Polish Canadian Recipients of The Order of Canada
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- B. Dubienski of Winnipeg, lawyer
- Jan Drygala of Oshawa, WWII staff-sergeant of the Polish Army.
- Captain Andrew Garlicki of Ottawa
- Rt. Rev. Monsignor Anthony Gocki of Regina
- Rev. Anthony Hylla, Oblate priest
- Rev. Michael Smith, missionary Oblate priest
- Casimir Stanczykowski of Montreal, multilingual radio station founder and broadcaster
- Stefan Sznuk, Group Captain
- Peter Taraska of Winnipeg, Knight of St. Gregory, alderman and citizenship judge
- Irena Ungar, Citizenship Judge
- Dr. Henry Wojcicki, Edmonton, distinguished psychiatrist, Univ. of Alberta senator
- Walter Gretzky, Brantford, Ontario, Canada, father of Wayne Gretzky
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