Sequence for wearing Orders, Decorations and Medals

Awards of Valour
VC CV
Victoria Cross Cross of Valor
1 2
National Orders
OM CC OC CM CMM COM CVO OMM OOM LVO MMM MOM MVO
Member of the Order of Merit Companion of the Order of Canada Officer of the Order of Canada Member of the Order of Canada Commander of the Order of Military Merit Commander of the Order of Merit of ther Police Forces Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Officer of the Order of Military Merit Officer of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order Member of the Order of Military Merit Member of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces Member of the Royal Victorian Order Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Provincial Orders
GOQ OQ CQ SOM OOnT OBC AOE OPEI OM ONB ONS ONL
Grand Officer of the National Order of Quebec Officier of the National Order of Quebec Knight of the National Order of Quebec Saskatchewan Order of Merit Order of Ontario Order of British Columbia Alberta Order of Excellence Order of Prince Edward Island Order of Manitoba Order of New Brunswick Order of Nova Scotia Order of Newfoundland and Labrador
17 17 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
National Decorations
SMV SC MSC MSC MMV MB
Star of Military Valour Star of Courage Officer of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces (military) Officer of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces (civilian) Medal of Military Valour Medal of Bravery Meritorious Service Medal Royal Victorian Medal (Gold, silver & bronze)
27 28 29 29 30 31 32 33
War and Operational Service Medals
Sacrifice Medal Gulf and Kuwait Medal Somolia Medal South-West Asia Service Medal General Campain Star - Allied Forces General Campain Star - South-West Asia General Star Campain - Expedition General Service Medal - Allied Forces General Service Medal - South-West Asia General Service Medal  Expedition Operational Service Medal - South-West Asia Operational Service Medal – Sierra Leone Operational Service Medal - Haiti Operational Service Medal - Sudan Operational Service Medal - Humanitas
34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48

Operational Service Medal – Expedition Special Service Medal (always issue with a bar) Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal UN Truce Supervision Organization in Palestine (UNTSO) UN Good Officers Mission in Afghanistan & Pakistan (UNGOMAP) UN Military Observer Group in India & Pakistan (UNMOGIP) UN Organization in Congo (ONUC) UN Temporary Executive Authority in West New Guinea (UNTEA) UN Yemen Observer (UNYOM) UN Forces in Cyprus (UNFICYP) UN India Pakistan Mission (UNIPOM) UN Emergency Force Middle East (UNEFME) UN Disengagement Observation Force (Golan Heights) (UNDOF) UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) UN Military Observation Group in Iran-Iraq (UNIMOG)
49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63

UN Transition Assistance Group (Namibia) (UNTAG) UN Observer Group in Central America (ONUCA) UN Iraq_Kuwait Observer Mission (UNIKOM) UN Angola Verification Mision) (UNAVEM) UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) UN Observer Mission in El Salvador (ONUSAL) UN Protection Force (Yugoslavia) (UNPROFOR) UN Advance Mission in Cambodia (UNAMIC) UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) UN Operatio in Somolia) (UNOSOM) UN Operation in Mozambique) (ONUMOZ) UN Observer Mission Uganda-Rwanda) (UNOMUR) UN Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR) UN Mission in Haiti (UNMIH) UN Mission for the Verification of Human Rights (in Guatemala (MINUGUA)
64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78
UN Mission in the Central African Republic (MINURCA) UN Preventive Depolyment Force (Macedonia) (UNPREDEP) UN Mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina (UNMIBH) UN Military Observer Mission in Prevlaka (Croatia) (UNMOP) UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) UN Observer Mission in Sierra Leone/ UN Mission in Sierra Leone (UNONSIL/ UNAMSIL) UN Assistance Mission East Timor/ UN Transitional Authority East Timor) (UNAMET/ UNTAET) UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo) (MONUC) UN Mission in Ethiopa and Eritrea (UNMEE) UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) UN Operation in Ivory Coast (ONUCI) UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) UN Integrated Mission in Temor-Leste (UNMIT) UN-AU Hybrid Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) UN Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS)
79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93

UN Medal for Special Service (UN SSM) UN Headquarters Medal (UN HQ) NATO Medal of Former Yugoslavia (NATO-FY) NATO Medal for Kosovo (NATO-K) NATO Medal for the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (NATO-FYROM) Article 5 NATO Medal for Operation "Eagle Assist" Article 5 NATO Medal for Operation "Article Endeavour" Non-Article 5 NATO Medal for Operations in the Balkans Non-Article 5 NATO Medal for the NATO Training Implementation Mission and the NATO Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-Iraq) Non-Article 5 Medal for NATO Logistical Support to the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) Non-Article 5 NATO Medal for Operations and Activities in Relation to Africa Non-Article 5 NATO Medal for Service on NATO Operation UNIFIED  PROTECTOR -LIBYA Multinational Force and Observers (Sinai) European Community Monitor Mission (Yugoslavia) (ECMMY) International Force East Timor (INTERFET)
94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108
CD
European Security and Defence Policy Service Medal (ESDP) (Always issued with a bar) Canadian Centennial Medal Queen's Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee Medal 125 Anniversary of the Confederation Medal Queen Elizabeth II’s Golden Jubilee Medal Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee Medal RCMP Long Service Medal Canadian Forces Decoration Police Exemplary Service Medal Corrections Exemplary Service Medal Fire Services Exemplary Service Medal Canadian Coast Guard Exemplary Service Medal Emergency Medical Services Exemplary Service Medal Peace Officer Exemplary Service Medal Queen's Medal for Champion Shot (Always issue with a date bar)
109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123
Service Medal of the Most Venerable Order of St. John of Jerusalem Oak Leaf - Mention in Dispatches (Worn on mission ribbon)
124
Ribbon Devices
Red Maple Leaf - Worn on undress ribbons to denote the level of Companion ot the Order of Canada, three rotation bars to medals 37 to 49 inclusive or a forth or subsequent bar to medal 50 Gold Maple Leaf - Worn on undress ribbons to denote the level of Officer ot the Order of Canada, a second awar of 27, 28 or 30, two rotation bars to medals 37 to 49 inclusive or a third bar to medal 50 Silver Maple Leaf – Worn on undress ribbons to denote the level of Member of the Order of Canada, a second award of 29, 31 or 32, the award of the bar on 35, one rotation bar to medals 37 to 49 inclusive or a second bar to medal 50. Shield - Worn on undress ribbons to denote the award of the AFGHANISTAN bar to medal 37 Silver Numeral - Worn on UN and ESDP ribbons to denote the number of tours Bronze Numeral - Worn on certain ribbons (96, 97, 98, 106) to denote the number of tours. Rosette - Worn on the CD undress ribbon to denote a further ten years of service
Commendations

A B C D E F G H I
Commander-in-Chief Unit Commendation Vice-Regal Commendation Minister of Veteran Affairs Commendation Chief of the Defence Staff Commendation RCMP Commissioner's Command Commendation RCMP Commander's Commendation St. John's Chancellor's Commendation St. John's Provincial/ Territorial Commendation
UNEF ICSC ICCS ONUC
Emergency Force (Egypt and Sinai) medal 1955 to 1967 International Commision for Supervision and Control Medal; Indo-China 1954-1973 International Commision of Control and Supervision Medal; Vietnam Jan 1973 to Apr 1975 United Nations Operation in the Congo 1960 to 1964