# List of members of the Order of Ontario

The following is a full list of members of the Order of Ontario, both past and current, in order of their date of appointment.

## Members
### 1987

* John Black Aird – 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
* Aline Akeson – poverty activist
* J. M. S. Careless – historian
* Hon. William G. Davis – Premier of Ontario (1971–1985)
* Celia Franca – founder of National Ballet of Canada
* 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 – prospector and geologist
* Johnny Lombardi – pioneer of multicultural broadcasting in Canada
* Clifford McIntosh – public speaker, author and founder of the Quetico Centre
* Oskar Morawetz – composer
* John Polanyi – Nobel laureate
* Al Purdy – 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

* Alex Baumann – competitive swimmer, Olympic medalist
* June Callwood – journalist, author and social activist
* Floyd Chalmers – editor, publisher and philanthropist
* Robertson Davies – novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, professor, founding Master of Massey College
* Reva Gerstein – first woman Chancellor of the University of Western Ontario (1992–96)
* Charlotte Lemieux – teacher and public servant
* Walter Frederick Light – business executive
* Gordon Lightfoot – singer and songwriter
* Dennis McDermott – trade unionist, Canadian Director of the United Auto Workers (1968–78), and president of the Canadian Labour Congress (1978–86)
* Pauline McGibbon – 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
* 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 – activist for the rights of people with disabilities
* John Josiah Robinette – lawyer
* Murray Ross – founding president of York University
* Robert B. Salter – Orthopedic surgeon and professor
* John Weinzweig – composer

### 1989

* Louis Applebaum – composer
* John W. H. Bassett – publisher, media baron
* Dorothy Beam – advocate for the rights of the Deaf
* Leonard Birchall – decorated RCAF pilot (World War II)
* Violet Blackman – black rights activist
* Morley Callaghan – author & playwright
* Paul Charbonneau – priest and founder of Brentwood Recovery Home
* Charles George Drake – neurosurgeon
* Anne Gribben – nurse and labour activist
* James Ham – engineer, administrator and President of the University of Toronto
* Kenneth Hare – climatologist
* Daniel Iannuzzi – broadcaster
* Norman Jewison – film director, producer, actor and founder of the Canadian Film Centre
* Basil Johnston – Anishinaabe 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
* Harry Thode – geochemist, nuclear chemist, and academic administrator
* Eberhard Zeidler – architect

### 1990

* James Archibald – veterinary surgeon, organ transplant pioneer
* Margaret Atwood – writer
* John Bailey – physician and community organizer
* Maxwell Enkin – refugee advocate
* Maureen Forrester – contralto
* Ursula Franklin – metallurgist, research physicist, author and educator
* George R. Gardiner – businessman, philanthropist and co-founder of the Gardiner Museum
* Stanley Grizzle – trade union activist
* Karen Kain – dancer
* Vicki Keith – marathon swimmer
* Wilbert Keon – heart surgeon, scientific researcher
* Dr. Robert McClure – surgeon, missionary, Moderator of the United Church of Canada (1968–71), social activist
* Roland Michener – 20th Governor General of Canada
* Roderick Moran – paediatric dentist and organizer of specialized care clinics for disabled children
* Brian Orser – 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 – classical guitarist
* Clara Bernhardt – writer, poet and composer
* A. J. Casson – artist, member of the Group of Seven
* Clifford Chadderton – veteran (World War II), CEO of The War Amps
* Frances Dafoe – figure skater, World Champion and Olympic medallist
* Dora de Pedery-Hunt – artist, designer of coins for Royal Canadian Mint
* John Craig Eaton – businessman
* John Robert Evans – pediatrician, academic, businessperson, civic leader, founding dean of McMaster University Faculty of Medicine
* Timothy Findley – author & playwright
* Mary Lou Fox
* Wilbur Howard – minister, the first black person to graduate from Emmanuel College and be ordained in the United Church of Canada
* William Goldwin Carrington Howland – 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
* Walter Pitman – president of Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (1975–80)
* Annabel Slaight – teacher, environmentalist and co-founder of OWL
* Arthur Solomon
* Louis Temporale – sculptor
* George Rutherford Walker
* Lois Miriam Wilson – first female Moderator of the United Church of Canada (1980–82)

### 1992

* Lincoln Alexander – 24th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
* Bromley Armstrong – civil rights leader
* Boris Berlin – pianist, music educator, arranger, and composer
* Pierre Berton – author, journalist, TV personality
* Suzanne Rochon-Burnett – 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 – artist
* Terry Meagher – human rights and labour activist
* Raymond Moriyama – architect
* Fraser Mustard – physician and scientist
* Oscar Peterson – 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 – Chancellor of the University of Toronto (1991–1997)

### 1993

* Roberta Bondar – astronaut
* Pat Capponi – author and advocate for mental health issues and poverty issues
* Jean-Gabriel Castel – law professor and Professor Emeritus at Osgoode Hall Law School
* Tirone David – 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 – businessman and philanthropist
* Benjamin Lu – chemical engineering professor and Professor Emeritus at University of Ottawa
* Abbyann Lynch – teacher and ethics consultant
* Lois Marshall – concert soprano
* Isabel McLaughlin – artist
* Gunther Plaut – 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
* 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 – conductor, first music director of the Royal Conservatory Opera School (University of Toronto)
* Martha Henry – actress
* Conrad Lavigne – media executive
* Donald C. MacDonald – politician
* Flora MacDonald – politician
* Edwin Mirvish – businessman, philanthropist and theatrical impresario
* Alice Munro – writer
* Phil Nimmons – jazz clarinetist, composer, bandleader
* Ted Nolan – hockey player and coach
* George Pedersen – president of University of Western Ontario (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 – author, journalist, women's rights activist
* Tim Armstrong – public policy advisor, legal counsel and author
* Harry Arthurs – 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 – internationally ranked competitive swimmer, Olympic medallist
* Corinne Devlin – gynecologist and teacher
* Robert Filler – surgeon and researcher
* Ted Hargreaves – businessman and charitable fundraiser
* Elmer Iseler – conductor of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, 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 – 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 – judge
* Ellen Louks Fairclough – first female member of the Canadian federal Cabinet
* Amber Foulkes
* Charles Godfrey – physician, professor and former MPP
* Kamala-Jean Gopie – political activist
* Chris Hadfield – astronaut
* Tommy Hunter – country singer
* Arlette Lefebvre – child psychologist at the Hospital for Sick Children
* Jeffrey Wan-shu Lo
* Janet Lunn – children's writer
* Trisha Romance – artist
* Etienne Saint-Aubin – lawyer
* Ezra Schabas – musician, educator and author
* Al Waxman – 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 – actor
* William Coyle – aerospace pioneer
* Leslie Dan – businessman
* Michael de Pencier – entrepreneur, environmental investor and publisher
* Jack Diamond – architect, founding director of the Master of Architecture program at the University of Toronto
* 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
* Roy Laine
* Moon Lum
* Kathleen Mann – teacher and choir director
* Judith Meeks
* Nancy Raeburn
* Jack Rabinovitch – philanthropist and founder of the Giller Prize
* Richard Rohmer – writer
* Bob Rumball – pastor and advocate for the deaf and those with special needs
* Nalini Stewart – administrator
* Paul Tsai

### 1998

* Marion Anderson – Aboriginal band councillor
* Bluma Appel – philanthropist, arts patron
* Jean Ashworth Bartle – Founder and director of the Toronto Children's Chorus
* 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 – Founder, director and curator of the Ydessa Hendeles Art Foundation and Grand Founder of the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO)
* Dr. Kenneth C. Hobbs – physician, international humanitarian
* Hal Jackman – business leader, philanthropist, 24th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Chair of the Ontario Arts Council and Chancellor of the University of Toronto
* 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 – journalist
* Alfred U. Oakie – pioneer in traffic safety
* Lloyd Seivright – activist
* Masami Tsuruoka – sports figure
* Thomas Leonard Wells – politician

### 1999

* William Blake – Community activist
* Doris Boissoneau – Ojibwe language activist
* Paul Michel Bosc – Wine-maker
* Mavis Elaine Burke – Educator, advocate for early childhood education 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 – violinist, orchestral conductor and champion of Canadian music
* Dr. James Ferguson – medical researcher
* Maxwell Goldhar – businessman, philanthropist
* Doris Lau – financial adviser, charity fundraiser, goodwill ambassador for Ontario and scholarship sponsor
* Eileen McGregor – community activist
* Winnie "Roach" Leuszler – first Canadian to swim the English Channel, sportswoman
* Alice King Sculthorpe – community activist
* Dr. Bette Stephenson – physician, founding member of the College of Family Physicians of Canada, former Ontario Progressive Conservative MPP and cabinet minister
* Hin Cheung Tam – community activist
* Gordie Tapp – entertainer
* Anthony Toldo – industrialist, philanthropist, bicyclist
* Lisette Véron-Rainu – children's activist
* Ken Watts – Founder of the Ontario Collegiate Drama Festival

### 2000

* Danielle 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, Sudbury
* George A. Cohon – Chicago-born lawyer; founder/senior chairman of McDonald's 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 – U.S.-born naturalized Canadian author; Toronto-based urban philosopher
* Stephan Lewar – venture capitalist, financier and philanthropist
* Janet MacInnis – fundraiser and volunteer
* Frank Miller – politician (former Premier of Ontario)
* Betty Oliphant – founder of the National Ballet School of Canada
* J. Robert S. Prichard – educator, author and former President of the University of Toronto
* Joseph Radmore – athlete, member of the Canadian Paralympic Team
* Margaret M. Risk – nurse
* Haroon Siddiqui – journalist, columnist
* Dr. Calvin Stiller – physician
* Donald A. Stuart – gold and silversmith
* Dr. Lap-Chee Tsui – molecular geneticist; Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong
* Irving Ungerman – entrepreneur, boxer and activist

### 2001

* Richard M. Alway – President/Vice-Chancellor of St. Michael's College, promoter of Catholic-Anglican dialogue in Canada
* Gwen M. Boniface – first female Ontario Provincial Police 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
* Ken Danby – artist
* Terry Daynard – researcher, teacher
* Terrence J. Donnelly – fundraiser for cardiac research and development
* Gail J. Donner – Dean of the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Toronto; Executive Director of the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario
* Fredrik Stefan Eaton – businessman, community volunteer
* C. Dennis Flynn – elected official, fundraiser, community volunteer and war veteran
* Prof. Dr. Nicolas D. Georganas – pioneer in multimedia medical communications and telelearning
* Helen Haddow – community activist
* Paul Kells – workplace safety advocate
* Jake Lamoureux – Volunteer with young people
* Alexina Louie – 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 – builders and donors of the McMichael Canadian Art Collection of Group of Seven paintings in Kleinburg
* Dusty Miller – patron of the arts, artistic director of the Cambrian Players
* David Mirvish – leader in the development and promotion of the visual arts in Ontario
* Peter Nesbitt Oliver – historian
* James S. Redpath – Chancellor of Nipissing University
* Dr. Donald T. Stuss – clinical psychologist, neuropsychologist and behavioural neuroscientist
* Bhausaheb Ubale – human rights activist
* Dr. Carin Wittnich – University of Toronto professor and researcher
* Madeline Ziniak – Vice-president and executive producer of CFMT television, promoter of multiculturalism

### 2002

* Peggy Baker – dancer, choreographer and teacher; founder of the Toronto-based Dancemakers
* James Bartleman – Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
* Marilyn Bell DiLascio – first person to swim Lake Ontario (1954)
* David Blackwood – artist
* Frederick M. Catzman – lawyer
* Austin Clarke – author, teacher, mentor, writer-in-residence at the University of Toronto; recipient of the 2002 Giller Prize
* 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 and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada and father of Wayne Gretzky
* Phyllis M. Grosskurth – Professor emerita and Fellow, Massey College, University of Toronto; 1965 winner of the Governor General's Award for non-fiction
* Dr. Raymond O. Heimbecker – cardiovascular surgeon
* Patrick John Keenan – volunteer
* Tom Kneebone – actor, playwright
* Burton Kramer – graphic designer
* Dr. Benson Lau – physician and teacher
* J. Douglas Lawson – Vice-Chairman of the Ontario Arts Council
* 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 in Oshawa
* Dr. Mark J. Poznansky – President and Scientific Director of the Robarts Research Institute
* Dr. Joanna Santa Barbara – physician, national president of the Physicians for Global Survival
* Thomas H. B. Symons – founder of Trent University and its president and vice-chancellor (from 1961–72)
* Lela Wilson – artists' rights activist

### 2003

* Joseph J. Barnicke – businessman and philanthropist
* John Kim Bell – musician, promoter of Aboriginal culture
* Col. Archibald J. D. Brown – businessman, community activist
* Dorothy Ellen Duncan – Executive Director of The Ontario Historical Society, teacher, curator
* Julian Fantino – police officer, former Chief of Police for London, York Region and Toronto; Ontario's Commissioner of Emergency Management; now Commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police
* 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 (RNAO)
* George Gross – Corporate Sports Editor of Sun Media Corporation
* Macklin Hancock – pioneer in urban planning, urban design 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
* Dr. Donald Mackay – Professor of Environmental and Resource Studies at Trent University, and director of the Canadian Environmental Modelling Centre
* Hon. Jack Marshall – Second World War veteran, Member of Parliament, Senator, and activist
* Anna Porter – 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
* Mike Weir – golfer; first Canadian to win the Masters Golf Tournament
* Kirk Albert Walter Wipper – environmentalist, heritage conservationist and fitness advocate (died 2011)
* William John Withrow – former director of the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO)

### 2004

* Dr. Tyseer Aboulnasr – engineer
* Jeff Adams – Paralympian and world champion in wheelchair sports
* Mohammad Azhar Ali Khan – journalist, multiculturalism expert
* Diana Alli – outreach worker
* Patricia Ann Arato – aphasia care volunteer
* Dr. Robin F. Badgley – sociologist, founder of Department of Behavioural Science at the University of Toronto
* Iain Baxter& – conceptual artist
* Louise Binder – speaker on HIV/AIDS issues
* Richard Bradshaw – director of the Canadian Opera Company
* 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 – figure skating coach
* Dr. Allan Gross – Professor of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
* Andrea Hansen – violinist
* Joyce Ann Lange – advocate for the hearing impaired
* 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 – Vietnamese napalm victim
* John Rochon – marksman
* Chandrakant Shah – public health educator
* Gordon Surgeoner – entomologist specializing in insect transmitted diseases
* Galen Weston – 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)
* Donald Carr – lawyer
* Brian Desbiens – educator
* Thomas Dignan – Aboriginal healthcare advocate
* Deborah Ellis – children's author, human rights advocate
* Hughes Eng – community service
* Brenda L. Gallie – Expert in the treatment of retinoblastoma
* Dorothy Griffiths – researcher, educator
* William A. Harshaw – fundraiser for Parkinson's disease
* John Honderich – former editor and publisher, Toronto Star
* Leon Katz – engineer, medical inventor
* Gisèle Lalonde – educator
* Mike Lazaridis – founder, Research in Motion; inventor, BlackBerry
* Beatrice Levis – advocate for social justice
* Nancy Lockhart – Chair, Ontario Science Centre
* Ernest McCulloch – pioneer in stem cell biology
* Lillian McGregor – teacher of aboriginal languages
* Sher Ali Mirza – engineer
* Ratna Omidvar – former president, Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants
* Sandra Rotman – philanthropist
* Mark Starowicz – broadcaster, journalist
* Marlene Streit – professional golfer
* Ronald W. Taylor – physician in sports medicine; team physician to the Toronto Blue Jays
* James Till – pioneer in stem cell biology
* John Walker Whiteside – assistant crown attorney
* Moses Znaimer – broadcaster

### 2007

* Thomas J. Bitove – businessman, community activist
* John Richard Bond – University of Toronto astrophysicist and cosmologist
* Bernice and Rolland Desnoyers – foster parents for children and youth since 1960
* Peter J. George – economist, author, President and Vice Chancellor of McMaster University 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 – Broadcasting executive
* Rebecca F. Jamieson – First Nations activist
* Max Keeping – Ottawa media personality
* M. David Lepofsky – disability activist
* Dr. Tak W. Mak – biomedical scientist
* J. William McConkey – University of Windsor 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
* Eva Olsson – Holocaust survivor
* Marlene Ann Pierre – Aboriginal activist
* Dr. Frances A. Shepherd – University of Toronto 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 professor and senior consultant

### 2008

Reference:
* Dr. Michael Baker – physician, cancer researcher
* Dr. Sheela Basrur – Former Chief Medical Officer of Ontario
* George Brady – human rights advocate, public speaker and Auschwitz survivor
* Jack Chiang – journalist, community service
* 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
* Frank Fernandes – Toronto businessman and volunteer
* Jean-Robert Gauthier – for his work in advancing French-language education
* 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 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-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 – 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 – 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
* 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; 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) and philanthropist
* Janet Stewart – lawyer and philanthropist
* Shirley Thomson – civil servant
* George Turnbull – expert in financial services and philanthropist
* Dr. Mladen Vranic – physician and researcher
* 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 – 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, professor and volunteer
* Dr. Anna Banerji – helped create the Immigrant Health and Infectious Disease Clinic and the Canadian Refugee Health Conference
* Dr. Sandra E. Black – cognitive neurologists specializing in stroke and dementia
* Paul Cavalluzzo – Lawyer, Senior Partner, Cavalluzzo Shilton McIntyre Cornish LLP, Barristers and Solicitors
* Catherine Colquhoun – volunteer
* David Crombie – three-term mayor of Toronto
* Nathalie Des Rosiers – legal expert
* Marcel Desautels – philanthropist
* 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 – 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
* 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 television franchise
* Dr. Louis Siminovitch – geneticist
* 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

### 2012

Reference:
* Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish – physician, human rights and peace activist
* Michael Burgess – actor and singer
* Mark Cohon – commissioner of the Canadian Football League
* 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 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 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 – 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 Robinson – psychiatrist, professor and advocate, she co-founded Canada's first rape crisis centre
* Mamdouh Shoukri – president and vice-chancellor of York University
* Barry Smit – professor and climate change researcher
* 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 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 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
* Ming-Tat Cheung – cardiologist and medical researcher
* Michael Dan – neurosurgeon and philanthropists
* Don Drummond – economist
* Rick Green – performer, writer and advocate for people with 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 – 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 Doctors Without Borders/Médécins Sans Frontières
* Hans Messner – scientist and physician
* James Murray – philanthropist
* 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
* David Williams – Canadian astronaut, physician and scientist
* Warren Winkler – former labour lawyer, mediator and Chief Justice of Ontario

### 2015

Reference:
* Hugh Allen – Surgeon and Specialist in Obstetrics and Gynecology
* Susan Bailey – Nurse, Teacher and Pioneer in Palliative care
* Isabel Bassett – Former Ontario Cabinet Minister and MPP
* Monica Elaine Campbell – Pioneer in the Development of Palliative Care Services for the Deaf in Ontario
* Dennis Chippa – Community Leader and Humanitarian
* 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 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 University of Windsor
* Robert Fowler – Critical Care Physician at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and Associate Professor of Medicine and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Toronto
* Herbert Gaisano – Professor and Researcher at the University of Toronto'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 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 University of Ottawa, 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

### 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 – former Associate Chief Justice of Ontario
* 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 – 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
* 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
* Col. A. Britton (Brit) Smith – philanthropist

### 2019

Reference:
* Melanie Adrian – law professor at Carleton University
* Roland Armitage – former Ontario politician and Member of the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame
* 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 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 CEO of 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
* Michael DeGasperis – property developer and philanthropist
* Dr. Raymond Desjardins – atmospheric scientist
* Ernest Eves – former Premier of Ontario 2002-2003
* Hershell Ezrin – public servant
* Carlo Fidani – businessman and philanthropist
* Karen Goldenberg – occupational therapist
* Michael Deane Harris – former Premier of Ontario 1995-2002
* Ellis Jacob – President and CEO of Cineplex Entertainment
* Dr. Jing Jiang – engineering professor at the University of Western Ontario
* Dr. Shana O. Kelley – professor at the University of Toronto
* Dr. André Lapierre – linguistics professor at the University of Ottawa
* Dale Lastman – lawyer
* André M. Levesque – soldier
* Dr. Peter Liu – cardiologist
* Hazel McCallion – former Mayor of Mississauga 1978-2014
* Arden McGregor – humanitarian
* Janet McKelvy – philanthropist
* George McLean – artist
* Hon. Rosemary Moodie – Senator
* Hon. Robert W. Runciman – former Senator 2010-2017
* Dr. Marilyn Sonley – pediatric oncologist
* Ahmad Reza Tabrizi – philanthropist
* 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 McKay
* Barbara Morrongiello
* Lori Nikkel
* Rose M. Patten
* Christina Petrowska Quilico
* Robert Poirier
* Kevin Smith
* Joan VanDuzer
* Sara Waxman

### 2022

Reference:
* Dyane Adam
* Cindy Adams
* Jordan Bitove
* Vanessa Burkoski
* Dr. Michael Cheng
* Dianne Cunningham
* Andre De Grasse
* Rhoda Howard-Hassmann
* Dr. David J. Jenkins
* Christina Jennings
* Dr. Mohamed Lachemi
* Eric Lindros
* Arthur Lockhart
* Lorin MacDonald
* Christine Nesbitt
* Dr. Beverley A. Orser
* Pauline Shirt
* Dr. Frank Silver
* Dr. John P. Smol
* Dr. David Tannenbaum
* Biagio Vinci
* Dr. Ajay Virmani
* Dr. Padraig Warde
* Dr. MaryLynn West-Moynes
* Marva Wisdom
* Elizabeth Witmer