The Order of New Brunswick (Ordre du Nouveau Brunswick in French), instituted in 2000, a civilian honor for merit in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The Order is described as the highest honor amongst all others conferred by the New Brunswick Crown.
The Order of New Brunswick is intended to honor any current or former longtime resident of New Brunswick who has demonstrated a high level of individual excellence and achievement in any field, having made “outstanding contributions to the social, cultural or economic well-being of New Brunswick and its residents“. Canadian citizenship is a requirement, and those who are elected or appointed members of a governmental body are ineligible as long as they hold office.
The Order of New Brunswick Design
New Members are presented with the order’s insignia. The badge consists of a gold medallion in the form of a stylized viola cucullata (or purple violet)—the official provincial flower.
The obverse is made in violet enamel with gold edging, and bearing at its center the escutcheon of the arms of New Brunswick, surmounted by a St. Edward’s Crown symbolizing the Canadian monarch’s role as the fount of honor.
The ribbon is patterned with vertical stripes in blue, red, and gold. Men wear the medallion suspended from this ribbon at the collar, and women carry theirs on a ribbon bow at the left chest.
