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Order of Ontario The Order of Ontario () is the most prestigious official Award, honour in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. Instituted in 1986 by Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Lieutenant Governor Lincoln Alexander, on the A ...
, both past and current, in order of their date of appointment.


Members


1987

*
John Black Aird John Black Aird (May 5, 1923 – May 6, 1995) was a Canadian lawyer, corporate director and political figure. He served in the Senate of Canada from 1964 to 1974, and he was Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1980 to 1985. Life and caree ...
– 23rd
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario The lieutenant governor of Ontario (, in French: ''Lieutenant-gouverneur'' (if male) or ''Lieutenante-gouverneure'' (if female) ''de l'Ontario'') is the viceregal representative in Ontario of the , who operates distinctly within the province bu ...
*Aline Akeson – poverty activist * J. M. S. Careless – historian * Hon. William G. Davis – Premier of Ontario (1971–1985) *
Celia Franca Celia Franca (25 June 1921 – 19 February 2007) was a co-founder of The National Ballet of Canada (1951) and its artistic director for 24 years. Early life Franca was born Celia Franks in London, England, the daughter of an East End tailo ...
– founder of
National Ballet of Canada The National Ballet of Canada is a Canadian ballet company that was founded in 1951 in Toronto, Ontario, with Celia Franca as the first artistic director. A company of 70 dancers with its own orchestra, the National Ballet has been led since 2022 ...
*Harry Gairey – civil rights activist *Duncan Gordon * Roger Guindon – university administrator *Dianne Harkin – founder of Women for the Survival of Agriculture * Cleeve Horne – portrait painter and sculptor * Benjamin Sinclair Johnson – sprinter *
Franc Joubin Franc Renault Joubin, (November 15, 1911 – January 1, 1997) was an American prospector and geologist best known for a huge uranium discovery in northeastern Ontario, Canada in 1953. Born in San Francisco, California to parents of French d ...
– prospector and geologist * Johnny Lombardi – pioneer of multicultural broadcasting in Canada *Clifford McIntosh – public speaker, author and founder of the Quetico Centre *
Oskar Morawetz Oskar Morawetz, (January 17, 1917 – June 13, 2007) was a Canadian composer. Biography Morawetz was born in Světlá nad Sázavou, Bohemia (now in the Czech Republic). He studied piano and theory in Prague and, following the Nazi takeov ...
– composer *
John Polanyi John Charles Polanyi ( hu, Polányi János Károly; born 23 January 1929) is a German-born Canadian chemist. He was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research in chemical kinetics. Polanyi was born into the prominent Hungari ...
– Nobel laureate *
Al Purdy Alfred Wellington Purdy (December 30, 1918 – April 21, 2000) was a 20th-century Canadian free verse poet. Purdy's writing career spanned fifty-six years. His works include thirty-nine books of poetry; a novel; two volumes of memoirs and four b ...
– poet * James Swail – researcher and developer of assistive devices for the blind *Bessie Touzel – social worker and teacher * Whipper Billy Watson – professional wrestler, supporter of children's charities


1988

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Alex Baumann Alexander Baumann, (born April 21, 1964) is a Canadian sports administrator and former competitive swimmer who won two gold medals and set two world records at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. In 2007, he was regarded by the national ...
– competitive swimmer, Olympic medalist *
June Callwood June Rose Callwood, (June 2, 1924 – April 14, 2007) was a Canadian journalist, author and social activist. She was known as "Canada's Conscience". Callwood achieved acclaim and a loyal following for her articles and columns written for na ...
– journalist, author and social activist *
Floyd Chalmers Floyd Sherman Chalmers, (September 14, 1898 – April 26, 1993) was a Canadian editor, publisher and philanthropist.Robertson Davies William Robertson Davies (28 August 1913 – 2 December 1995) was a Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor. He was one of Canada's best known and most popular authors and one of its most distinguished " men of letters" ...
– novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, professor, founding Master of
Massey College Massey College is a graduate residential college at the University of Toronto that was established, built and partially endowed in 1962 by the Massey Foundation and officially opened in 1963, though women were not admitted until 1974. It was mo ...
*
Reva Gerstein Reva Appleby Gerstein (born Reva Appleby; 27 March 1917 – 6 January 2020) was a Canadian psychologist, educator, and mental health advocate. She was the first woman Chancellor of the University of Western Ontario, serving from 1992 to 1996. ...
– first woman Chancellor of the
University of Western Ontario The University of Western Ontario (UWO), also known as Western University or Western, is a public research university in London, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land, surrounded by residential neighbourhoods and the Thames R ...
(1992–96) *Charlotte Lemieux – teacher and public servant * Walter Frederick Light – business executive *
Gordon Lightfoot Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. (born November 17, 1938) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music. He is credited with helping to define the folk-pop sound of the 1960 ...
– singer and songwriter * Dennis McDermott – trade unionist, Canadian Director of the
United Auto Workers The International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, better known as the United Auto Workers (UAW), is an American labor union that represents workers in the United States (including Puerto Rico) ...
(1968–78), and president of the Canadian Labour Congress (1978–86) *
Pauline McGibbon Pauline Mills McGibbon (21 October 1910 – 14 December 2001) served as the 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1974 to 1980. In addition to being the first woman to occupy that position, she was also the first woman to serve as a vi ...
– 22nd
Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario The lieutenant governor of Ontario (, in French: ''Lieutenant-gouverneur'' (if male) or ''Lieutenante-gouverneure'' (if female) ''de l'Ontario'') is the viceregal representative in Ontario of the , who operates distinctly within the province but ...
*Don Moore – activist and immigration advocate *Bernice Noblitt – President of the Federated Women's Institute of Canada, women's rights activist and teacher * John C. Parkin – architect *
Beryl Potter Beryl Potter was a British-born Canadian disability rights activist. She was involved in many disability rights organizations in Ontario including the Trans-Action Coalition, the Scarborough Recreation Club for Disabled Adults, the Ontario Actio ...
– activist for the rights of people with disabilities *
John Josiah Robinette John Josiah Robinette, (November 20, 1906 – November 18, 1996) was a Canadian lawyer who was one of Canada's premier legal authorities and litigators. Born in Toronto, Ontario, he attended the University of Toronto Schools. In 1926, he re ...
– lawyer *
Murray Ross Murray George Ross, (April 12, 1910 – July 20, 2000) was a Canadian sociologist, author, and academic administrator. He was the founding president of Toronto's York University and served in that role from 1959 to 1970. Born in Sydney, Nov ...
– founding president of
York University York University (french: Université York), also known as YorkU or simply YU, is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's fourth-largest university, and it has approximately 55,700 students, 7,0 ...
* Robert B. Salter –
Orthopedic surgeon Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics ( alternatively spelt orthopaedics), is the branch of surgery concerned with conditions involving the musculoskeletal system. Orthopedic surgeons use both surgical and nonsurgical means to treat musculoskeletal ...
and professor *
John Weinzweig John Jacob Weinzweig, (March 11, 1913 – August 24, 2006) was a Canadian composer of classical music. Weinzweig was born in Toronto. He went to Harbord Collegiate Institute, and studied music at the university. In 1937, he left for the United St ...
– composer


1989

* Louis Applebaum – composer *
John Bassett John White Hughes Bassett, (August 25, 1915 – April 27, 1998) was a Canadian media proprietor. Born in Ottawa, Ontario, he was the son of John Bassett (1886–1958), publisher of the ''Montreal Gazette'', and Marion Avery (née Wright) ...
– publisher, media baron * Dorothy Beam – advocate for the rights of the Deaf *
Leonard Birchall Air Commodore Leonard Joseph Birchall, (6 July 1915 – 10 September 2004), "The Saviour of Ceylon", was a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) officer who warned of a Japanese attack on the island of Ceylon during the Second World War. Early life Bi ...
– decorated
RCAF The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF; french: Aviation royale canadienne, ARC) is the air and space force of Canada. Its role is to "provide the Canadian Forces with relevant, responsive and effective airpower". The RCAF is one of three environm ...
pilot (
World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
) * Violet Blackman – black rights activist *
Morley Callaghan Edward Morley Callaghan (February 22, 1903 – August 25, 1990) was a Canadian novelist, short story writer, playwright, and TV and radio personality. Biography Of Canadian/English-immigrant parentage,Clara Thomas, ''Canadian Novelists 192 ...
– author & playwright * Paul Charbonneau – priest and founder of Brentwood Recovery Home *
Charles George Drake Charles George Drake (July 21, 1920 – September 15, 1998) was a Canadian neurosurgeon known for his work on treating aneurysms. Born in Windsor, Ontario, he received his BSc and MD degrees from The University of Western Ontario. From 1974 un ...
– neurosurgeon * Anne Gribben – nurse and labour activist * James Ham – engineer, administrator and President of the University of Toronto *
Kenneth Hare Fredrick Kenneth Hare, (February 5, 1919 – September 3, 2002) was a Canadian climatologist and academic, who researched atmospheric carbon dioxide, climate change, drought, and arid zone climates and was a strong advocate for preserving the natu ...
– climatologist * Daniel Iannuzzi – broadcaster *
Norman Jewison Norman Frederick Jewison (born July 21, 1926) is a retired Canadian film and television director, producer, and founder of the Canadian Film Centre. He has directed numerous feature films and has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best ...
– film director, producer, actor and founder of the
Canadian Film Centre The Canadian Film Centre (CFC) is a charitable organization founded by filmmaker Norman Jewison in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in 1988. Originally launched as film school, today it provides training, development and advancement opportunities for pr ...
*
Basil Johnston Basil H. Johnston (13 July 1929 – 8 September 2015) was a Anishinaabe (Ojibwa) and Canadian writer, storyteller, language teacher and scholar. Biography Johnston was born July 13, 1929 on the Parry Island Indian Reserve to Rufus and Mary (n ...
–
Anishinaabe The Anishinaabeg (adjectival: Anishinaabe) are a group of culturally related Indigenous peoples present in the Great Lakes region of Canada and the United States. They include the Ojibwe (including Saulteaux and Oji-Cree), Odawa, Potawat ...
writer & storyteller * Cliff Lumsdon – world champion marathon swimmer * Janet Murray – nun, educator and hospital administrator * Laure Rièse – educator; first female faculty member to obtain a PhD from
University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 ...
* Harry Thode – geochemist, nuclear chemist, and academic administrator *
Eberhard Zeidler Eberhard Zeidler may refer to: * Eberhard Heinrich Zeidler (1926–2022), German-Canadian architect * Eberhard Hermann Erich Zeidler (1940–2016), German mathematician {{hndis, Zeidler, Eberhard ...
– architect


1990

*James Archibald – veterinary surgeon, organ transplant pioneer * Margaret Atwood – writer *John Bailey – physician and community organizer *Maxwell Enkin – refugee advocate *
Maureen Forrester Maureen Kathleen Stewart Forrester, (July 25, 1930 – June 16, 2010) was a Canadian operatic contralto. Life and career Maureen Forrester was born and grew up in Montreal, Quebec, one of four children of Thomas Forrester, a Scottish cabinetmak ...
– contralto *
Ursula Franklin Ursula Martius Franklin (16 September 1921 – 22 July 2016) was a German-Canadian metallurgist, research physicist, author, and educator who taught at the University of Toronto for more than 40 years.Lumley, Elizabeth (editor) (2008), ''Canadi ...
– metallurgist, research physicist, author and educator *
George R. Gardiner George Ryerson Gardiner, (April 25, 1917 – December 7, 1997) was a Toronto businessman, philanthropist and co-founder of the Gardiner Museum, the only museum in Canada devoted exclusively to ceramic art. Early years Gardiner was born in To ...
– businessman, philanthropist and co-founder of the
Gardiner Museum The George R. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art (commonly shortened to the Gardiner Museum) is a ceramics museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The museum is situated within University of Toronto's St. George campus, in downtown Toronto. The museum b ...
* Stanley Grizzle – trade union activist *
Karen Kain Karen Alexandria Kain (born March 28, 1951) is a Canadian former ballet dancer, and was the artistic director of the National Ballet of Canada from 2005 - 2021. Early training and childhood Kain's mother enrolled her daughter in ballet training ...
– dancer * Vicki Keith – marathon swimmer *
Wilbert Keon Wilbert Joseph Keon (May 17, 1935 – April 7, 2019) was a Canadian physician. A heart surgeon and researcher by profession, Keon was a longtime Canadian senator. Biography Born in Sheenboro, Quebec, Keon received a Bachelor of Science from S ...
– heart surgeon, scientific researcher * Dr. Robert McClure – surgeon, missionary,
Moderator of the United Church of Canada The Moderator of the United Church of Canada is the most senior elected official within the United Church of Canada. He or she may be a lay person or a member of the Order of Ministry and is elected to a three-year term by commissioners attend ...
(1968–71), social activist *
Roland Michener Daniel Roland Michener (April 19, 1900 – August 6, 1991) was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and diplomat who served as Governor General of Canada, the 20th since Canadian Confederation. Michener was born and educated in Alberta. In 1917 he se ...
– 20th
Governor-General of Canada The governor general of Canada (french: gouverneure générale du Canada) is the federal viceregal representative of the . The is head of state of Canada and the 14 other Commonwealth realms, but resides in oldest and most populous realm, ...
*Roderick Moran – paediatric dentist and organizer of specialized care clinics for disabled children *
Brian Orser Brian Ernest Orser, (born 18 December 1961) is a Canadian former competitive and professional figure skater and coach to Olympic champions. He is the 1984 and 1988 Olympic silver medallist, 1987 World champion and eight-time (1981–88) C ...
– figure skater (Olympic medallist/world champion) * Clifford Pilkey – trade union leader *Wilfrid Sarazin *Herbert Smith – engineer and educator * Kathleen Taylor – the first woman to chair the board of a major Canadian bank *Jean Woodsworth – social worker, women's and seniors' rights activist


1991

*Gerald Barbeau * John Basmajian – scientist *Elisabeth Bednar * Agnes Benidickson – first female chancellor of Queen's University *
Liona Boyd Liona Maria Carolynne Boyd, (born 11 July 1949) is a classical guitarist often referred to as the First Lady of the Guitar. Music career Early years Boyd was born in London and grew up in Toronto. Her father grew up in Bilbao, Spain, and her ...
– classical guitarist *Clara Bernhardt – writer, poet and composer * A. J. Casson – artist, member of the
Group of Seven The Group of Seven (G7) is an intergovernmental political forum consisting of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States; additionally, the European Union (EU) is a "non-enumerated member". It is officiall ...
* Clifford Chadderton – veteran (
World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
), CEO of The War Amps *
Frances Dafoe Frances Helen Dafoe, (December 17, 1929 – September 23, 2016) was a Canadian pair skater. She was born in Toronto, Ontario. She competed with Norris Bowden. The couple captured four Canadian titles and two World Figure Skating Championships, a ...
– figure skater, World Champion and Olympic medallist *
Dora de Pedery-Hunt Dora de Pédery-Hunt, LL.D. (16 November 1913 – 29 September 2008) was a Hungarian-Canadian sculptor who designed medals and coins. She was the first Canadian citizen to design an effigy for Queen Elizabeth II. Life Dora de Péder ...
– artist, designer of coins for
Royal Canadian Mint }) is the mint of Canada and a Crown corporation, operating under the ''Royal Canadian Mint Act''. The shares of the Mint are held in trust for the Crown in right of Canada. The Mint produces all of Canada's circulation coins, and manufacture ...
*
John Craig Eaton Sir John Craig Eaton (April 28, 1876 – March 30, 1922) was a Canadian businessman and a member of the prominent Eaton family. Life and career He was born in Toronto, Ontario, the youngest son of department store magnate Timothy Eaton and h ...
– businessman * John Robert Evans – pediatrician, academic, businessperson, civic leader, founding dean of
McMaster University McMaster University (McMaster or Mac) is a public research university in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The main McMaster campus is on of land near the residential neighbourhoods of Ainslie Wood and Westdale, adjacent to the Royal Botanical Ga ...
Faculty of Medicine *
Timothy Findley Timothy Irving Frederick Findley Timothy Findley's
entry in
William Goldwin Carrington Howland William Goldwin Carrington Howland (March 17, 1915 – May 13, 1994) was a Canadian lawyer, judge and former Chief Justice of Ontario. Life and career Howland was born in Toronto and educated at Upper Canada College. He graduated from th ...
– lawyer, judge and former Chief Justice of Ontario * Greta Kraus – Harpsichordist, pianist and teacher *Sim Fai Liu – doctor and founder of the Mon Sheong Foundation *Veronica O'Reilly * Tom Patterson – founder of
Stratford Festival of Canada The Stratford Festival is a theatre festival which runs from April to October in the city of Stratford, Ontario, Canada. Founded by local journalist Tom Patterson in 1952, the festival was formerly known as the Stratford Shakespearean Festival ...
*
Walter Pitman Walter George Pitman (May 18, 1929 – June 12, 2018) was an educator and politician in Ontario, Canada. Background Born in Toronto, Ontario, he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1952 and a Master of Arts in 1954 from the University of Toronto. He ...
– president of
Ryerson Polytechnical Institute Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU or Toronto Met) is a public research university located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The university's core campus is situated within the Garden District, although it also operates facilities elsewhere in Toro ...
(1975–80) * Annabel Slaight – teacher, environmentalist and co-founder of
OWL Owls are birds from the order Strigiformes (), which includes over 200 species of mostly solitary and nocturnal birds of prey typified by an upright stance, a large, broad head, binocular vision, binaural hearing, sharp talons, and feathers a ...
*Arthur Solomon * Louis Temporale – sculptor *George Rutherford Walker *
Lois Miriam Wilson Lois Miriam Wilson (born Lois Freeman; April 8, 1927) is a retired United Church Minister who was the first female Moderator of the United Church of Canada, from 1980 to 1982. She was ordained a United Church minister in 1965, her husband hav ...
– first female
Moderator of the United Church of Canada The Moderator of the United Church of Canada is the most senior elected official within the United Church of Canada. He or she may be a lay person or a member of the Order of Ministry and is elected to a three-year term by commissioners attend ...
(1980–82)


1992

*
Lincoln Alexander Lincoln MacCauley Alexander (January 21, 1922 – October 19, 2012) was a Canadian lawyer who became the first Black Canadian member of Parliament in the House of Commons, the first Black federal Cabinet Minister (as federal Minister of Labou ...
– 24th
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario The lieutenant governor of Ontario (, in French: ''Lieutenant-gouverneur'' (if male) or ''Lieutenante-gouverneure'' (if female) ''de l'Ontario'') is the viceregal representative in Ontario of the , who operates distinctly within the province bu ...
*
Bromley Armstrong Bromley Lloyd Armstrong, (February 9, 1926 – August 17, 2018) was a Canadian civil rights leader. He was active in the nascent civil rights era in Canada, beginning with his arrival in 1947. Armstrong was a committed union activist who worked t ...
– civil rights leader * Boris Berlin – pianist, music educator, arranger, and composer *
Pierre Berton Pierre Francis de Marigny Berton, CC, O.Ont. (July 12, 1920 – November 30, 2004) was a Canadian writer, journalist and broadcaster. Berton wrote 50 best-selling books, mainly about Canadiana, Canadian history and popular culture. He also wr ...
– author, journalist, TV personality *
Suzanne Rochon-Burnett Suzanne Rochon-Burnett, (March 10, 1935 – March 4, 2006) was a Canadian Métis business woman. Biography Born in Sainte-Adèle, Quebec, she was the first aboriginal person in Canada to own and operate a private commercial radio station, W ...
– first aboriginal person in Canada to own and operate a private commercial radio station *Linda Crabtree – writer, advocate and founder of CMT International *Stefan Dupré – economist, teacher and administrator * William Hutt – actor *Germain Lemieux – folklorist and teacher * Arthur Martin – justice of the Court of Appeal for Ontario *
Doris McCarthy Doris McCarthy, LL. D. (July 7, 1910 – November 25, 2010) was a Canadian artist known for her abstracted landscapes. Life and career Born in Calgary, Alberta, McCarthy attended the Ontario College of Art from 1926 to 1930, where she was award ...
– artist *Terry Meagher – human rights and labour activist *
Raymond Moriyama Raymond Moriyama LL. D. (born October 11, 1929) is a Canadian architect.Ra ...
– architect * Fraser Mustard – physician and scientist *
Oscar Peterson Oscar Emmanuel Peterson (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007) was a Canadian virtuoso jazz pianist and composer. Considered one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time, Peterson released more than 200 recordings, won seven Grammy Awards ...
– jazz pianist * Serafina Petrone – writer, educator and philanthropist * Nancy Pocock – activist, advocate for refugees and artist * Harry Rasky – documentary film producer *Judith Simser – teacher and advocate for the deaf *
Rose Wolfe Rose Wolfe, (née Senderowitz; August 7, 1916 – December 30, 2016) was a Canadians, Canadian social worker, administrator and philanthropist. She was the former Chancellor (education), Chancellor of the University of Toronto. Early life and ca ...
– Chancellor of the
University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 ...
(1991–1997)


1993

*
Roberta Bondar Roberta Lynn Bondar (; born December 4, 1945) is a Canadian astronaut, neurologist and consultant. She is Canada's first female astronaut and the first neurologist in space. After more than a decade as head of an international space medicine ...
– astronaut * Pat Capponi – author and advocate for mental health issues and poverty issues *
Jean-Gabriel Castel Jean-Gabriel Castel (born 17 September 1928) is a French and Canadian law professor and Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus at Osgoode Hall Law School of York University,Toronto. Biography Born in Nice, France, he served in the French Re ...
– law professor and Professor Emeritus at
Osgoode Hall Law School Osgoode Hall Law School, commonly shortened to Osgoode, is the law school of York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The law school is home to the Law Commission of Ontario, the Journal of Law and Social Policy, and the '' Osgoode Hall L ...
*
Tirone David Tirone Esperidiao David, (born November 20, 1944) is a Brazilian-born Canadian cardiac surgeon and professor of surgery at the University of Toronto. He is an attending cardiac surgeon at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, Toronto General Hospital. ...
– cardiac surgeon *Colin diCenzo *Budhendra Doobay – cardiologist, heart surgeon and philanthropist * Grace Hartman – first female mayor of Sudbury * Daniel G. Hill – civil servant, human rights specialist, and Black Canadian historian *Thomas Hill – curator, writer, art historian, artist, actor, producer and traditional eskanye singer *Karl Kaiser – wine maker and ice wine pioneer *
Murray Koffler Murray Bernard Koffler, (January 22, 1924 – November 5, 2017) was a Canadian pharmacist, businessman, and philanthropist. He was best known for founding the Canadian pharmacy chain Shoppers Drug Mart, establishing the Koffler Centre of the Arts ...
– businessman and philanthropist *Benjamin Lu – chemical engineering professor and Professor Emeritus at
University of Ottawa The University of Ottawa (french: Université d'Ottawa), often referred to as uOttawa or U of O, is a bilingual public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on directly to the northeast of Downtown Ottaw ...
*Abbyann Lynch – teacher and ethics consultant * Lois Marshall – concert soprano *
Isabel McLaughlin Isabel McLaughlin, (10 October 1903 - 26 November 2002) was a Modernist Canadian painter, patron and philanthropist. She specialized in landscapes and still life and had a strong interest in design. Biography Born in Oshawa, Ontario, McLaughl ...
– artist *
Gunther Plaut Wolf Gunther Plaut, (November 1, 1912 – February 8, 2012) was an American Reform rabbi and writer who was based in Canada. Plaut was the rabbi of Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto for several decades and since 1978 was its senior scholar. L ...
– author *Paul Rekai – doctor and co-founder of Central Hospital *Mary Stuart – administrator and volunteer *William Tamblyn – engineer, administrator and first President of
Lakehead University Lakehead University is a public research university with campuses in Thunder Bay and Orillia, Ontario, Canada. Lakehead University, shortened to 'Lakehead U', is non-denominational and provincially supported. It has undergraduate programs, gradua ...
*Shirley Van Hoof * Donald J.P. Ziraldo – wine maker and ice wine pioneer


1994

*Prasanta Basu – ophthalmologist, researcher and director of the Eye Bank of Canada (1955-1991) * Joan Chalmers – philanthropist * Martin Connell – businessman and philanthropist *Elsie Cressman – missionary and midwife * Lorna deBlicquy – aviator and Canada's first woman Civil Aviation Flight Inspector *Selma Edelstone *
Nicholas Goldschmidt Nicholas Goldschmidt, (December 6, 1908 – February 8, 2004) was a Canadian conducting, conductor, administrator, teacher, performer, music festival entrepreneur and artistic director. He was the grand-nephew of famed composer Adalbert von Goldsc ...
– conductor, first music director of the Royal Conservatory Opera School (
University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 ...
) *
Martha Henry Martha Kathleen Henry (née Buhs; February 17, 1938October 21, 2021) was an American-born Canadian stage, film, and television actress. She was noted for her work at the Stratford Festival in Stratford, Ontario. Early life and training Martha ...
– actress * Conrad Lavigne – media executive * Donald C. MacDonald – politician *
Flora MacDonald Flora MacDonald ( Gaelic: ''Fionnghal nic Dhòmhnaill'', 1722 - 5 March 1790) was a member of Clan Macdonald of Sleat, best known for helping Charles Edward Stuart evade government troops after the Battle of Culloden in April 1746. Her famil ...
– politician * Edwin Mirvish – businessman, philanthropist and theatrical impresario *
Alice Munro Alice Ann Munro (; ; born 10 July 1931) is a Canadian short story writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013. Munro's work has been described as revolutionizing the architecture of short stories, especially in its tendency to move f ...
– writer * Phil Nimmons – jazz clarinetist, composer, bandleader *
Ted Nolan Theodore John Nolan (born April 7, 1958) is a Canadian former professional hockey left winger, former head coach of the Buffalo Sabres and Latvia men's national ice hockey team. From July 2017 until May 2018 he was head coach of the Poland men' ...
– hockey player and coach * George Pedersen – president of
University of Western Ontario The University of Western Ontario (UWO), also known as Western University or Western, is a public research university in London, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land, surrounded by residential neighbourhoods and the Thames R ...
(1985 to 1994) *Ronald Satok – artist *Nelles Silverthorne – pediatrician, researcher and vaccine pioneer *Elizabeth Thorn *Bryan Walls – dental surgeon, historian and author


1995

*
Doris Anderson Doris Hilda Anderson, (November 10, 1921 – March 2, 2007) was a Canadian author, journalist and women's rights activist. She is best known as the editor of the women's magazine '' Chatelaine'', mixing traditional content (recipes, décor) ...
– author, journalist, women's rights activist *Tim Armstrong – public policy advisor, legal counsel and author *
Harry Arthurs Harry William Arthurs (born May 9, 1935) is a Canadian lawyer, academic, and academic administrator. He is one of Canada's leading labour law scholars. Early life and education Born in Toronto, Ontario, he attended the Oakwood Collegiate Ins ...
– lawyer, academic, labour law scholar * Douglas Bassett – media executive *Thomas Beck – entrepreneur and philanthropist *Laurent Belanger – entrepreneur and administrator *Marlene Castellano – teacher and researcher * Shirley Carr – labour leader, first woman president the Canadian Labour Congress. *
Angela Coughlan Angela Denise Coughlan, O.Ont. (October 4, 1952 – June 14, 2009) was a Canadian competition swimmer. At the peak of her competitive swimming career from 1968 to 1971, she was the best Canadian female freestyle specialist, going undefeated in f ...
– internationally ranked competitive swimmer, Olympic medallist *Corinne Devlin – gynecologist and teacher *Robert Filler – surgeon and researcher *Ted Hargreaves – businessman and charitable fundraiser *
Elmer Iseler Elmer Walter Iseler, (October 14, 1927 – April 3, 1998) was a Canadian choir conductor and choral editor. He was the conductor of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and founder of the Festival Singers of Canada and the Elmer Iseler Singers. Edu ...
– conductor of the
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir is a Canadian large vocal ensemble based in Toronto, Ontario. It was co-founded in 1894 by Augustus S. Vogt and W. H. Hewlett to celebrate the opening of the Massey Hall. The ensemble was originally an extension of ...
, founder of the Festival Singers of Canada and the Elmer Iseler Singers *Heather Johnston – first lay woman president of the Canadian Council of Churches * Vim Kochhar – former senator and co-founder of Rotary Cheshire Homes * Linda Lundström – fashion designer *Lloyd Perry – lawyer *Natavarlal Shah – physician, co-founder of the Sikh Education Research Centre and co-founder of the Mount Carmel Home *William Somerville – public servant and administrator


1996

*
Avie Bennett Avie Bennett, (January 2, 1928 – June 2, 2017) was a Canadian businessman and philanthropist. He was the founder of First Plazas, a real estate development company that built retail strip malls in Canada. Bennett also served as the tenth c ...
– businessman and philanthropist *Huguette Burroughs – journalist and public servant * Herbert Carnegie – hockey player *Jesse Davidson & John Davidson – co-founders of the charity Jesse's Journey * Clifford R. Evans – labour leader *
Gregory Evans Gregory Thomas Evans, (June 13, 1913 – May 23, 2010) was a Canadian judge and the first Integrity Commissioner of Ontario. Born in McAdam, New Brunswick, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Saint Joseph's University in 1934 and gr ...
– judge * Ellen Louks Fairclough – first female member of the Canadian federal Cabinet *Amber Foulkes * Charles Godfrey – physician, professor and former
MPP MPP or M.P.P. may refer to: * Marginal physical product * Master of Public Policy, an academic degree * Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario), Canada * Member of Provincial Parliament (Western Cape), South Africa * ''Merriweather Post Pavilio ...
* Kamala-Jean Gopie – political activist * Chris Hadfield – astronaut *
Tommy Hunter Thomas James Hunter, CM, O.Ont (born March 20, 1937) is a Canadian country music performer, known as "Canada's Country Gentleman". Career In 1956, he began performing as a rhythm guitarist on the CBC Television show, '' Country Hoedown''. ''T ...
– country singer * Arlette Lefebvre – child psychologist at the Hospital for Sick Children *Jeffrey Wan-shu Lo *
Janet Lunn Janet Louise Lunn, ('' née'' Swoboda; December 28, 1928 – June 26, 2017) was a Canadian children's writer. Early life and education Lunn was born in Dallas, Texas; she moved with her family to Vermont when she was an infant. In 1938, she ...
– children's writer * Trisha Romance – artist *Etienne Saint-Aubin – lawyer *
Ezra Schabas Ezra Schabas, (April 24, 1924 – October 12, 2020) was a Canadian musician, educator and author. He was active in Canada's musical life beginning in 1952, when he emigrated from Cleveland with his family. During his time in Canada, he was a lead ...
– musician, educator and author *
Al Waxman Albert Samuel Waxman, (March 2, 1935 – January 18, 2001) was a Canadian actor and director of over 1,000 productions on radio, television, film, and stage. He is best known for his starring roles in the television series '' King of Kensingto ...
– actor *William Wilkinson * Doreen Wicks – humanitarian


1997

*John Brooks – founder of the John Brooks Community Foundation and Scholarship Fund *François Chamberland *Audrey Cole – activist for people with disabilities *
John Colicos John Colicos (December 10, 1928 – March 6, 2000) was a Canadian actor. He performed on stage and television in the United States and Canada. Career Colicos was born in Toronto, Ontario, to a Greek father and a Canadian mother. In 1957 he app ...
– actor *William Coyle – aerospace pioneer * Leslie Dan – businessman *
Michael de Pencier Michael Christian de Pencier, (born January 19, 1935) is an entrepreneur, environmental investor, and publisher. He is the grandson of Archbishop Adam de Pencier and brother-in-law of Richard A. N. Bonnycastle. Born in Toronto, Ontario, de Pen ...
– entrepreneur, environmental investor and publisher * Jack Diamond – architect, founding director of the Master of Architecture program at the
University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 ...
* Charles Dubin – judge *Ralph Ellis – filmmaker, documentarian and administrator * Larry Grossman – politician * Elizabeth Bradford Holbrook – portrait sculptor * Abbyann Lynch – medical ethicist *Ron Ianni – lawyer, teacher and President of the
University of Windsor , mottoeng = Goodness, Discipline and Knowledge , established = , academic_affiliations = CARL, COU, Universities Canada , former_names = Assumption College (1857-1956)Assumption University of Windsor (1956-1963) , type = Public universi ...
*Roy Laine *Moon Lum *Kathleen Mann – teacher and choir director *Judith Meeks *Nancy Raeburn *
Jack Rabinovitch Jack Rabinovitch (24 June 1930 – 6 August 2017) OC, O.Ont was a Canadian philanthropist best known for founding the Giller Prize which is named after his late wife, Doris Giller, who was a literary columnist for the ''Toronto Star''. ...
– philanthropist and founder of the
Giller Prize The Giller Prize (sponsored as the Scotiabank Giller Prize), is a literary award given to a Canadian author of a novel or short story collection published in English (including translation) the previous year, after an annual juried competitio ...
*
Richard Rohmer Richard Heath Rohmer (born 24 January 1924) is a Canadian aviator, lawyer, adviser, author and historian. Rohmer was born in Hamilton, Ontario, and spent some of his early youth in Pasadena, California, as well as in western Ontario at Windsor ...
– writer * Bob Rumball – pastor and advocate for the deaf and those with special needs *Nalini Stewart – administrator *Paul Tsai


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* Marion Anderson – Aboriginal band councillor * Bluma Appel – philanthropist, arts patron * Jean Ashworth Bartle – Founder and director of the
Toronto Children's Chorus The Toronto Children's Chorus is a children's choir based in Toronto. It was founded in 1978 by Jean Ashworth Bartle. The group has close to 500 members aged 6 to 30. History In 1982, the choir won first prize at the International Eisteddfod in ...
* Allan Leslie Beattie – lawyer, former chairman of the board for the Hospital for Sick Children * Irene Broadfoot – community activist * Norman Campbell – television director & producer, playwright * Armando Felice DeLuca – community activist * Claire O. Dimock – community activist *
Ydessa Hendeles Ydessa Hendeles is a German-born Canadian artist-curator and philanthropist. She is also the founding director of the Ydessa Hendeles Art Foundation in Toronto, Ontario. Hendeles is an adjunct professor with the Department of Art History at the ...
– Founder, director and curator of the Ydessa Hendeles Art Foundation and Grand Founder of the
Art Gallery of Ontario The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO; french: Musée des beaux-arts de l'Ontario) is an art museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The museum is located in the Grange Park neighbourhood of downtown Toronto, on Dundas Street West between McCaul and Bev ...
(AGO) *Dr. Kenneth C. Hobbs – physician, international humanitarian *
Hal Jackman Henry Newton Rowell Jackman (born June 10, 1932) is a Canadian billionaire businessman who served as the 25th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1991 to 1997. He is the son of former Member of Parliament Harry Jackman and philanthropist Mary R ...
– business leader, philanthropist, 24th
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario The lieutenant governor of Ontario (, in French: ''Lieutenant-gouverneur'' (if male) or ''Lieutenante-gouverneure'' (if female) ''de l'Ontario'') is the viceregal representative in Ontario of the , who operates distinctly within the province bu ...
, Chair of the
Ontario Arts Council The Ontario Arts Council (OAC) is a publicly-funded Canadian organization in the province of Ontario whose purpose is to foster the creation and production of art for the benefit of all Ontarians. Based in Toronto, OAC was founded in 1963 by O ...
and Chancellor of the
University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 ...
* Maureen Kempston Darkes – President and General Manager of General Motors Canada Ltd. and community activist * Marvelle Koffler – Founder of the Marvelle Koffler Breast Centre at Mount Sinai Hospital and the Koffler Centre for the Arts *Dr. Lap Cheung Lee – community activist * Andrée Lortie – advocate for the Francophone community *
Knowlton Nash Cyril Knowlton Nash (November 18, 1927 – May 24, 2014) was a Canadian journalist, author and news anchor. He was senior anchor of CBC Television's flagship news program, '' The National'' from 1978 until his retirement in 1988. He began his care ...
– journalist * Alfred U. Oakie – pioneer in
traffic safety Road traffic safety refers to the methods and measures used to prevent road users from being killed or seriously injured. Typical road users include pedestrians, cyclists, motorists, vehicle passengers, horse riders, and passengers of on-road ...
* Lloyd Seivright – activist * Masami Tsuruoka – sports figure *
Thomas Leonard Wells Thomas Leonard "Tom" Wells (May 2, 1930 – October 11, 2000) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party from 1963 to 1985 and was a cabinet minister ...
– politician


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*
William Blake William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of the Romantic Age. ...
– Community activist * Doris Boissoneau –
Ojibwe The Ojibwe, Ojibwa, Chippewa, or Saulteaux are an Anishinaabe people in what is currently southern Canada, the northern Midwestern United States, and Northern Plains. According to the U.S. census, in the United States Ojibwe people are one of ...
language activist * Paul Michel Bosc – Wine-maker * Mavis Elaine Burke – Educator, advocate for
early childhood education Early childhood education (ECE), also known as nursery education, is a branch of education theory that relates to the teaching of children (formally and informally) from birth up to the age of eight. Traditionally, this is up to the equival ...
and community activist * Clarice Chalmers – Philanthropist * Keshav Chandaria – philanthropist * Susan Charness – disability-rights activist * Sam John Ciccolini – entrepreneur and philanthropist * Esther Farlinger – charity fundraiser *
Victor Feldbrill Victor Feldbrill, (April 4, 1924 – June 17, 2020) was a Canadian conductor and violinist. Early life and education Feldbrill was born in Toronto,Canadian music The music of Canada reflects the diverse influences that have shaped the country. Indigenous Peoples, the Irish, British, and the French have all made unique contributions to the musical heritage of Canada. The music has also subsequently been ...
*Dr.
James Ferguson James Ferguson may refer to: Entertainment * Jim Ferguson (born 1948), American jazz and classical guitarist * Jim Ferguson, American guitarist, past member of Lotion * Jim Ferguson, American movie critic, Board of Directors member for the Broadca ...
– medical researcher * Maxwell Goldhar – businessman, philanthropist * Doris Lau – financial adviser, charity fundraiser, goodwill ambassador for
Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central C ...
and scholarship sponsor * Eileen McGregor – community activist * Winnie "Roach" Leuszler – first Canadian to swim the
English Channel The English Channel, "The Sleeve"; nrf, la Maunche, "The Sleeve" (Cotentinais) or ( Jèrriais), (Guernésiais), "The Channel"; br, Mor Breizh, "Sea of Brittany"; cy, Môr Udd, "Lord's Sea"; kw, Mor Bretannek, "British Sea"; nl, Het Kana ...
, sportswoman * Alice King Sculthorpe – community activist *Dr.
Bette Stephenson Bette Mildred Stephenson Pengelly (July 31, 1924 – August 19, 2019) was a Canadian medical doctor and politician in Ontario. She served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1975 to 1987, and was a cabinet minister in the Progressive Co ...
– physician, founding member of the
College of Family Physicians of Canada The College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC; French: ''Collège des médecins de famille du Canada'', ''CMFC'') is a professional association and the legal certifying body for the practice of family medicine in Canada. This national organiz ...
, former Ontario Progressive Conservative MPP and cabinet minister * Hin Cheung Tam – community activist *
Gordie Tapp Gordon Robert Tapp, (June 4, 1922 – December 18, 2016) was a Canadian entertainer, best known as a radio and television presenter, comedian and a CBS broadcaster. He was introduced to U.S. President Gerald Ford as the world's funniest storyte ...
– entertainer * Anthony Toldo – industrialist, philanthropist, bicyclist * Lisette Véron-Rainu – children's activist *
Ken Watts Ken or KEN may refer to: Entertainment * ''Ken'' (album), a 2017 album by Canadian indie rock band Destroyer. * ''Ken'' (film), 1964 Japanese film. * ''Ken'' (magazine), a large-format political magazine. * Ken Masters, a main character in t ...
– Founder of the Ontario Collegiate Drama Festival


2000

*
Danielle Allen Danielle Susan Allen (born November 3, 1971) is the James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University. She is also the Director of the Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics. Prior to joining the faculty at Harvard in 2015, Allen ...
and Normand Pellerin – educators *Maggie Atkinson – Lawyer and AIDS activist * Marilyn Brooks – Fashion designer and philanthropist * Nickie Cassidy – activist on behalf of sufferers of multiple sclerosis * Ernie Checkeris – Educator and activist, Chancellor of
Thorneloe University Thorneloe University, also known as Thorneloe University at Laurentian, is an Anglican affiliated university formerly federated with, and still inset on the campus of, the larger Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Programs The ...
, Sudbury * George A. Cohon – Chicago-born lawyer; founder/senior chairman of
McDonald's McDonald's Corporation is an American multinational fast food chain, founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California, United States. They rechristened their business as a hambur ...
Restaurants of Canada; philanthropist * Lloyd Dennis – educator * William Andrew Dimma – businessman and educator * Kildare Dobbs – writer, journalist * Joyce Fee – educator and community activist *Dr. Robert Freedom – physician, professor and author * Donald H. Harron – journalist, author and actor *
Jane Jacobs Jane Jacobs (''née'' Butzner; 4 May 1916 – 25 April 2006) was an American-Canadian journalist, author, theorist, and activist who influenced urban studies, sociology, and economics. Her book '' The Death and Life of Great American Cities ...
– U.S.-born naturalized Canadian author; Toronto-based urban philosopher * Stephan Lewar –
venture capital Venture capital (often abbreviated as VC) is a form of private equity financing that is provided by venture capital firms or funds to start-up company, startups, early-stage, and emerging companies that have been deemed to have high growth poten ...
ist, financier and philanthropist * Janet MacInnis – fundraiser and volunteer *
Frank Miller Frank Miller (born January 27, 1957) is an American comic book writer, penciller and inker, novelist, screenwriter, film director, and producer known for his comic book stories and graphic novels such as his run on ''Daredevil'' and subsequen ...
– politician (former Premier of Ontario) * Betty Oliphant – founder of the
National Ballet School Canada's National Ballet School, also commonly known as the National Ballet School of Canada, is a classical ballet school located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Along with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School, it is a provider of professional ballet tr ...
of Canada * J. Robert S. Prichard – educator, author and former President of the
University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 ...
* Joseph Radmore – athlete, member of the Canadian Paralympic Team * Margaret M. Risk – nurse *
Haroon Siddiqui Haroon Siddiqui, is an Indo-Canadian newspaper journalist, columnist and a former editor. Early life and career Siddiqui continued as a columnist at the Star until 2015. His farewell column of 1 April 2015 marked his retirement from journali ...
– journalist, columnist *Dr. Calvin Stiller – physician * Donald A. Stuart –
gold Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from la, aurum) and atomic number 79. This makes it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally. It is a bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile me ...
and
silversmith A silversmith is a metalworker who crafts objects from silver. The terms ''silversmith'' and ''goldsmith'' are not exactly synonyms as the techniques, training, history, and guilds are or were largely the same but the end product may vary grea ...
*Dr.
Lap-Chee Tsui Lap-Chee Tsui (; born 21 December 1950) is a Chinese-born Canadian geneticist and served as the 14th Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Hong Kong. Personal life Tsui was born in Shanghai. He grew up in Kowloon, Hong Kong and at ...
– molecular geneticist; Vice-Chancellor of the
University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong (HKU) (Chinese: 香港大學) is a public research university in Hong Kong. Founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese, it is the oldest tertiary institution in Hong Kong. HKU was also the f ...
* Irving Ungerman – entrepreneur,
boxer Boxer most commonly refers to: * Boxer (boxing), a competitor in the sport of boxing *Boxer (dog), a breed of dog Boxer or boxers may also refer to: Animal kingdom * Boxer crab * Boxer shrimp, a small group of decapod crustaceans * Boxer snipe ee ...
and activist


2001

* Richard M. Alway – President/Vice-Chancellor of St. Michael's College, promoter of
Catholic The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...
- Anglican dialogue in Canada *
Gwen M. Boniface Gwenneth (Gwen) M. Boniface (born August 5, 1955) is a Canadian politician who serves as a senator from Ontario since November 10, 2016, sitting as a member of the Independent Senators Group (ISG). A former lawyer and police officer, she wa ...
– first female
Ontario Provincial Police The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is the provincial police service of Ontario, Canada. Under its provincial mandate, the OPP patrols provincial highways and waterways, protects provincial government buildings and officials, patrols unincorp ...
Commissioner * Rita Burak – public servant * Danielle Campo – athlete, member of the Canadian Paralympic Team * Michael "Pinball" Clemons – President and former player of the
Toronto Argonauts The Toronto Argonauts (officially the Toronto Argonaut Football Club and colloquially known as the Argos) are a professional Canadian football team competing in the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL), based in Toronto, Ontario ...
*
Ken Danby Ken Danby, D.F.A. (6 March 1940 – 23 September 2007) was a Canadian painter. Danby is best known for creating highly realistic paintings that study everyday life. His 1972 painting '' At the Crease'', portraying a masked hockey goalie defe ...
– artist * Terry Daynard – researcher, teacher * Terrence J. Donnelly – fundraiser for cardiac research and development * Gail J. Donner – Dean of the Faculty of
Nursing Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life. Nurses may be differentiated from other health ...
at the
University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 ...
; Executive Director of the
Registered Nurses Association of Ontario The Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) is the professional association representing registered nurses, nurse practitioners and nursing students in the province of Ontario, Canada. RNAO provides a strong and credible voice for the n ...
*
Fredrik Stefan Eaton Fredrik Stefan Eaton, (June 26, 1938 – February 20, 2021) was a Canadian businessman and philanthropist who was a member of the prominent Eaton family. He was the great-grandson of Eaton's department store founder Timothy Eaton. Life and ca ...
– businessman, community volunteer * C. Dennis Flynn – elected official, fundraiser, community volunteer and war veteran *Prof. Dr. Nicolas D. Georganas – pioneer in
multimedia Multimedia is a form of communication that uses a combination of different content forms such as text, audio, images, animations, or video into a single interactive presentation, in contrast to tradit ...
medical communications and telelearning * Helen Haddow – community activist * Paul Kells – workplace safety advocate * Jake Lamoureux – Volunteer with young people *
Alexina Louie Alexina Diane Louie, (born July 30, 1949) is a Canadian composer of contemporary art music. She has composed for various instrumental and vocal combinations in a variety of genres. She has fulfilled a number of commissions, and her works, whic ...
– composer of classical music * Lewis W. MacKenzie, Major General (Retired) – Ontario Director of ICROSS Canada, the International Community for the Relief of Starvation and Suffering * Signe and
Robert McMichael Robert Alliston McMichael (1921 – November 18, 2003) was a Canadian art collector and philanthropist. He is the founder of McMichael Canadian Art Collection. In 1955, McMichael and his wife Signe (died July 4, 2007) began collecting Canadian ...
– builders and donors of the
McMichael Canadian Art Collection The McMichael Canadian Art Collection (MCAC) is an art museum in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. The museum is located on a property in Kleinburg, an unincorporated village in Vaughan. The property includes the museum's main building, a sculpture garde ...
of
Group of Seven The Group of Seven (G7) is an intergovernmental political forum consisting of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States; additionally, the European Union (EU) is a "non-enumerated member". It is officiall ...
paintings in
Kleinburg Kleinburg is an unincorporated village in the city of Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. It is home to the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, an art gallery with a focus on the Group of Seven, and the Kortright Centre for Conservation. In 2001, the villag ...
* Dusty Miller – patron of the arts, artistic director of the Cambrian Players *
David Mirvish David Mirvish, (born August 29, 1944) is a Canadian art collector, art dealer, theatre producer, real estate developer and son of the late Toronto discount department store owner "Honest" Ed Mirvish and artist Anne Lazar Macklin. Life and caree ...
– leader in the development and promotion of the
visual arts The visual arts are art forms such as painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, photography, video, filmmaking, design, crafts and architecture. Many artistic disciplines such as performing arts, conceptual art, and textile art ...
in Ontario * Peter Nesbitt Oliver – historian * James S. Redpath – Chancellor of
Nipissing University , mottoeng = Spirit of Integrity , established = , former_names = Northeastern University (1960-1967), Nipissing College (1967-1992) , type = Public University , academic_affiliation = COU, CVU, Universities Canada , endowment ...
*Dr. Donald T. Stuss – clinical psychologist,
neuropsychologist Neuropsychology is a branch of psychology concerned with how a person's cognition and behavior are related to the brain and the rest of the nervous system. Professionals in this branch of psychology often focus on how injuries or illnesses of t ...
and behavioural neuroscientist * Bhausaheb Ubale – human rights activist *Dr. Carin Wittnich –
University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 ...
professor and researcher * Madeline Ziniak – Vice-president and executive producer of CFMT television, promoter of
multiculturalism The term multiculturalism has a range of meanings within the contexts of sociology, political philosophy, and colloquial use. In sociology and in everyday usage, it is a synonym for " ethnic pluralism", with the two terms often used interchang ...


2002

*
Peggy Baker Peggy Laurayne Baker (née Smith; born October 22, 1952) is a Canadian modern dancer, choreographer and teacher. She has been awarded the Order of Canada and she was the first person to receive the Ontario Premier’s Award for Excellence in the A ...
– dancer, choreographer and teacher; founder of the
Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anch ...
-based '' Dancemakers'' *
James Bartleman James Karl Bartleman (born 24 December 1939) is a former Canadian diplomat and author who served as the 27th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 2002 to 2007. Bartleman grew up in the Muskoka town of Port Carling, and he is a member of the ...
–
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario The lieutenant governor of Ontario (, in French: ''Lieutenant-gouverneur'' (if male) or ''Lieutenante-gouverneure'' (if female) ''de l'Ontario'') is the viceregal representative in Ontario of the , who operates distinctly within the province bu ...
* Marilyn Bell DiLascio – first person to swim
Lake Ontario Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is bounded on the north, west, and southwest by the Canadian province of Ontario, and on the south and east by the U.S. state of New York. The Canada–United States border ...
(1954) *
David Blackwood David Lloyd Blackwood (November 7, 1941 – July 2, 2022) was a Canadian artist known chiefly for his Intaglio (printmaking), intaglio prints, often depicting dramatic historical scenes of Newfoundland outport life and industry, such as shipw ...
– artist * Frederick M. Catzman – lawyer * Austin Clarke – author, teacher, mentor, writer-in-residence at the
University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 ...
; recipient of the 2002
Giller Prize The Giller Prize (sponsored as the Scotiabank Giller Prize), is a literary award given to a Canadian author of a novel or short story collection published in English (including translation) the previous year, after an annual juried competitio ...
* Barbara Chilcott – actress * Mario Cortellucci – fundraiser * Patricia Freeman Marshall – community activist * Irving R. Gerstein – businessman, philanthropist * Joan Goldfarb – teacher of adults with disabilities * Walter Gretzky – Ambassador for the
Canadian National Institute for the Blind The CNIB Foundation (french: Fondation INCA) is a volunteer agency and charitable organization dedicated to assisting Canadians who are blind or living with vision loss, and to provide information about vision health for all Canadians. Founded ...
and the
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada is a Canadian charity dedicated to advocacy, education, and the funding of research surrounding heart disease and stroke. Nomenclature In November 2016, the organization re-branded as ''Heart & Stroke ...
and father of
Wayne Gretzky Wayne Douglas Gretzky ( ; born January 26, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and former head coach. He played 20 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for four teams from 1979 to 1999. Nicknamed "the Great One ...
* Phyllis M. Grosskurth – Professor emerita and Fellow,
Massey College Massey College is a graduate residential college at the University of Toronto that was established, built and partially endowed in 1962 by the Massey Foundation and officially opened in 1963, though women were not admitted until 1974. It was mo ...
,
University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 ...
; 1965 winner of the
Governor General's Award The Governor General's Awards are a collection of annual List of awards presented by the Governor General of Canada, awards presented by the Governor General of Canada, recognizing distinction in numerous academic, artistic, and social fields. Th ...
for non-fiction *Dr. Raymond O. Heimbecker – cardiovascular surgeon * Patrick John Keenan – volunteer *
Tom Kneebone Tom Kneebone, (12 May 1932 – 15 November 2003) was a New Zealand-Canadian cabaret performer and actor. Early life Born in Auckland, New Zealand, Kneebone went to England to study at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Career He moved ...
– actor, playwright * Burton Kramer – graphic designer *Dr. Benson Lau – physician and teacher * J. Douglas Lawson – Vice-Chairman of the
Ontario Arts Council The Ontario Arts Council (OAC) is a publicly-funded Canadian organization in the province of Ontario whose purpose is to foster the creation and production of art for the benefit of all Ontarians. Based in Toronto, OAC was founded in 1963 by O ...
* Rhéal Leroux – Volunteer, former president of the Festival Franco-Ontarien *Dr. William K. Lindsay – surgeon and professor * Joan Murray – art historian, former director of the
Robert McLaughlin Gallery The Robert McLaughlin Gallery is a public art gallery in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. It is the largest public art gallery in the Regional Municipality of Durham, of which Oshawa is a part. The gallery houses a significant collection of Canadian conte ...
in Oshawa * Dr. Mark J. Poznansky – President and Scientific Director of the
Robarts Research Institute The Robarts Research Institute is a medical research institute at the University of Western Ontario. Staff scientists work to investigate a range of diseases including heart disease, stroke, diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, and cancer. History ...
*Dr. Joanna Santa Barbara – physician, national president of the Physicians for Global Survival * Thomas H. B. Symons – founder of
Trent University Trent University is a public liberal arts university in Peterborough, Ontario, with a satellite campus in Oshawa, which serves the Regional Municipality of Durham. Trent is known for its Oxbridge college system and small class sizes.
and its president and vice-chancellor (from 1961–72) * Lela Wilson – artists' rights activist


2003

* Joseph J. Barnicke – businessman and philanthropist *
John Kim Bell John Kim Bell (born October 8, 1952) is Canada’s first Indigenous symphony-orchestra conductor, the founder of the country’s precedent-setting National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation (today known as Indspire) and the National Aboriginal Achi ...
– musician, promoter of Aboriginal culture *Col. Archibald J. D. Brown – businessman, community activist * Dorothy Ellen Duncan – Executive Director of The
Ontario Historical Society The Ontario Historical Society is a non-profit organization centred on the preservation of Ontario’s history. It is governed by an all-volunteer board of directors, and its members include individuals as well as historical institutions from across ...
, teacher, curator *
Julian Fantino Julian Fantino, , ( it, Giuliano Fantino; born August 13, 1942) is a Canadian retired police official and former politician. He was the Conservative Party of Canada Member of the Parliament of Canada for the riding of Vaughan following a Nov ...
– police officer, former
Chief of Police Chief may refer to: Title or rank Military and law enforcement * Chief master sergeant, the ninth, and highest, enlisted rank in the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force * Chief of police, the head of a police department * Chief of the b ...
for
London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...
,
York Region The Regional Municipality of York, also called York Region, is a regional municipality in Southern Ontario, Canada, between Lake Simcoe and Toronto. The region was established after the passing of then Bill 102, An Act to Establish The Regional M ...
and
Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anch ...
; Ontario's Commissioner of Emergency Management; now Commissioner of the
Ontario Provincial Police The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is the provincial police service of Ontario, Canada. Under its provincial mandate, the OPP patrols provincial highways and waterways, protects provincial government buildings and officials, patrols unincorp ...
* Mary Germain – community activist *Dr. Avis E. Glaze – teacher, administrator, writer and international educator *Dr. Benjamin Goldberg – psychiatrist * Doris Grinspun – Executive Director of the
Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario The Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) is the professional association representing registered nurses, nurse practitioners and nursing students in the province of Ontario, Canada. RNAO provides a strong and credible voice for the n ...
(RNAO) * George Gross – Corporate Sports Editor of Sun Media Corporation * Macklin Hancock – pioneer in
urban planning Urban planning, also known as town planning, city planning, regional planning, or rural planning, is a technical and political process that is focused on the development and design of land use and the built environment, including air, water, ...
,
urban design Urban design is an approach to the design of buildings and the spaces between them that focuses on specific design processes and outcomes. In addition to designing and shaping the physical features of towns, cities, and regional spaces, urban d ...
and landscape architecture * Ryan Hreljac – elementary school student, committed to raising funds for clean water and sanitation projects around the world since the age of six *Dr. Frederic Jackman – psychologist * Laura Louise Legge – lawyer, community activist *Helen Lu – volunteer, organizer and fundraiser for charitable organizations in
Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anch ...
*Dr. Donald Mackay – Professor of Environmental and Resource Studies at
Trent University Trent University is a public liberal arts university in Peterborough, Ontario, with a satellite campus in Oshawa, which serves the Regional Municipality of Durham. Trent is known for its Oxbridge college system and small class sizes.
, and director of the Canadian Environmental Modelling Centre *Hon.
Jack Marshall Sir John Ross Marshall New Zealand Army Orders 1952/405 (5 March 1912 – 30 August 1988) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. He entered Parliament in 1946 and was first promoted to Cabinet in 1951. After spending twelve years ...
–
Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...
veteran A veteran () is a person who has significant experience (and is usually adept and esteemed) and expertise in a particular occupation or field. A military veteran is a person who is no longer serving in a military. A military veteran that h ...
, Member of Parliament, Senator, and activist *
Anna Porter Anna Maria Porter, is a Canadian publisher and novelist. Life and career Born Anna Szigethy in Budapest, she emigrated to New Zealand in 1956. She received a bachelor's degree and Master of Arts degree from the University of Canterbury. She star ...
– writer, book publisher *Hon. Robert Keith Rae – Member of Parliament, former Premier of Ontario, lawyer * Eric Wilfrid Robinson – promoter of adult education * Diane Simard Broadfoot – community activist * Joan Thompson – volunteer * Rita Tsang – businesswoman *Hon. Mabel Van Camp – judge; first woman on the
Supreme Court of Ontario The Supreme Court of Ontario was a superior court of the Canadian province of Ontario. Created in 1881 pursuant to the Ontario Judicature Act (1881), the Supreme Court of Ontario had two branches: the High Court of Justice Division and the Appell ...
*
Mike Weir Michael Richard Weir, (born May 12, 1970) is a Canadian professional golfer. He currently plays on the PGA Tour Champions. He spent over 110 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Ranking between 2001 and 2005. He plays golf left-handed ...
– golfer; first Canadian to win the
Masters Golf Tournament The Masters Tournament (usually referred to as simply The Masters, or the U.S. Masters outside North America) is one of the four major championships in professional golf. Scheduled for the first full week of April, the Masters is the first ma ...
* Kirk Albert Walter Wipper – environmentalist, heritage conservationist and fitness advocate (died 2011) * William John Withrow – former director of the
Art Gallery of Ontario The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO; french: Musée des beaux-arts de l'Ontario) is an art museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The museum is located in the Grange Park neighbourhood of downtown Toronto, on Dundas Street West between McCaul and Bev ...
(AGO)


2004

* Dr. Tyseer Aboulnasr – engineer *
Jeff Adams Jeffrey Adams (born November 15, 1970, in Mississauga, Ontario) is a Canadian lawyer, and a former Paralympian, a six-time world champion in wheelchair sports. Competitive racing Adams competed at six consecutive Summer Paralympics from 1988 ...
– Paralympian and world champion in
wheelchair sports Parasports are sports played by people with a disability, including physical and intellectual disabilities. Some parasports are forms of adapted physical activities from existing able-bodied sports, while others have been specifically created fo ...
* Mohammad Azhar Ali Khan – journalist, multiculturalism expert * Diana Alli – outreach worker * Patricia Ann Arato –
aphasia Aphasia is an inability to comprehend or formulate language because of damage to specific brain regions. The major causes are stroke and head trauma; prevalence is hard to determine but aphasia due to stroke is estimated to be 0.1–0.4% in t ...
care volunteer * Dr. Robin F. Badgley – sociologist, founder of Department of Behavioural Science at the
University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 ...
*
Iain Baxter& Iain Baxter& (born Iain Baxter on November 16, 1936) is a Canadian conceptual artist. Baxter& is recognized internationally as an early practitioner of conceptual art; the Canada Council Molson Prize committee stated in 2005 that his "highly rega ...
– conceptual artist * Louise Binder – speaker on
HIV/AIDS Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a retrovirus. Following initial infection an individual ...
issues * Richard Bradshaw – director of the
Canadian Opera Company The Canadian Opera Company (COC) is an opera company in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the largest opera company in Canada and one of the largest producers of opera in North America. The COC performs in its own opera house, the Four Seasons Cent ...
* Leonard A. Braithwaite – lawyer and former MPP * Dr. Inez Elliston – educator, community volunteer * Adele Fifield – director of " The War Amps" * Joan Francolini – community volunteer *
Sheldon Galbraith Sheldon William Galbraith, (May 24, 1922 – April 14, 2015) was a Canadian figure skating coach whose students have won all three categories at World Championships (men's, ladies' and pairs'). His students also won Canada's first Olympic gold me ...
–
figure skating Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are m ...
coach * Dr. Allan Gross – Professor of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto * Andrea Hansen – violinist * Joyce Ann Lange – advocate for the
hearing impaired Hearing loss is a partial or total inability to hear. Hearing loss may be present at birth or acquired at any time afterwards. Hearing loss may occur in one or both ears. In children, hearing problems can affect the ability to acquire spoken la ...
* Delores Lawrence – leading female entrepreneur and philanthropist * René J. Marin – respected Francophone jurist * David McGirr – community volunteer in Northern Ontario * Anthony Pawson – scientist known for research of signal transduction in cells * Kim Phuc Phan Thi –
Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...
ese
napalm Napalm is an incendiary mixture of a gelling agent and a volatile petrochemical (usually gasoline (petrol) or diesel fuel). The name is a portmanteau of two of the constituents of the original thickening and gelling agents: coprecipitated alu ...
victim * John Rochon – marksman *
Chandrakant Shah Chandrakant Shah, OOnt, is a Canadian doctor, researcher and social activist. Shah is the clinical coordinator of Anishnawbe Health Toronto in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Shah has been a staff physician since 1996, providing primary health care to ...
– public health educator * Gordon Surgeoner – entomologist specializing in insect transmitted diseases *
Galen Weston Willard Gordon Galen Weston (October 29, 1940April 12, 2021) was a British-Canadian billionaire businessman and Chairman Emeritus of George Weston Limited, a Canadian food processing and distribution company. Weston and his family, with an esti ...
– businessman in food services sector * Reverend Monsignor Lawrence Anthony Wnuk – outreach worker to the Polish community * James Young – former Chief Coroner * Margaret Zeidler – architect


2005

* Naomi Alboim – public servant * Ron Barbaro – community service * Harold Brathwaite – educator * Boris Brott – conductor (
Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra The Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra (HPO) is a Canadian orchestra based in Hamilton, Ontario. The orchestra gives concerts primarily at the FirstOntario Concert Hall. History The Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in 1949. Its first c ...
) *
Donald Carr Donald Bryce Carr OBE (28 December 1926 – 12 June 2016) was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the so ...
– lawyer * Brian Desbiens – educator * Thomas Dignan – Aboriginal healthcare advocate *
Deborah Ellis Deborah Ellis (born August 7, 1960) is a Canadian fiction-writer and activist. Her themes are often concerned with the sufferings of persecuted children in the Third World. Early life Born in Cochrane Ontario, Ellis and her family moved several ...
– children's author, human rights advocate *
Hughes Eng Hughes may refer to: People * Hughes (surname) * Hughes (given name) Places Antarctica * Hughes Range (Antarctica), Ross Dependency * Mount Hughes, Oates Land * Hughes Basin, Oates Land * Hughes Bay, Graham Land * Hughes Bluff, Victoria La ...
– community service * Brenda L. Gallie – Expert in the treatment of
retinoblastoma Retinoblastoma (Rb) is a rare form of cancer that rapidly develops from the immature cells of a retina, the light-detecting tissue of the eye. It is the most common primary malignant intraocular cancer in children, and it is almost exclusively fo ...
*
Dorothy Griffiths Dorothy Seymour "Dot" Griffiths, (born 26 May 1947) is a British academic and sociologist. She championed gender equality at Imperial College London, where she was a lecturer in sociology from 1969. She was Professor of Human Resource Manageme ...
– researcher, educator * William A. Harshaw – fundraiser for
Parkinson's disease Parkinson's disease (PD), or simply Parkinson's, is a long-term degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that mainly affects the motor system. The symptoms usually emerge slowly, and as the disease worsens, non-motor symptoms becom ...
*
John Honderich John Allen Honderich, (July 6, 1946 – February 5, 2022) was a Canadian businessman, journalist, and editor who was publisher of the ''Toronto Star'' from 1994 to 2004. He previously served as its editor from 1988, the same year his father, B ...
– former editor and publisher, ''
Toronto Star The ''Toronto Star'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper. The newspaper is the country's largest daily newspaper by circulation. It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation and pa ...
'' * Leon Katz – engineer, medical inventor *
Gisèle Lalonde Gisèle Lalonde, (; June 28, 1933 – July 26 or 27, 2022) was a Canadian politician and community activist, who served as the mayor of Vanier, Ontario from 1985 to 1991. Biography She was born in Eastview (later renamed Vanier in 1969). S ...
– educator *
Mike Lazaridis Mihal "Mike" Lazaridis (born March 14, 1961) is a Canadian businessman, investor in quantum computing technologies, and founder of BlackBerry, which created and manufactured the BlackBerry wireless handheld device. With an estimated net worth of ...
– founder,
Research in Motion BlackBerry Limited is a Canadian software company specializing in cybersecurity. Founded in 1984, it was originally known as Research In Motion (RIM). As RIM, it developed the BlackBerry brand of interactive pagers, smartphones, and tablet ...
; inventor,
BlackBerry The blackberry is an edible fruit produced by many species in the genus ''Rubus'' in the family Rosaceae, hybrids among these species within the subgenus ''Rubus'', and hybrids between the subgenera ''Rubus'' and ''Idaeobatus''. The taxonomy ...
* Beatrice Levis – advocate for social justice * Nancy Lockhart – Chair,
Ontario Science Centre The Ontario Science Centre, formally the Centennial Museum of Science and Technology, is a science museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located near the Don Valley Parkway about northeast of downtown on Don Mills Road just south of Eg ...
*
Ernest McCulloch Ernest Armstrong McCulloch (27 April 1926 – 20 January 2011) was a University of Toronto cellular biologist, best known for demonstrating – with James Till – the existence of stem cells. Biography McCulloch was born in Toronto, Ontar ...
– pioneer in stem cell biology * Lillian McGregor – teacher of aboriginal languages * Sher Ali Mirza – engineer *
Ratna Omidvar Ratna Omidvar (born November 5, 1949) is a Canadian politician and academic, who was named to the Senate of Canada to represent Ontario on March 18, 2016.
– former president, Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants * Sandra Rotman – philanthropist *
Mark Starowicz Mark Starowicz, ( ; born September 8, 1946) is a Canadian journalist and producer. Born in Worksop, England, the son of Polish émigrés, he and his family immigrated to Montreal in 1954. He attended Loyola High School and received a B.A. from ...
– broadcaster, journalist *
Marlene Streit Marlene Stewart Streit, (born March 9, 1934) is a Canadian amateur golfer, and a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. She was born in Cereal, Alberta. She learned golf from Gordon McInnis Sr. at the Lookout Point Golf Club in Fonthill, Ontar ...
– professional golfer * Ronald W. Taylor – physician in
sports medicine Sports medicine is a branch of medicine that deals with physical fitness and the treatment and prevention of injuries related to sports and exercise. Although most sports teams have employed team physicians for many years, it is only since the ...
; team physician to the
Toronto Blue Jays The Toronto Blue Jays are a Canadian professional baseball team based in Toronto. The Blue Jays compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. Since 1989, the team has played its home games ...
*
James Till James Edgar Till (born August 25, 1931) is a University of Toronto biophysicist, best known for demonstrating – with Ernest McCulloch – the existence of stem cells. Early work Till was born in Lloydminster, which is located on the ...
– pioneer in stem cell biology * John Walker Whiteside – assistant
crown attorney Crown attorneys or crown counsel (or, in Alberta and New Brunswick, crown prosecutors) are the prosecutors in the legal system of Canada. Crown attorneys represent the Crown and act as prosecutor in proceedings under the Criminal Code and vario ...
*
Moses Znaimer Moses Znaimer (; born 1942) is a Tajik-born Canadian media executive of jewish descent. He is the co-founder and former head of Citytv, the first independent television station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and the current head of ZoomerMedia ...
– broadcaster


2007

* Thomas J. Bitove – businessman, community activist * John Richard Bond –
University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 ...
astrophysicist and
cosmologist Cosmology () is a branch of physics and metaphysics dealing with the nature of the universe. The term ''cosmology'' was first used in English in 1656 in Thomas Blount's ''Glossographia'', and in 1731 taken up in Latin by German philosopher ...
* Bernice and Rolland Desnoyers – foster parents for children and youth since 1960 * Peter J. George – economist, author, President and Vice Chancellor of
McMaster University McMaster University (McMaster or Mac) is a public research university in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The main McMaster campus is on of land near the residential neighbourhoods of Ainslie Wood and Westdale, adjacent to the Royal Botanical Ga ...
in Hamilton and Chair of the Council of Ontario Universities * Christopher A. Harris – cofounder of the Ottawa-Carleton Immigrant Services Organization, the National Capital Alliance on Race Relations and the Jamaican Ottawa Community Association *
Peter Herrndorf Peter A. Herrndorf (October 27, 1940 – February 18, 2023) was a Canadian lawyer and media businessman. He retired as the president and chief executive officer of the National Arts Centre on June 2, 2018. Born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, he gr ...
– Broadcasting executive * Rebecca F. Jamieson –
First Nations First Nations or first peoples may refer to: * Indigenous peoples, for ethnic groups who are the earliest known inhabitants of an area. Indigenous groups *First Nations is commonly used to describe some Indigenous groups including: **First Natio ...
activist *
Max Keeping Winston Maxwell "Max" Keeping, (1 April 1942 – 1 October 2015), was a Canadian broadcaster. He was vice-president of news and public affairs at CJOH-DT, the CTV station in Ottawa, Ontario. Keeping was anchor of the local evening news broadca ...
– Ottawa media personality * M. David Lepofsky – disability activist * Dr. Tak W. Mak – biomedical scientist * J. William McConkey –
University of Windsor , mottoeng = Goodness, Discipline and Knowledge , established = , academic_affiliations = CARL, COU, Universities Canada , former_names = Assumption College (1857-1956)Assumption University of Windsor (1956-1963) , type = Public universi ...
professor * Dr. Roderick R. McInnes – University of Toronto professor and senior scientist with the Hospital for Sick Children * R. Roy McMurtry – former Chief Justice of Ontario and Attorney General of Ontario * Lorraine Monk – author, photographer, and artist * Albert Kai-Wing Ng – graphic designer and creator of graphic design accreditation * Adeena Niazi – helping newcomers settle in Canada * Gordon M. Nixon – President/CEO of the Royal Bank of Canada * Margaret Helen Ogilvie – Chancellor's Professor of Law at
Carleton University Carleton University is an English-language public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1942 as Carleton College, the institution originally operated as a private, non-denominational evening college to serve returning Wo ...
*
Eva Olsson Eva Olsson (born 2 September 1951) is a Swedish former cross-country skier. She competed at the 1972, 1976 and the 1980 Winter Olympics The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially the XIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Lake Placid 1980, w ...
– Holocaust survivor * Marlene Ann Pierre – Aboriginal activist * Dr. Frances A. Shepherd –
University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 ...
professor * Janice Gross Stein – scholar, academic * Paul-François Sylvestre – novelist, researcher and mentor * William Thorsell – Director/CEO of the Royal Ontario Museum * Dr. David Walde – Director of the Oncology Program * Dr. Paul Walfish –
University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 ...
professor and senior consultant


2008

Reference: * Dr. Michael Baker (Cancer researcher), Michael Baker – physician, cancer researcher * Dr. Sheela Basrur – Former Chief Medical Officer of Ontario *George Brady (Holocaust survivor), George Brady – human rights advocate, public speaker and Auschwitz survivor *Jack Chiang – journalist, community service *Tony Dean (civil servant), Tony Dean – Secretary of the Cabinet, credited with improving the Ontario Public Service *Mary Dickson – lawyer, educator and advocate for people with disabilities *Noel Edison – Artistic Director of the Elora Festival and the conductor of the
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir is a Canadian large vocal ensemble based in Toronto, Ontario. It was co-founded in 1894 by Augustus S. Vogt and W. H. Hewlett to celebrate the opening of the Massey Hall. The ensemble was originally an extension of ...
*Frank Fernandes – Toronto businessman and volunteer *Jean-Robert Gauthier – for his work in advancing French-language education *Sam George (Canadian), Sam George – Native Canadians' rights activist *Heather Gibson – educator specializing in American Sign Language (ASL) *Robert A. Gordon – served as president of Humber College *Gordon Gray – philanthropist *Susan Hoeg – community service on behalf of the Georgina Island Chippewas *Claude Lamoureux – served as president and CEO of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan *Patrick Le Sage – served as Chief Justice for the Ontario Superior Court of Justice *Dr. Joe MacInnis – physician, scientist and undersea explorer *Dr. David MacLennan – biomedical scientist, expert in biochemistry, genetics and physiology of muscle function *Lorna Marsden – served as President of
York University York University (french: Université York), also known as YorkU or simply YU, is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's fourth-largest university, and it has approximately 55,700 students, 7,0 ...
and of Wilfrid Laurier University, and a former senator. *David Peterson – former Premier of Ontario *Ed Ratushny – expert on the Canadian judiciary *Rosemary Sadlier – author and president of the Ontario Black History Society * Dr. Fuad Sahin – for his contributions to community service; founder of the International Development and Relief Foundation. *Barbara Ann Scott, Barbara Ann Scott-King – Olympic champion figure skater in 1948 *Ellen Seligman – for contributions to publishing and support of Canadian authors *Peter Silverman – broadcaster and consumer advocate *David Smith – philanthropist *Ted Szilva – originator and developer of the Big Nickel Project *Mary Welsh – for 35 years of community and civic contributions


2009

Reference: *Constance Backhouse – legal scholar and historian *Dr. Philip Berger – physician and leader in the fields of urban medicine, addiction, homelessness and HIV/AIDS care *Lawrence Bloomberg – businessman and philanthropist *Lesley Jane Boake – educator and founder of Canine Opportunity, People Empowerment *Dr. Helen Chan (oncologist), Helen Chan – clinical oncologist *Peter Crossgrove – businessman and charity fundraiser *Mike DeGagné – community leader and advocate for Aboriginal peoples *Levente Diosady – a leader in the field of food process engineering *Fraser Dougall – media owner and philanthropist *Jacques Flamand – writer and promoter of Franco-Ontarian literature *Jean Gagnon (ice hockey), Jean Gagnon – an advocate for the health and safety of workers *Paul Godfrey – Chair of Metro Toronto (1973–1984), businessman *Peter Godsoe – businessman *Ovid Jackson – provincial politician *Dr. Kellie Leitch – orthopaedic pediatric surgeon; Assoc. Professor of Medicine,
University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 ...
*Gerry Lougheed, Jr. – funeral director and volunteer *Diana Mady Kelly – theatre director and teacher of dramatic arts *Naseem Mahdi – spiritual leader *Dr. Samantha Nutt – Executive Director, War Child Canada *Dr. James Orbinski – physician; Associate Professor of Medicine,
University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 ...
; President of Médecins Sans Frontières (1998–2001) *Bonnie Patterson – former president of Ryerson University *Shirley Peruniak – park naturalist and conservationist *Alice Porter – nurse and missionary *Ken Shaw – news anchor (CTV Television Network, CTV) and philanthropist *Janet Stewart – lawyer and philanthropist *Shirley Thomson – civil servant *George Turnbull – expert in financial services and philanthropist *Mladen Vranic, Dr. Mladen Vranic – physician and researcher *Anne-Marie Zajdlik, Dr. Anne-Marie Zajdlik – physician and female AIDS activist


2010

Reference: *Suhayya Abu-Hakima – technology entrepreneur and volunteer *Russell Bannock – fighter pilot and Second World War commander *Gail Beck – child and adolescent psychiatrist and champion of the HPV public immunization program *Joseph Chin – medical pioneer and a leader in the prevention and treatment of prostate cancer *Lynn Factor – social worker *Gerald Fagan – choral conductor, teacher and mentor *Nigel Fisher (United Nations), Nigel Fisher – former president of UNICEF Canada *Jacques Flamand *Lillie Johnson – Ontario's first black director of public health *Ignat Kaneff – developer and philanthropist *Mobeenuddin Hassan Khaja – founder of the Association of Progressive Muslims of Ontario and Canada *Elizabeth Ann Kinsella – founder of the Youville Centre *Huguette Labelle – civil servant and the first woman to lead the Red Cross in Canada *Elizabeth Le Geyt – writer and birdwatcher *Clare Lewis – former Crown attorney and judge *Louise Logue – expert advisor in the field of crime prevention *Gordon McBean – scientist and environmentalist *Wilma Morrison – educator, historian and founder of the Niagara Black History Association *James Orbinski *Coulter Osborne – lawyer and former associate chief of justice *Chris Paliare – civil litigator *Gilles Patry – consultant, researcher, and a university administrator *Dave Shannon – lawyer *Molly Shoichet – researcher *Howard Sokolowski – leader in the home building industry and philanthropist *Edward Sonshine – entrepreneur and philanthropist *Reginald Stackhouse – author, retired politician and co-founder of Centennial College *David Staines – scholar, professor, literary critic and writer *Martin Teplitsky – mediator-arbitrator, Lawyer and founder of the Lawyers Feed the Hungry program *Dave Toycen – president and CEO of World Vision Canada *John Ronald Wakegijig – launched a mental health program for First Nations youth and established Rainbow Lodge *Elizabeth Hillman Waterston – researcher and writer


2011

Reference: * Peter Adams (politician), Peter Adams – politician, professor and volunteer * Dr. Anna Banerji – helped create the Immigrant Health and Infectious Disease Clinic and the Canadian Refugee Health Conference * Dr. Sandra Black, Sandra E. Black – cognitive neurologists specializing in stroke and dementia * Paul Cavalluzzo (lawyer), Paul Cavalluzzo – Lawyer, Senior Partner, Cavalluzzo Shilton McIntyre Cornish LLP, Barristers and Solicitors * Catherine Colquhoun – volunteer * David Crombie – three-term mayor of
Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anch ...
* Nathalie Des Rosiers – legal expert * Marcel Desautels – philanthropist * Sara Diamond (college president), Sara Diamond – artist and president of OCAD University * Charles Garrad – archaeologist, historian, and scholar * Peter Gilgan – developer and philanthropist * Frank Hayden – created Special Olympics International * Donald Jackson (figure skater), Donald Jackson – world gold medalist in male figure skating * Zeib Jeeva – founding member of the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund * Howard McCurdy – scientist, civil rights activist and
MPP MPP or M.P.P. may refer to: * Marginal physical product * Master of Public Policy, an academic degree * Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario), Canada * Member of Provincial Parliament (Western Cape), South Africa * ''Merriweather Post Pavilio ...
* Arthur McDonald – physicist * Noella Milne – lawyer and volunteer * Suzanne Pinel – French-language educator and television personality * Ucal Powell – head of Ontario's Carpenter's Union * Barbara Reid – children's author and illustrator * Alison Rose – documentary filmmaker and reporter * Linda Schuyler – co-creator and executive producer of the Degrassi (franchise), Degrassi television franchise * Dr. Louis Siminovitch – geneticist * Rahul Singh (paramedic), Rahul Singh – founder of GlobalMedic * Connie Smith – journalist, television host and teacher * The Honourable Ray Stortini – retired Superior Court Judge * John Tory – lawyer, business leader, community activist, broadcaster and former
MPP MPP or M.P.P. may refer to: * Marginal physical product * Master of Public Policy, an academic degree * Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario), Canada * Member of Provincial Parliament (Western Cape), South Africa * ''Merriweather Post Pavilio ...


2012

Reference: * Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish – physician, human rights and peace activist * Michael Burgess (singer), Michael Burgess – actor and singer * Mark Cohon – commissioner of the Canadian Football League * Glen Cook (businessman), Glen Cook – businessman and restored and preserved the historic Puce River Black Community Cemetery * Stephen Cook – computer scientist * Phyllis Creighton – chair of the Ontario Mental Health Foundation and the Addiction Research Foundation's clinical institute * Michael Davies (businessman), Michael Davies – businessman and philanthropist * Ronald Deibert – director of the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs * Dr. Rory Fisher – headed the Department of Extended Care at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto for almost 20 years * Anne Golden – administrator * Joan Green – Toronto Board of Education's first female CEO * Dr. Vladimir Hachinski – neurologist and teacher * John D. Honsberger – lawyer * Dr. Shafique Keshavjee – thoracic surgeon and world leader in lung transplantation * Fr. Joseph MacDonald (priest), Joseph MacDonald – founder of Poverello Charities Ontario * Don MacKinnon – advocate of Ontario's energy industry * Deepa Mehta – filmmaker and women's rights activist * Vincent Pawis – Native Inmate Liaison Officer * Sr. Helen Petrimoulx – advocate for refugees * The Honourable Sydney Robins – Supreme Court of Ontario judge * Dr. Gail Erlick Robinson, Gail Robinson – psychiatrist, professor and advocate, she co-founded Canada's first rape crisis centre * Mamdouh Shoukri – president and vice-chancellor of
York University York University (french: Université York), also known as YorkU or simply YU, is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's fourth-largest university, and it has approximately 55,700 students, 7,0 ...
* Barry Smit – professor and climate change researcher * Brian Stewart (journalist), Brian Stewart – reporter and foreign correspondent * Frank Tierney – teacher and founder of the Borealis Press and Tecumseh Press


2013

Reference: *Irving Abella – scholar and historian *Dr. Mohit Bhandari – orthopaedic surgeon and researcher *Paul Burston – public servant *George E. Carter – lawyer and the first Canadian-born Black judge *Ellen Campbell – founder and CEO of the Canadian Centre for Abuse Awareness *Penny Collenette – leader and innovator *Ronald Common – President of Sault College *Paul Corkum – physicist and the father of attosecond science *David Cronenberg – filmmaker *Alvin Curling – first Black Speaker of the Ontario Legislature *Allison Fisher – Executive Director of Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health *Claude Gingras – former chair of the Fondation Franco-Ontarienne *Avvy Go, Avvy Yao Yao Go – lawyer *Piers Handling – Director and CEO of the Toronto International Film Festival *Paul Henderson – hockey player and mentor *Justin Hines – singer, songwriter and founder of Justin Hines Foundation *Ronald Jamieson – former Senior Vice President of Aboriginal Banking at Bank of Montreal, BMO Financial Group *Jeanne Lamon – Music Director of Toronto's Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra *Frances Noronha – civil servant *Lyn McLeod – former leader of the Ontario Liberal Party *Diane Morrison – former Executive Director of the Mission, an Ottawa homeless shelter *Steve Paikin – journalist and television host *Dr. James Rutka – pediatric neurosurgeon and researcher *Adel Sedra – engineering scholar, professor and administrator *Toby Tanenbaum – philanthropist and volunteer


2014

Reference: * Mary Anne Chambers – Cabinet Minister and
MPP MPP or M.P.P. may refer to: * Marginal physical product * Master of Public Policy, an academic degree * Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario), Canada * Member of Provincial Parliament (Western Cape), South Africa * ''Merriweather Post Pavilio ...
* Ming-Tat Cheung – cardiologist and medical researcher * Michael Dan – neurosurgeon and philanthropists * Don Drummond (economist), Don Drummond – economist * Rick Green (comedian), Rick Green – performer, writer and advocate for people with Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ADD * Patrick Gullane – head and neck surgeon * Joseph Halstead – civil servant and administrator * Alis Kennedy – Métis leader * Sylvie Lamoureux – teacher, scholar, and academic * Gilles LeVasseur – lawyer, economist and professor * Gary Levy (surgeon), Gary Levy – founding Director of the Multi-Organ Transplant Program at Toronto General Hospital * Sidney B. Linden – former Chief Justice of the Ontario Court of Justice * Barbara MacQuarrie – advocate for women's rights * Eva Marszewski – founder and Executive Director of Peacebuilders International * Marilyn McHarg – Co-founder and former Executive Director of the Canadian branch of Médecins Sans Frontières, Doctors Without Borders/Médécins Sans Frontières * Hans Messner – scientist and physician * James Murray (philanthropist), James Murray – philanthropist * Robert Nixon (politician), Robert Nixon – former Minister of Finance and leader of the Ontario Liberal Party * Dhun Noria – surgical pathologist * Maryka Omatsu – retired Ontario Court Justice and Canada's first Asian-Canadian female judge * Charles Pachter – artist * John Ralston Saul – writer and lecturer * Najmul Siddiqui – entrepreneur, community leader and philanthropist * Jeffrey Turnbull – physician, humanitarian and Medical Director of Ottawa Inner City Health * Dolores Wawia – pioneer in native education * Dafydd Williams, David Williams – Canadian astronaut, physician and scientist * Warren Winkler – former labour lawyer, mediator and Chief Justice of Ontario


2015

Reference: * Hugh Allen (surgeon), Hugh Allen Surgeon and Specialist in Obstetrics and Gynecology * Susan Bailey (nurse), Susan Bailey Nurse, Teacher and Pioneer in Palliative care * Isabel Bassett Former Ontario Cabinet Minister and
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* Monica Elaine Campbell Pioneer in the Development of Palliative Care Services for the Deaf in Ontario * Dennis Chippa Community Leader and Humanitarian * Wendy Craig (psychologist), Wendy Craig Professor of Psychology at Queen's University and Expert on the Prevention of Bullying * Gordon Cressy Former Politician, Public Servant, Humanitarian, Mentor and Youth Advocate * Madeline Edwards (community advocate), Madeline Edwards Community Advocate and Founding Member of the Congress of Black Women of Mississauga and Area Chapter * Hoda ElMaraghy Professor and Director of the Intelligent Manufacturing Systems Center at the
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* Robert Fowler (physician), Robert Fowler Critical Care Physician at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and Associate Professor of Medicine and Critical Care Medicine at the
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* Herbert Gaisano Professor and Researcher at the
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's Faculty of Medicine and Gastroenterologists * John Gignac Veteran Fire Captain * June Girvan Founder of the J'Nikira Dinqinesh Education Centre in Ottawa * Beverley Gordon Founding CEO of The Safehaven Project for Community Living * Richard Gosling (community leader), Richard Gosling community leader and youth advocate * Stephen Goudge Former Judge in the Court of Appeal for Ontario * Anton Kuerti Concert Pianist and Composer * Rita Letendre Painter, Muralist and Printmaker * Jackie Maxwell Artistic Director of the Shaw Festival * Errol Mendes Professor of Law at the
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, Author and Advocate for the Universal Application of Human Rights * Julian Nedzelski Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist and Head and Neck Surgeon at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and a Pioneer of Cochlear Implants in Ontario * Mike Parkhill Founder of SayITFirst * René Pitre Business Leader and Advocate of French Language Culture, Community and Education in Ontario * Donna Trella Founder of Reach for the Rainbow * Stanley Zlotkin A Nutrition Specialist and Researcher at The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, The Hospital for Sick Children


2016

Reference: * Peter A. Adamson Surgical Specialist in Otolaryngology * Mehran Anvari Surgical Robotics Pioneer * Donovan Bailey Track and Field Icon * Jennifer Bond Professor of Law and Human Rights Advocate * Angèle Brunelle Advocate for Northwest Ontario's Francophone Community * Ronald F. Caza Lawyer and Defender of Francophone Linguistic Rights * Anthony Kam Chuen Chan Pediatric Hematologist and Scientist * Ethel Côté Entrepreneur, Volunteer and Community leader * Jim Estill Entrepreneur and Philanthropist * Carol Finlay Anglican Priest and Education Advocate * Cheryl Forchuk Scholar in the Fields of Homelessness, Poverty and Mental Health * Dorothée Gizenga International Development Expert and Human Rights Advocate * Shirley Greenberg Lawyer and Women's Rights Advocate * Robert Pio Hajjar Motivational Speaker * Greta Hodgkinson Prima Ballerina * Dorothy Anna Jarvis Pediatrician * Lisa LaFlamme Broadcast Journalist * M.G. Venkatesh Mannar Expert in Food Science Technologies and Nutrition * Ernest Matton (Little Brown Bear) Community Capacity Builder and Spiritual Ambassador * Dennis O'Connor (judge), Dennis O'Connor former Associate Chief Justice of Ontario * David Pearson (scientist), David Pearson Professor and Promoter of Science Communication * Fran Rider Women's Hockey Advocate * Beverley Salmon Anti-Racism and Community Activist * Hugh Segal Public Servant * Helga Stephenson Arts Administrator and Human Rights Activist * Margo Timmins Vocalist


2017

Reference: *Dr. Upton Allen pediatric infectious disease specialist *Daniel Aykroyd actor and entrepreneur *Dr. Alan Bernstein cancer researcher and research leader *Dr. David Cechetto neuroscientist and director of international medical development projects *Dr. Peter Chang lawyer and psychiatrist *The Honourable Sandra Chapnik lawyer and judge *Dr. Tom Chau biomedical engineer *Dr. Dorothy Cotton psychologist and mental health advocate *Peter Dinsdale Anishinaabe community leader *Leslie Fagan singer and promoter of Canadian music *Michael Geist scholar and public intellectual *Shashi Kant professor of forest resource economics *Myrtha Lapierre retired nursing professor *Floyd Laughren former MPP and Finance Minister *Michael Lee-Chin entrepreneur and philanthropist *Gail Nyberg former Daily Bread Food Bank executive director and former school trustee *Dr. Dilkhush Panjwani psychiatrist *Elder Geraldine Robertson educator and advocate for residential school survivors *Allan Rock former politician and UN Ambassador *Robert J. Sawyer celebrated science-fiction author *Sandra Shamas writer, performer and comedian *Elizabeth Sheehy criminal law, scholar *Ilse Treurnicht CEO and advocate for women and innovation


2018

Reference: * Jean Augustine politician and social justice advocate * Salah Bachir businessman and philanthropist * Dr. Sue Carstairs veterinarian and conservationist * Ralph Chiodo entrepreneur and philanthropist * Dr. Zane Cohen colorectal surgeon * Dwayne De Rosario soccer player * Michele DiEmanuele CEO and public servant * Philip Epstein lawyer, scholar in family law * Dr. Aaron Fenster biomedical physicist * Mark Freiman lawyer, public servant and former Deputy Attorney General of Ontario * Emmanuelle Gattuso philanthropist * Mary Gordon (child advocate), Mary Gordon social entrepreneur, educator and child advocate * Edward Greenspon journalist * Spider Jones sports journalist, author and member of the Canadian Boxing Hall of Fame * Neal Jotham animal welfare advocate * Ozan Lago physician, public speaker * Dalton McGuinty provincial politician and former Premier of Ontario 2003-2013 * Peter Menkes businessman * Janice O'Born entrepreneur and philanthropist * Cheryl Perea child advocate * Dr. Lyne Pitre physician and educator * Arthur Britton Smith, Col. A. Britton (Brit) Smith philanthropist


2019

Reference: * Melanie Adrian law professor at
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* Roland Armitage former Ontario politician and Member of the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame * Allan Carswell, Dr. Allan Carswell physicist * Helen Ching-Kircher businesswoman and philanthropist * John Colangeli CEO of Lutherwood and Lutherwood Child and Family Foundation * Nancy Coldham businesswoman and philanthropist * Sean Conway former Executive Council of Ontario, Ontario Cabinet Minister under David Peterson * Clare Copeland former Chair of Toronto Hydro * Barbara Croall composer and musician * Lisa Farano charity executive * Geoffrey Fernie biomedical engineer * Dr. Allan Fox neuroscientist * John Freund author and peace activist * Susan Hay journalist * Dr. John Jennings historian * Dr. Marlys Koschinsky Biochemistry Professor * James W. Leech former head of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan * Audrey Loeb law professor * Dani Reiss President and Chief Executive Officer, CEO of Canada Goose (clothing), Canada Goose Incorporated * Janis Rotman philanthropist * Linda Silver Dranoff lawyer * Joan Sutton Straus journalist


2020

Reference: * Daniel Allen public servant * Dr. Joseph Raymond Buncic physician at The Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto), The Hospital for Sick Children * Michael DeGasperis property developer and philanthropist * Dr. Raymond Desjardins atmospheric scientist * Ernie Eves, Ernest Eves former Premier of Ontario 2002-2003 * Hershell Ezrin public servant * Carlo Fidani businessman and philanthropist * Karen Goldenberg occupational therapist * Mike Harris, Michael Deane Harris former Premier of Ontario 1995-2002 * Ellis Jacob President and Chief Executive Officer, CEO of Cineplex Entertainment * Dr. Jing Jiang engineering professor at the
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* Dr. Shana O. Kelley professor at the
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* Dr. André Lapierre linguistics professor at the
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* Dale Lastman lawyer * André M. Levesque soldier * Dr. Peter Liu Cardiology, cardiologist * Hazel McCallion former List of mayors of Mississauga, Mayor of Mississauga 1978-2014 * Arden McGregor humanitarian * Janet McKelvy philanthropist * George McLean artist * Rosemary Moodie, Hon. Rosemary Moodie Senator * Bob Runciman, Hon. Robert W. Runciman former Senator 2010-2017 * Dr. Marilyn Sonley pediatric oncologist * Ahmad Reza Tabrizi philanthropist * Karen M. Weiler, Hon. Karen M. Weiler former judge


2021

Reference: * Payam Akhavan * Walter Arbib * Teresa Cascioli * George Chuvalo * Angela Cooper Brathwaite * Aimée Craft * Stephen Diamond * Nishan Duraiappah * Mitch Frazer * Leo Goldhar * Steve (Suresh) Gupta * Elise Harding-Davis * Armand P. La Barge * Sandra Laronde * Dave Levac * David I. McKay, David McKay * Barbara Morrongiello * Lori Nikkel * Rose Patten, Rose M. Patten * Christina Petrowska-Quilic, Christina Petrowska Quilico * Robert Poirier * Kevin Smith (Canadian hospital administrator), Kevin Smith * Joan VanDuzer * Sara Waxman


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List of Order of Ontario recipients
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