Chief Justice of Canada

The Chief Justice of Canada () is the presiding judge of the nine-member Supreme Court of Canada, the highest judicial body in Canada.

List of chief justices
Since the Supreme Court was established in 1875, the following 18 persons have served as Chief Justice:

 Name(Province) Order and term Length of term Appointed onadvice of Date of birth Date of death (Ontario)  September 30, 1875 –January 10, 1879  Mackenzie   (New Brunswick)  January 11, 1879 –September 25, 1892  Macdonald   (Ontario)  December 13, 1892 –November 17, 1902  Thompson   (Quebec)  November 21, 1902 –May 1, 1906  Laurier   (Quebec)  June 4, 1906 –October 20, 1918  Laurier   (Prince Edward Island)  October 23, 1918 –May 1, 1924  Borden   (Ontario)  February 27, 1933  King   (British Columbia)  March 17, 1933 –January 6, 1944  Bennett   (Quebec)  January 8, 1944 –June 21, 1954  King   (Ontario)  July 1, 1954 –February 2, 1963  St. Laurent   (Quebec)  April 22, 1963 –  Pearson   (Ontario)  September 1, 1967 –March 22, 1970  Pearson   (Quebec)  March 23, 1970 –December 22, 1973  P. Trudeau   (Ontario)  December 27, 1973 –March 26, 1984  P. Trudeau   (Manitoba)  April 18, 1984 –June 29, 1990  P. Trudeau   (Quebec)  July 1, 1990 –January 6, 2000  Mulroney   (British Columbia)  January 7, 2000 –December 14, 2017  Chrétien  --(living) (Quebec)  December 18, 2017 –Incumbent   J. Trudeau  --(living)

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