Criteria for Royal patronage

• Criteria for Prefix Royal

Criteria applied by the Department of Canadian Heritage in preparing the advice to the Governor General are as follows:

• provide services on a national, or at least regional basis;
• have been in existence for at least five years;
• have an active program which it pursues every year;
• be solvent; and
• have aims and objectives that will earn the approval of the person from whom patronage is requested.

Requests should be sent to:

Office of the Governor General
1 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A1

See the list of Canadian organizations which have received Royal patronage.

Criteria for Prefix "Royal"

Criteria applied by the Department of Canadian Heritage in studying requests and preparing the advice to the Governor General:

An association or organization has to be

1. of pre-eminence in its field;
2. in a secure financial position;
3. established for 25 years (approx);
4. devoted to artistic, scientific and charitable objectives;
5. a non-profit organization under the Income Tax Act ;
6. not be engaged in a fund-raising campaign, and
7. providing services on a regional basis (at minimum).

Requests should be sent to:

Office of the Governor General
1 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A1

See the list of civilian organizations with the prefix "Royal".