Established in 1995 by Governor General Romeo Leblanc, this award is given to people and groups whose voluntary contribution provide extraordinary help or care to their community. Recipients must have served several years and, normally, not received a national or provincial honour. In 2015, it was renamed the Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers.
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Recipient
Location
Year
Paulette Lenore Aamot
The Pas
?
Basil Agnew
Morden
1997
Ethan Allard
Winnipeg
2014
Doreen Ander
The Pas
?
Wendy Anderson
Tilston
2006
Eleanor Anderson
Dauphin
1998
John Anderson (?-?)
Dauphin
1998
Vernon Anderson
Winnipeg
2019
Shonda Ashcroft
Birtle
2018
B
Anita Barlow
Winnipeg
2016
Lilianne Barnabé
Winnipeg
2018
Margaret Myrtle Goldstone Barnett (1911-2006)
Selkirk
1999
Sandra Margaret Bartlett
The Pas
?
Harold Dennis Bastable (1918-2007)
Winnipeg
2001
Theresa Bastien
The Pas
?
Rose Bateman
Killarney
2016
Bryanne Bates-Ewanyshyn
Gilbert Plains
2016
Christine Beaumont
Sainte-Anne
2018
Janice Becking
Snow Lake
1996
Sonja Mandziuk Bejzyk (1932-2022)
Winnipeg
2012
Michael Patrick Belhumeur
Winnipeg
2017
Stella Blackbird
Elphinstone
2013
James Blake
The Pas
?
John Bockstael
Winnipeg
2015
William H. M. “Bill” Brace (1924-2007)
Clandeboye
1999
Glenda Brading
Reston
2006
Katelyn Brown
Minnedosa
2017
Lucille Sharon Bruce
Winnipeg
2017
C
Brenda Cameron
Virden
2016
Anita J. Campbell
Winnipeg
2017
Claudia Ruth Campbell
Teulon
2008
David Grant Campbell
Teulon
2004
Dianne Ruth Campbell
The Pas
?
Sharon Campbell
The Pas
?
Elena Catalano
The Pas
?
Lois Charron
Snow Lake
2018
David Chartrand
Winnipeg
2017
Norman William “Norm” Cheyne (c1937-2017)
Melita
2006
Philip Chiappetta
Winnipeg
2017
Robert Chochinov
Anola
2016
Valerie Christie
Winnipeg
2016
Mackenzie Hunter William Clark
Brandon
2015
Geraldine Cloutier
The Pas
?
Linda Maxine Conley
The Pas
?
Jennifer Cook
The Pas
?
Jim William Corman
Snow Lake
2017
Hazel Roseline Corman
Snow Lake
2017
Robin Peter Cox
Carman
2014
Raymond Francis Currie
Winnipeg
2013
D
Kathleen Dawson
Winnipeg
2018
Alice Marion Turner Dent (1918-2016)
Dauphin
1999
Edward William “Bill” Docking
Teulon
2007
Isabella Dryden
Winnipeg
2018
Clifford R. Ducharme
Winnipeg
1999
Charlene Dziedzic
Teulon
2017
E
Erle T. Einarsson
Winnipeg
2015
Peter Elwick
Ste. Anne
?
F
Skylar Ferguson
Manitoba
2018
Nancy Friederici Fleury (1946-2022)
Teulon
2013
Kevin Freedman
Winnipeg
2014
Kiana Friesen
Kleefeld
2015
G
Shirley L. Gibb (1929-2001)
Winnipeg
2001
Madison Gigolyk
Kleefeld
2015
Adrienne Gill
Winnipeg
2016
Shayla Gillis
Baldur
2014
Lina Sophia Gordon
Franklin
2014
Murray Edward Green (1922-2008)
Napinka
2006
Lorne Gregorash
Winnipeg
2018
H
Christopher Hall
Winnipeg
2019
Tom Hamson
Winnipeg
2016
Murray Harvey
The Pas
2017
Gerald Charles Hawranik
Winnipeg
1999
Pamela Gail Hawranik
Winnipeg
1999
Dona Henderson
Whitemouth
2016
Carlee Henderson
Manitou
2017
Madeline Hiebert
Winnipeg
2015
Jorden Hill
Winnipeg
2015
Douglas Hinchliffe
Swan River
2018
Carol Hiscock
Winnipeg
2012
Adrian Honish
Winnipeg
2018
Craig Houston
Winnipeg
2013
Janice Howe
Dugald
2016
Richard Glenn “Rick” Hubbs
The Pas
?
I
Henry A. Idonije
Brandon
2008
Choice Omovbe Idonije
Winnipeg
2012
Alexa Ilag
Winnipeg
2015
Hilde Ilmer
Winnipeg
2015
Ken Ivey
Virden
2016
J
Irene Janzen
Winnipeg
2017
Hayley Jenkins
Thompson
2017
Joseph Raymond Johnson
Winnipeg
2004
Dolly Johnson
Portage la Prairie
1998
K
Shaye Kemball
Winnipeg
2014
Eugène J. A. Kirouac
La Broquerie
2004
Hank Klassen
Steinbach
2014
Menno Klassen
Winnipeg
1999
Edgar Klassen
Winnipeg
2017
Hannah Koversky
Brandon
2016
John Kroeker
Steinbach
2020
Francis Kusner
Winnipeg
2015
Terumi Kuwada
Winnipeg
2012
Yvonne Kyle
Winnipeg
?
L
Krista Laberge
Winnipeg
2020
Suzanne Lachance-Maas
Winnipeg
2015
Alice Langill
St-Anne-des-Chênes
2007
Gabriel Langlois
Winnipeg
2019
Jeremy Larway
Oak Lake
2016
Raymond Alexander “Sonny” Lavallee
The Pas
?
Daniel Leclair
Winnipeg
2016
Nelliene E. Leifer
Russell
2001
Jeremy Liscum
Winnipeg
2018
Devon Liscum
Winnipeg
2018
Helen Wilms Litz (1932-2021)
Winnipeg
1999
Michel Loiselle
Winnipeg
2013
Delmar Floyd Loucks
Melita
2006
M
Katerina MacGregor
Winnipeg
2016
Ian MacLean
Winnipeg
2014
Roma Maconachie
Winnipeg
2017
Beverly Ann MacTavish
The Pas
?
Brooklyn Maguathi
Brandon
2016
Don Maksymchuk
The Pas
?
Audrey Anne Maksymchuk
The Pas
?
Donald Mann
Winnipeg
2016
Devanand Michael Manny
Winnipeg
2017
Barry P. Marchand
Winnipeg
2013
Jean Marshall
Woodlands
2003
Linnea Martens
Winnipeg
2018
Raymond Massinon
Haywood
?
Patricia McBeth
Winnipeg
2019
Dorothy Marion McClintock Faris (?-2016)
Winnipeg
1998
Julia Catherine McDonald (1902-2005)
Selkirk
1996
Linda McFarland
The Pas
?
Ellen McFarlane
Flin Flon
1999
Valerie McIntyre
Winnipeg
2017
Bonnie Lynne Meadows
The Pas
?
Beruk Meshesha
Winnipeg
2014
Jeannette Metcalfe (1932-2021)
Winnipeg
2004
Alexandra Michaels
Winnipeg
2016
Sonia Michalyshen
Oakbank
2013
Janet M. Miller
Winnipeg
2001
Kathy Miller
Winnipeg
?
Peter Mosondz
The Pas
?
Melville Russell Huntley “Mel” Mummery (1918-2004)
Minnedosa
1996
N
Amy Neufeld
Darlingford
2017
Brooklyn Nichol
Darlingford
2018
McKenna Nicholls
Morden
2014
Annette Niven
The Pas
?
Ron Nobess
Winnipeg
2017
Deborah “Debbie” Norman
Winnipeg
2016
O
Joeseph Kyle Olaski
Winnipeg
2019
P
Carla Paddock
Brandon
2018
Emile Paul
Winnipeg
2016
William Pearcey
Portage la Prairie
2017
Braiden Pergis
Winniepg
2016
Brittany Perkins
Winnipeg
2016
Leonard Donnelly Peto (1918-2001)
Winnipeg
1996
Alana Plett
Landmark
2016
Michelle Pottinger
Neepawa
2016
Shania Pruden
Winnipeg
2015
Louise Pryslak
Winnipeg
2017
Bob Putko
Flin Flon
2013
Q
R
David Ramesar
Winnipeg
2018
Cassie Ranville
Rorketon
2015
Phyllis Reader
Winnipeg
2013
Strinivasan Reddy
Winnipeg
2013
John Francis Reilly (1930-2011)
Winnipeg
1999
Erica Ritter
Winnipeg
2015
Brett Robinson
Brandon
2005
Elizabeth Rochon
Winnipeg
2015
Fred J. Ross
Stonewall
1998
S
Lesley Sacouman
Winnipeg
2013
Walter Saltzberg
Winnipeg
2015
Yvonne Savard
La Broquerie
2020
John Shaw
Brandon
2016
Greg Shedden
Stonewall
2016
Annie Shwaluk
Shoal Lake
2002
Jasmyn Singh
Winnipeg
2018
Simryn Singh
Winnipeg
2020
Sandra Skibo
Brandon
2017
Journey Skjaerlund
Landmark
2018
Avery Skog
Morris
2014
Denny Smith
Winnipeg
2015
Deb Smith
Pinawa
2017
Declan Smith
Neepawa
2018
Debra Smith
The Pas
?
Bernice Smith
The Pas
?
Rimsha Sohail
Winnipeg
2015
Philip Stairs
Beausejour
2015
Dale F. Stewart
Winnipeg
2006
Angelika Stoesz
Altona
2017
T
John Jacob Thiessen
Winnipeg
2001
George Henry Thomson (?-?)
Winnipeg
2000
Candace A. Thorne
Oak Bluff
2013
Sharon Faye Thorne
The Pas
2020
Irene Elizabeth Tillett (1914-2017)
Selkirk
1999
Jaring Timmerman
Winnipeg
2002
Susan Tozer
Winnipeg
2016
Kirsten Trimble
Oakville
2015
U
V
Gerry Valois
Winnipeg
2015
Verna Van Roon (1920-2011)
Winnipeg
1998
W
Linda Wall
Winnipeg
2018
Erin Ward
Winnipeg
2013
Amarjeet Singh Warraich
Winnipeg
2017
Eleanor Fison Warren (1902-2003)
Birtle
2002
John David Wawryk
Winnipeg
?
Harold Westdal
Winnipeg
2016
Wyatt Whalen
Winnipeg
2016
Mollie Wheeler
Moren
2014
William Whiteway
Arnes
2018
Cole Wielgosz
Winnipeg
2014
Connor Wielgosz
Winnipeg
2014
Robert Raymond Williams
Winnipeg
2013
William Worden
Winnipeg
2020
Linda Worone
Beausejour
2016
X
Y
Ella E. Younger
Rivers
2001
William Allan Douglas Yuill
Grandview
2018
Z
“Retired Mountie’s tireless volunteering merits Governor General’s caring award,” Winnipeg Free Press, 23 May 1998.
“Volunteer honoured,” Winnipeg Free Press, 31 July 1998.
“Couple get ‘Caring Canadian’ award for establishing first rural food bank,” Winnipeg Free Press, 11 December 1999.
“Clarkson hands out awards,” Winnipeg Free Press, 2 August 2000.
Obituary [Murray Edward Green], Redpath Funeral Home.
Governor General's Caring Canadian Awards
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 8 August 2024
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