Alberta Order of Excellence

Alberta Order of Excellence
Alberta Order of Excellence ;
Awarded by the lieutenant governor of Alberta;
Type	Provincial order
Founded	16 November 1979
Eligibility	Canadian citizens living in Alberta
Awarded for	Making a difference by serving Albertans with excellence and distinction
Status	Currently constituted
Founder	Frank Lynch-Staunton
Chancellor	Salma Lakhani
Grades	Member
Post-nominals	AOE
Statistics
Total inductees	212
Precedence
Next (higher)	Order of British Columbia
Next (lower)	Order of Prince Edward Island
	; Ribbon of the Alberta Order of Excellence; ;

The Alberta Order of Excellence (French: Ordre d'excellence de l'Alberta) is a civilian honour for merit in the Canadian province of Alberta. Instituted in 1979 when Lieutenant Governor Frank C. Lynch-Staunton granted royal assent to the Alberta Order of Excellence Act,^[1] the order is administered by the Governor-in-Council and is intended to honour current or former Alberta residents for conspicuous achievements in any field,^[2]^[3] being thus described as the highest honour amongst all others conferred by the Canadian Crown in right of Alberta.^[2]

^ Elizabeth II (16 November 1979), Alberta Order of Excellence Act, Edmonton: Alberta Queen's Printer, archived from the original on 11 February 2011, retrieved 22 August 2009
^ ^a ^b Bingham, Russell, "Culture > Awards > Alberta Order of Excellence", in Marsh, James H. (ed.), The Canadian Encyclopedia, Toronto: Historica Foundation of Canada, retrieved 21 August 2009
^ Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta, Council, Alberta Queen's Printer, retrieved 22 August 2009