List of Past Recipients
| Year | Name | Position held at the time of the presentation |
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| 2012 | Susan M.W. Cartwright | Commissioner, Public Service Commission |
| 2009 | Louise Branch | Executive Head of Service Management, Maritime Region Human Resources and Skills Development Canada |
| Jeffrey Farber (Ph.D.) | Director, Bureau of Microbial Hazards Health Canada |
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| Jim Judd | Director, Canadian Security Intelligence Service | |
| John Sims | Deputy Minister and Deputy Attorney General Department of Justice Canada |
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| 2008 | Margaret Bloodworth | Associate Secretary to Cabinet and National Security Advisor, Privy Council Office |
| Steve MacLean (Ph.D.) | President, Canadian Space Agency | |
| Ian C.P. Smith (Ph.D.) | Director General, NRC Institute for Biodiagnostics, National Research Council of Canada (NRC) | |
| 2007 | Philip H. Amundson | Executive Direction, Western Operations, Canadian Food Inspection Agency |
| Christina Cameron | Director General, National Historic Sites, Parks Canada Agency | |
| Denis Comeau | Ambassador for Canada to the Royal Kingdom of Thailand, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, and the Union of Myanmar, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada | |
| Michael Horgan | Deputy Minister, Environment Canada | |
| Calvin Wayne Lindwall | Director General, Environmental Health National Science Program, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | |
| 2005 | Joseph Lewis Buckle | Assistant Commissioner in charge of the Forensic Laboratory Services, Royal Canadian Mounted Police |
| Ian C. Green | Deputy Minister and Senior Advisor to the Minister, Health Canada | |
| Mary M. Gusella | Chief Commissioner, Canadian Human Rights Commission | |
| Robert A. Wright | National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister and Associate Secretary to the Cabinet, Privy Council Office | |
| 2003 | Ronald Bilodeau | Associate Secretary to the Cabinet and Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council, Deputy Minister to the Deputy Prime Minister, and Security and Intelligence Coordinator, Privy Council Office |
| Claire Franklin | Executive Director, Pest Management Regulatory Agency, Health Canada | |
| J.R. Jocelyn Paré | Chief, Microwave-Assisted Processes Division, Environmental Technology Centre (ETC), Environment Canada | |
| 2002 | William MacDonald Evans | President, Canadian Space Agency |
| Ivan P. Fellegi, O.C. | Chief Statistician of Canada, Statistics Canada | |
| Konrad von Finckenstein, Q.C. | Commissionner of Competition, Competition Bureau, Industry Canada | |
| 2001 | Peter M. Boehm | Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Canada, Organization of American States (OAS) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade |
| Rachel Corneille Gravel | Executive Director, Ste. Anne's Hospital Veterans Affairs Canada |
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| David A. Dodge | Deputy Minister Health Canada |
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| Warren Edmondson | Assistant Deputy Minister, Labour and Head of Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Human Resources Development Canada |
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| John Brian Morrissey | Assistant Deputy Minister, Research Branch Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | |
| 2000 | Dr. Kenneth J. Calder | Assistant Deputy Minister of Policy National Defence |
| A/Commissioner Donald Cleve Cooper | Special Advisor and Ambassador for Restorative Justice Royal Canadian Mounted Police |
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| V. Peter Harder | Secretary of the Treasury Board and Comptroller General of Canada | |
| Alexander Himelfarb | Deputy Minister Canadian Heritage |
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| Nurjehan Mawani, C.M. | Chairperson Immigration and Refugee Board |
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| 1999 | Jocelyne Bourgon, O.C. | President Canadian Centre for Management Development |
| Donald W. Campbell | Deputy Minister Foreign Affairs and International Trade |
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| Dr. George Howard Finney | Regional Director Environment Canada |
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| J. David Nicholson | Deputy Minister Veterans Affairs Canada and Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency |
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| R. Scott Serson | Deputy Minister Indian and Northern Affairs Canada |
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| 1998 | Cathy Beehan | Canadian Secretary NAFTA Secretary, Canadian Section |
| Neil A. Bellefontaine | Regional Director General, Maritimes Region Department of Fisheries and Oceans |
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| Dr. John H. Carey | Acting Executive Director National Water Research Institute Environment Canada |
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| James A. Feltham | Senior Project Manager Northumberland Strait Crossing Project Public Works and Government Services Canada |
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| Huguette Labelle, C.C. | President, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) |
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| 1992 | Derek H. Burney, O.C. | Canadian Ambassador to the United States of America External Affairs and International Trade Canada |
| Richard F. Fulford | Assistant Deputy Minister (Excise/GST) Revenue Canada - Customs and Excise |
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| 1989 | R. Gordon L. Fairweather, O.C. | Chairman of the Immigration and Refugee Board |
| Gérard Veilleux, O.C. | President and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | |
| 1988 | Jean-Marc Hamel, O.C. | Chief Electoral Officer of Canada |
| Arthur Kroeger, C.C. | Deputy Minister of Employment and Immigration Canada | |
| Barry C. Steers | Canada's Ambassador to Japan External Affairs Canada |
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| Paul M. Tellier, C.C. | Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet | |
| 1986 | William Patrick Kelly, C.M. | Associate Deputy Minister Labour Canada |
| Larkin M. Kerwin, C.C. | President National Research Council of Canada |
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| Colin Low, C.M. | Director and Producer National Film Board of Canada |
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| Sylvia Ostry, C.C. | Ambassador for Multilateral Trade and the Prime Minister's Personal Representative for the Economic Summit External Affairs Canada |
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| 1985 | Maureen M. Law | Associate Deputy Minister Health and Welfare Canada |
| Léonard H. Legault, O.C. | Assistant Deputy Minister of Legal, Consular and Immigration Affairs External Affairs Canada |
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| John L. Manion, O.C. | Secretary of the Treasury Board | |
| John H. Parker, O.C. | Commissioner of the Northwest Territories | |
| Ramsey M. Withers | Deputy Minister of Transport | |
| 1983 | Laurent A. Bergeron | President and Chief Executive Officer Arsenals Canada |
| Edward L. Bousfield | Senior Scientist National Museums of Canada |
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| William A. Cumming | Executive Vice-President National Research Council Canada |
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| Wilfred I. Smith, O.C. | Dominion Archivist Public Archives of Canada |
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| 1982 | J. Alan Beesley, O.C. | Permanent Representative and Ambassador to the United Nations of Geneva |
| Gerald K. Bouey, C.C. | Governor of the Bank of Canada | |
| Marshall A. Cohen, O.C. | Deputy Minister of Finance | |
| Allan E. Gotlieb, C.C. | Canadian Ambassador to the United States of America External Affairs of Canada |
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| Jean-Guy Sylvestre, O.C. | National Librarian National Library of Canada |
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| 1981 | W. Edmund Clark | Senior Assistant Deputy Minister Energy, Mines and Resources Canada |
| Klaus Goldschlag, O.C. | Canadian Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany External Affairs Canada |
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| Gaétan Lussier, O.C. | Deputy Minister of Agriculture | |
| Gordon F. Osbaldeston, C.C. | Under-Secretary of State of External Affairs | |
| Douglas F. Parkhill | Assistant Deputy Minister (Research) Communications Canada |
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| 1978 | Thomas K. Shoyama, O.C. | Deputy Minister of Finance |
| 1977 | Sylvain Cloutier, O.C. | Deputy Minister of Transport |
| 1976 | Stuart M. Hodgson, O.C. | Commissioner of the Northwest Territories |
| 1975 | Jake H. Warren, O.C. | Canadian Ambassador to the United States of America External Affairs Canada |
| 1974 | S. Simon Reisman, O.C. | Deputy Minister of Finance |
| 1973 | A. Edgar Ritchie, C.C. | Under-Secretary of State for External Affairs |
| 1972 | R. Gordon Robertson, C.C. | Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary of the Cabinet |
| 1971 | Norman McLaren, C.C. | Director and Producer National Film Board of Canada |
| 1970 | James M. Harrison, C.C. | Assistant Deputy Minister (Sciences and Technology) Energy, Mines and Resources Canada |
| 1969 | Marcel Cadieux, C.C. | Under-Secretary of State for External Affairs |
| 1968 | Louis Rasminsky, C.C. | Governor of the Bank of Canada |
| 1967 | Robert B. Bryce, C.C. | Deputy Minister of Finance |
| 1966 | Wilfrid B. Lewis, C.C. | Senior Vice-President (Science) Atomic Energy of Canada Limited |