- governor general, lieutenant-governor or head of government;
- member of the Senate or House of Commons or member of a legislative assembly;
- deputy minister or holder of an office of equivalent rank;
- ambassador or attaché or advisor to an ambassador;
- officer with the rank of general or higher;
- officer of a company directly wholly owned by Her Majesty in right of Canada or a province;
- head of a government agency;
- judge of a provincial court of appeal, the Federal Court of Appeal or the Supreme Court of Canada;
- leader or president of a political party represented in a legislative assembly;
- mayor*.
* Under the laws of Canada, municipal governments include cities, towns, villages, rural municipalities and urban agglomerations. A mayor is the chief executive officer of a city, town, village, rural municipality or urban agglomeration, regardless of population. A person ceases to be an NPV five years after leaving office.
