The Order of Montreal (french: Ordre de Montréal) is a municipal order awarded to residents of the city of

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple ...

. It was established in May 2016, by then-mayor Denis Coderre.

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held a

design competition A design competition or design contest is a competition in which an entity solicits design proposals from the public for a specified purpose. Architecture An architectural design competition solicits architects to submit design proposals for a b ...

for artists to design the

medal A medal or medallion is a small portable artistic object, a thin disc, normally of metal, carrying a design, usually on both sides. They typically have a commemorative purpose of some kind, and many are presented as awards. They may be int ...

s that would be presented to recipients of the Order of Montreal; the winning design was made by Jacques Desbiens. As a municipal order, it is not directly ranked in the Canadian honours system. The Order, like the

Order of Canada The Order of Canada (french: Ordre du Canada; abbreviated as OC) is a Canadian state order and the second-highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, after the Order of Merit. To coincide with the cen ...

and

National Order of Quebec The National Order of Quebec, termed officially in French as ''l'Ordre national du Québec'', and in English abbreviation as the Order of Quebec, is an order of merit in the Canadian province of Quebec. Instituted in 1984 when Lieutenant Governo ...

, has three ranks consisting of (in descending order) commander, officer, and knight. Each year, three commanders, six officers, and eight knights are invested. The Order of Montreal succeeded the , a special honour that was created in 1988 by the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal and terminated in 2015. All recipients of that honour were awarded the Order of Montreal in December 2016 with the rank of Commander.Great Montrealers join the Ordre de Montréal
''Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal''.

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* * Quebec awards Awards established in 2016 2016 establishments in Quebec Culture of Montreal {{Orders-medals-stub

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