-Tardif]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=CQ}}, NFL player, appointed 2019
* [[Gad Elmaleh]], comedian, appointed 2017
* [[Marc Favreau]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|OC]] CQ}}, actor, appointed 1995
* [[Jean-Pierre Ferland]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|OC]] CQ}}, singer-songwriter
* [[Madeleine Ferron]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=CQ}}, writer, appointed 1992
* [[Daniel Germain]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=CQ}}, philanthropist, appointed 1997
* [[Jacques Godbout]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=CQ}}, writer and filmmaker, appointed 1998
* [[Marc-André Hamelin]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|OC]] CQ}}, pianist
* [[Otto Joachim (composer)|Otto Joachim]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=CQ}}, composer, musician, painter, appointed 1993
* [[Roland-Benoît Jomphe]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|OC]] CQ}}, poet, appointed 1987
* [[Oliver Jones (pianist)|Oliver Theophilus Jones]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|OC]] CQ}}, pianist, organist, composer and arranger, appointed 1994
* [[Pauline Julien]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=CQ}}, singer-songwriter, appointed 1997
* [[Madeleine Juneau]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=CQ}}, museologist, teacher, nun, appointed 2017
* [[Marie-Claire Kirkland|Marie-Claire Kirkland-Casgrain]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|CM]] CQ}}, appointed 1985
* [[Françoise Labbé]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=CQ}}, artist, appointed 1997
* [[Jacques Lacombe]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=CQ}}, conductor, appointed 2012
* [[Jacques Lacoursière]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|CM]] CQ}}, historian, appointed 2002
* [[Guy Lafleur]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|OC]] CQ}}, hockey player, appointed 2005
* [[Guy Laliberté]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|OC]] CQ}}, appointed 1997
* [[Mario Lemieux]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|OC]] CQ}}, hockey player, appointed 2009
* [[Michel Lemieux]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|OC]] CQ}}, performance artist and theatre director, appointed 2014
* [[Édouard Lock]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|OC]] CQ}}, dancer, appointed 2001
* [[Louis Lortie]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|OC]] CQ}}, pianist, appointed 1998
* [[Norman McLaren]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|CC]] CQ}}, animator and filmmaker, appointed 1985
* [[Julie Payette]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|OC]] CQ}}, astronaut, appointed 2000
* [[Oscar Peterson]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|CC]] CQ [[Order of Ontario|OOnt]]}}, jazz musician, appointed 1991
* [[Chantal Petitclerc]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|CC]] CQ, [[Meritorious Service Medal (Canada)|MSM]]}}, wheelchair athlete, Canadian senator, appointed 2005
* Samuel Pierre, professor, appointed 2009<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-02-05 |title=Samuel Pierre - Knight of the Ordre national du Québec - National Order of Quebec |url=https://www.polymtl.ca/prix/en/laureates/samuel-pierre-knight-ordre-national-du-quebec-national-order-quebec |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=Awards and Honors |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Victor Pilon]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|OC]] CQ}}, director, theatre designer, visual designer and photographer, appointed 2014
* [[Luc Plamondon]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|OC]] CQ}}, songwriter, appointed 1990
*[[Marie-Philip Poulin]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=CQ}}, hockey player, appointed 2024
* [[Jean-Louis Roux]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|CC]] CQ}}, actor and Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, appointed 1989
* [[Hubert Sacy]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|CC]] CQ}}, General manager of Éduc’alcool, appointed 2010
* [[Pierre Théberge]] {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|OC|CQ}}, Museum director
* [[Michèle Thibodeau-DeGuire]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|CM]] CQ}}, engineer, appointed in 2005
* [[Michel Tremblay]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=CQ}}, playwright and author, appointed 1991
* [[Alain Trudel]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=CQ}}, conductor and trombonist, appointed 2019
* [[Jesús Carles de Vilallonga]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=CQ}}, painter, appointed 2011
* [[Denis Villeneuve]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|OC]] CQ}}, director and screenwriter, appointed in 2019
* [[Jean Wilkins]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=CQ}}, specialized physician (adolescent medicine), appointed 2016<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jean Wilkins – Ordre national du Québec |url=https://www.ordre-national.gouv.qc.ca/membres/membre.asp?id=3162 |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=www.ordre-national.gouv.qc.ca}}</ref>
* [[Paul Zumthor]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=CQ}}, medievalist and literary historian, appointed 1992<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ordre-national.gouv.qc.ca/membres/membre.asp?id=343 | title=Paul Zumthor – Ordre national du Québec }}</ref>
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===Non-Quebec inductees===

====Honorary Grand Officer====
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* [[Charles Dutoit]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|OC]] GOQ}}, conductor, appointed 1995
* [[François Hollande]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath|GCB]] GOQ}}, [[President of France]], appointed 2014

====Honorary Officer====
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* [[Raymond Barre]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=OQ}}, [[Prime Minister of France]], appointed 1986
* [[Jacques Chirac]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres|OAL]], OQ}}, President of France, appointed 1987
* [[Jim Douglas]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=OQ}}, [[Governor of Vermont]], appointed 2010
* [[Michel Drucker]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=OQ}}, television host, appointed Knight 2001, Officer 2010
* [[Laurent Fabius]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=OQ}}, Prime Minister of France, appointed 1986
* [[Lionel Jospin]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=OQ}}, Prime Minister of France, appointed 1998
* [[Alain Juppé]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=OQ}}, Prime Minister of France, appointed 1996
* [[Antonine Maillet]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Queen's Privy Council for Canada|PC]] [[Order of Canada|CC]] OQ [[Order of New Brunswick|ONB]] [[Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada|FRSC]]}}, [[Acadian]] writer and playwright, appointed 1990
* [[Nana Mouskouri]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=OQ}}, [[Greece|Greek]] singer, appointed 2013
* [[Alain Peyrefitte]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=OQ}}, French politician, appointed 1998
* [[Jordi Pujol]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=OQ}}, [[List of Presidents of the Generalitat de Catalunya|President of the Generalitat of Catalonia]], appointed 1996
* [[Jean-Pierre Raffarin]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=OQ}}, Prime Minister of France, appointed 2003
* [[Michel Rocard]] [[Order of Australia|AC]], {{Post-nominals|post-noms=OQ}}, Prime Minister of France, appointed 2000
* [[Philippe Séguin]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=OQ}}, President of the [[French National Assembly]], appointed 2000
* [[Edmund Stoiber]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=}}, Minister-President of [[Bavaria]], appointed 2003
* [[Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga]] [[Order of the Bath|GCB]], {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|size=100%|OC}}, {{Post-nominals|post-noms=OQ}}, [[President of Latvia]], appointed 2006

====Honorary Knight====
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* [[David Azrieli]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|CM]] CQ}}, architect, appointed 1999
* [[Gérard Depardieu]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=CQ}}, actor, appointed 2002, removed from order 2023
* [[Bernard Pivot]] {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Canada|OC]] CQ}}, television host, appointed 2001

==See also==
{{Portal|Canada}}
* [[Prix du Québec]]
* [[Symbols of Quebec]]
* [[Orders, decorations, and medals of the Canadian provinces]]
* [[Canadian honours order of wearing]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book |last=McCreery |first=Christopher |author-link=Christopher McCreery |date=2015 |title=The Canadian Honours System |publisher=[[Dundurn Press]] |location=Toronto |isbn=978-1-4597-2415-0 |edition=2}}

==External links==
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* {{official|https://www.ordre-national.gouv.qc.ca/index-en.asp}}

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