Order of Newfoundland and Labrador

Order of Newfoundland and Labrador
Order of Newfoundland and Labrador ;
Awarded by the lieutenant governor of Newfoundland and Labrador;
Type	Order of merit (provincial)
Founded	24 May 2001
Eligibility	Canadian citizens currently or formerly residents of the province, save for politicians and judges while in office.
Awarded for	Demonstration of excellence and achievement in any field of endeavour benefiting in an outstanding manner the province and its residents.
Status	Currently constituted
Founder	Arthur House
Chancellor	Joan Marie Aylward
Grades	Member
Post-nominals	ONL
Precedence
Next (higher)	Order of Nova Scotia
Next (lower)	Order of Nunavut
	; Ribbon bar of the order; ;

The Order of Newfoundland and Labrador (French: Ordre du Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador) is a civilian honour for merit in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Instituted in 2001, when Lieutenant Governor Arthur Maxwell House granted Royal Assent to the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador Act,^[1] the order is administered by the Governor-in-Council and is intended to honour current or former Newfoundland and Labrador residents for conspicuous achievements in any field,^[2] being thus described as the highest honour amongst all others conferred by the Newfoundland and Labrador Crown.^[3]^[4]

^ Elizabeth II (24 May 2001), Order of Newfoundland and Labrador Act, St. John's: Queen's Printer for Newfoundland and Labrador, retrieved 25 August 2009
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^ Executive Council of Newfoundland and Labrador, Order of Newfoundland and Labrador, Queen's Printer for Newfoundland and Labrador, retrieved 25 August 2009
^ Marsh, James H. (ed.), "Culture > Awards > Order of Newfoundland and Labrador", The Canadian Encyclopedia, Toronto: Historica Foundation of Canada, retrieved 25 August 2009