University of Alberta
Chancellor of the University of Alberta
Lois Elsa Hole
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 30 1929; d. January 6 2005.
1994 – 1998
Brandon University
Chancellor of Brandon University
Stanley Howard Knowles
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 18 1908; d. June 9 1997
1970 – 1990
Edward Richard Schreyer
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 21 1935
2002 – 2008
University of British Columbia
Chancellor of the University of British Columbia
Phyllis Marie Gregory Ross
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1903; d. April 18 1988.
1961 – 1966
University of Calgary
Chancellor of the University of Calgary
James Francis “Jim” Dinning
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 4 1952.
2010 – 2014
Carleton University
Chancellor of Carleton University
Lester Bowles Pearson
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 23 1897; d. December 27 1972
1969 – 1972
Robert Gordon Robertson
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 19 1917; d. January 15 2013.
1980 – 1990
Ramon John “Ray” Hnatyshyn
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 16 1934; d. December 18 2002.
2002
Joseph Jean-Pierre Marc Garneau
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 23 1949.
2003 – 2008
Herbert Eser “Herb” Gray
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 25 1931; d. April 21 2014.
2008 – 2011
President of Carleton University
Michael Kelway Oliver
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 2 1925; d. September 29 2004.
1972 – 1978
Dalhousie University
Chancellor of Dalhousie University
Clarence Decatur Howe
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 15 1886; d. December 31 1960.
1957 – 1960
A. Anne McLellan
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 31 1950.
2015 – present
President of Dalhousie University
Henry Davies Hicks
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 5 1915; d. December 9 1990.
1963 – 1980
University of Guelph
Chancellor of the University of Guelph
George Alexander Drew
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 7 1894; d. January 4 1973
1965 – 1971
Emmett Matthew Hall
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 29 1898; d. November 12 1995.
1971 – 1977
University of Manitoba
President of the University of Manitoba
Sidney Earle Smith
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 9 1897; d. March 17 1959.
1934 – 1944
McGill University
Chancellor of McGill University
Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 6 1820; d. January 21 1914.
1889 – 1914
Michael Arthur Meighen
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 25 1939.
2014 – 2021
Principal and Vice-Chancellor of McGill University
John Wadden Bethune
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 5 1791; d. August 22 1872.
1835 – 1846
David Lloyd Johnston
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 28 1941.
1979 – 1994
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Chancellor of Memorial University of Newfoundland
Paul Desmarais, Sr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 4 1927; d. October 8 2013.
1979 – 1988
John Carnell Crosbie
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 30 1931; d. January 10 2020.
1994 – 2008
Rick J. Hillier
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 30 1955.
2008 – 2012
Mount Allison University
Chancellor of Mount Allison University
Peter Mansbridge
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 6 1948.
2009 – 2017
University of Ottawa
Chancellor of the University of Ottawa
Pauline Vanier
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 28 1898; d. March 23 1991
1966 – 1973
Joseph Honoré Gérald Fauteux
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 22 1900; d. September 14 1980.
1973 – 1979
Gabrielle Léger
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 25 1916; d. March 10 1998
1979 – 1985
Maurice Sauvé
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 20 1923; d. April 13 1992.
1985 – 1990
Michaëlle Jean
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 6 1957.
2012 – 2015
Queen’s University
Chancellor of Queen’s University
Sir Sandford Fleming
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 7 1827; d. July 22 1915.
1880 – 1915
Charles Avery Dunning
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 31 1885; d. October 1 1958.
1940 – 1958
Daniel Roland Michener
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 19 1900; d. August 6 1991
1973 – 1980
Edgar Peter Lougheed
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 26 1928; d. September 13 2012.
1996 – 2002
David Allison Dodge
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 8 1943.
2008 – 2014
Principal of Queen’s University
George Monro Grant
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 22 1835; d. May 10 1902.
1877 – 1902
James Alexander Corry
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1899; d. December 26 1985.
1961 – 1968
St. Francis Xavier University
Chancellor of St. Francis Xavier University
Milica “Mila” Mulroney
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 13 1953.
2024 – present
University of Saskatchewan
Chancellor of the University of Saskatchewan
John George Diefenbaker
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 18 1895; d. August 16 1979
1969 – 1979
Emmett Matthew Hall
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 29 1898; d. November 12 1995.
1979 – 1986
University of Toronto
Chancellor of the University of Toronto (King’s College until 1849)
James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, 12th Earl of Kincardine
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 20 1811; d. November 20 1863.
Titles of nobility: Earl of Elgin in the Peerage of Scotland (1841 – 1863); Earl of Kincardine in the Peerage of Scotland (1841 – 1863); Baron Elgin in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1849 – 1863).
1847 – 1849
William Hume Blake
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 10 1809; d. November 15 1870.
1852 – 1856
Dominick Edward Blake
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 13 1833; d. March 1 1912.
1876 – 1900
Sir William Mulock
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 19 1843; d. October 1 1944.
1924 – 1944
Charles Vincent Massey
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 20 1887; d. December 30 1967
1947 – 1953
George Pavlovich Ignatieff
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 16 1913; d. August 10 1989.
1980 – 1986
John Black Aird
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 5 1923; d. May 6 1995.
1986 – 1991
Vivienne Poy
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 15 1941.
2003 – 2006
David Robert Peterson
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 28 1943.
2006 – 2012
Michael Holcombe Wilson
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 4 1937; d. February 10 2019.
2012 – 2018
President of the University of Toronto
James Loudon
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 24 1841; d. December 29 1916.
1892 – 1906
Sidney Earle Smith
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 9 1897; d. March 17 1959.
1945 – 1957
John Robert Stobo Prichard
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 17 1949.
1990 – 2000
Trent University
Chancellor of Trent University
Eugene Alfred Forsey
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 29 1904; d. February 20 1991.
1973 – 1977
Mary Jeannie May Simon
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 21 1947.
Monarch(s): Elizabeth II, Charles III.
Prime minister(s): Justin Trudeau.
Other prominent offices: Ambassador of Canada to Denmark (1999 – 2002).
1995 – 1999
Peter John Gzowski
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 13 1934; d. January 24 2002.
1999 – 2002
Mary Jeannie May Simon*
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 21 1947.
Monarch(s): Elizabeth II, Charles III.
Prime minister(s): Justin Trudeau.
Other prominent offices: Ambassador of Canada to Denmark (1999 – 2002).
2002 – 2003
University of Waterloo
Chancellor of the University of Waterloo
Dominic Barton
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1962.
2018 – 2024
President of the University of Waterloo
David Lloyd Johnston
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 28 1941.
1999 – 2010
University of Western Ontario
Chancellor of the University of Western Ontario
Joseph Louis Rotman
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 6 1935; d. January 27 2015.
2012 – 2015
Wilfrid Laurier University
Chancellor of Waterloo Lutheran University
William Ross Macdonald
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 25 1891; d. May 28 1976.
1964 – 1972
Chancellor of Wilfrid Laurier University
John Black Aird
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 5 1923; d. May 6 1995.
1977 – 1985
Willard Zebedee “Bud” Estey
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 6 1917; d. January 24 2008.
1990 – 1995
Robert Keith “Bob” Rae
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 2 1948.
2003 – 2008
University of Winnipeg
President of the University of Winnipeg
Lloyd Norman Axworthy
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 21 1939.
2004 – 2014
York University
Chancellor of York University
Peter deCarteret Cory
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 25 1925; d. April 7 2020.
2004 – 2008
Roland Roy McMurtry
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 31 1932; d. March 18 2024.
2008 – 2014