No.
|
Name
|
Province
|
Term of active service
|
Term of service as Chief Justice
|
Length of active service
|
Length in days as Chief Justice
|
Appointed on advice of
|
Legal education
|
Position prior to appointment
|
1
|
Sir William Buell Richards (1815–1889)
|
Ontario
|
September 30, 1875 – January 10, 1879
|
September 30, 1875 – January 10, 1879
|
1,199
|
1,199
|
Mackenzie (directly as Chief Justice)
|
Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer (1837)
|
Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for Canada West
|
2
|
William Johnstone Ritchie (1813–1892)
|
New Brunswick
|
September 30, 1875 – September 25, 1892
|
January 11, 1879 – September 25, 1892
|
6,206
|
5,007
|
Mackenzie (as puisne justice); Macdonald (as Chief Justice)
|
Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer (1837)
|
Chief Justice of New Brunswick
|
3
|
Samuel Henry Strong (1825–1909)
|
Ontario
|
September 30, 1875 – November 18, 1902
|
December 13, 1892 – November 18, 1902
|
9,911
|
3,627
|
Mackenzie (as puisne justice); Thompson (as Chief Justice)
|
Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer (1849)
|
Ontario Court of Error & Appeal
|
4
|
Jean-Thomas Taschereau (1814–1893)
|
Quebec
|
September 30, 1875 – October 6, 1878
|
—
|
1,103
|
—
|
Mackenzie
|
Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer; École de droit de Paris (1837)
|
Court of Queen's Bench of Quebec
|
5
|
Télesphore Fournier (1823–1896)
|
Quebec
|
September 30, 1875 – September 12, 1895
|
—
|
7,288
|
—
|
Mackenzie
|
Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer (1846)
|
Postmaster General
|
6
|
William Alexander Henry (1816–1888)
|
Nova Scotia
|
September 30, 1875 – May 3, 1888
|
—
|
4,600
|
—
|
Mackenzie
|
Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer (1841)
|
Lawyer
|
7
|
Sir Henri-Elzéar Taschereau (1836–1911)
|
Quebec
|
October 7, 1878 – May 2, 1906
|
November 21, 1902 – May 2, 1906
|
10,069
|
1,259
|
Mackenzie (as puisne justice); Laurier (as Chief Justice)
|
—
|
Quebec Superior Court
|
8
|
John Wellington Gwynne (1814–1902)
|
Ontario
|
January 14, 1879 – January 7, 1902
|
—
|
8,394
|
—
|
Macdonald
|
Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer (1837)
|
Ontario Court of Error & Appeal
|
9
|
Christopher Salmon Patterson (1823–1893)
|
Ontario
|
October 27, 1888 – July 24, 1893
|
—
|
1,732
|
—
|
Macdonald
|
—
|
Ontario Court of Error & Appeal
|
10
|
Robert Sedgewick (1848–1906)
|
Nova Scotia
|
February 18, 1893 – August 4, 1906
|
—
|
4,915
|
—
|
Thompson
|
Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer (1872)
|
Deputy Minister of Justice (Federal)
|
11
|
George Edwin King (1839–1901)
|
New Brunswick
|
September 21, 1893 – May 8, 1901
|
—
|
2,786
|
—
|
Thompson
|
Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer (1865)
|
Supreme Court of New Brunswick
|
12
|
Désiré Girouard (1836–1911)
|
Quebec
|
September 28, 1895 – March 22, 1911
|
—
|
5,654
|
—
|
Bowell
|
McGill Law School (1860)
|
Member of Parliament for Jacques Cartier
|
13
|
Sir Louis Henry Davies (1845–1924)
|
Prince Edward Island
|
September 25, 1901 – May 1, 1924
|
November 23, 1918 – May 1, 1924
|
8,255
|
1,987
|
Laurier (as puisne justice); Borden (as Chief Justice)
|
Inner Temple, London (1866)
|
Member of Parliament for West Queen's
|
14
|
David Mills (1831–1903)
|
Ontario
|
February 8, 1902 – May 8, 1903
|
—
|
455
|
—
|
Laurier
|
University of Michigan (1867)
|
Minister of Justice (Canada) and Leader of the Government in the Senate
|
15
|
John Douglas Armour (1830–1903)
|
Ontario
|
November 21, 1902 – July 11, 1903
|
—
|
233
|
—
|
Laurier
|
Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer (1853)
|
Chief Justice of Ontario
|
16
|
Wallace Nesbitt (1858–1930)
|
Ontario
|
May 16, 1903 – October 4, 1905
|
—
|
873
|
—
|
Laurier
|
Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer (1881)
|
Lawyer
|
17
|
Albert Clements Killam (1849–1908)
|
Manitoba
|
August 8, 1903 – February 6, 1905
|
—
|
549
|
—
|
Laurier
|
Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer (1877)
|
Chief Justice of Manitoba
|
18
|
John Idington (1840–1928)
|
Ontario
|
February 10, 1905 – March 31, 1927
|
—
|
8,085
|
—
|
Laurier
|
University of Toronto (1864)
|
High Court of Justice of Ontario
|
19
|
James Maclennan (1833–1915)
|
Ontario
|
October 5, 1905 – February 13, 1909
|
—
|
1,228
|
—
|
Laurier
|
Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer (1857)
|
Court of Appeal for Ontario
|
20
|
Sir Charles Fitzpatrick (1853–1942)
|
Quebec
|
June 4, 1906 – November 21, 1918
|
June 4, 1906 – November 21, 1918
|
4,554
|
4,554
|
Laurier (directly as Chief Justice)
|
Université Laval, Faculté de droit (1876)
|
Minister of Justice (Canada)
|
21
|
Sir Lyman Poore Duff (1865–1955)
|
British Columbia
|
September 27, 1906 – January 2, 1944
|
March 17, 1933 – January 2, 1944
|
13,617
|
3,949
|
Laurier (as puisne justice); Bennett (as Chief Justice)
|
University of Toronto Faculty of Law (1889)
|
Supreme Court of British Columbia
|
22
|
Francis Alexander Anglin (1865–1933)
|
Ontario
|
February 23, 1909 – February 28, 1933
|
September 16, 1924 – February 28, 1933
|
8,772
|
3,088
|
Laurier (as puisne justice); King (as Chief Justice)
|
The Law Society of Upper Canada (1888)
|
High Court of Justice of Ontario (Exchequer Division)
|
23
|
Louis-Philippe Brodeur (1862–1924)
|
Quebec
|
August 11, 1911 – October 10, 1923
|
—
|
4,444
|
—
|
Laurier
|
Université Laval à Montréal, Faculté de droit (1884)
|
Minister of the Naval Service
|
24
|
Pierre-Basile Mignault (1854–1945)
|
Quebec
|
October 25, 1918 – September 30, 1929
|
—
|
3,994
|
—
|
Borden
|
McGill Law School (1878)
|
Member of the International Joint Commission
|
25
|
Arthur Cyrille Albert Malouin (1857–1936)
|
Quebec
|
January 30, 1924 – October 1, 1924
|
—
|
246
|
—
|
King
|
Université Laval, Faculté de droit (1882)
|
Quebec Superior Court
|
26
|
Edmund Leslie Newcombe (1859–1931)
|
Nova Scotia
|
September 16, 1924 – December 9, 1931
|
—
|
2,641
|
—
|
King
|
University of Halifax (1881)
|
Deputy Minister of Justice (federal)
|
27
|
Thibaudeau Rinfret (1879–1962)
|
Quebec
|
October 1, 1924 – June 22, 1954
|
January 8, 1944 – June 22, 1954
|
10,857
|
3,819
|
King (as both puisne justice and later as Chief Justice)
|
Université Laval à Montréal and McGill Law School (1900)
|
Quebec Superior Court
|
28
|
John Henderson Lamont (1865–1936)
|
Saskatchewan
|
April 2, 1927 – March 10, 1936
|
—
|
3,266
|
—
|
King
|
University of Toronto Faculty of Law (1893)
|
Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan
|
29
|
Robert Smith (1858–1942)
|
Ontario
|
May 18, 1927 – December 7, 1933
|
—
|
2,396
|
—
|
King
|
Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer (1885)
|
Supreme Court of Ontario (Appellate Division)
|
30
|
Lawrence Arthur Dumoulin Cannon (1877–1939)
|
Quebec
|
January 14, 1930 – December 25, 1939
|
—
|
3,633
|
—
|
King
|
Université Laval, Faculté de droit (1899)
|
Court of King's Bench for Quebec
|
31
|
Oswald Smith Crocket (1868–1945)
|
New Brunswick
|
September 21, 1932 – April 13, 1943
|
—
|
3,857
|
—
|
Bennett
|
Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer (1892)
|
Supreme Court of New Brunswick
|
32
|
Frank Joseph Hughes (1883–1967)
|
Ontario
|
March 17, 1933 – February 13, 1935
|
—
|
699
|
—
|
Bennett
|
Osgoode Hall Law School (Law Society of Upper Canada) (1911)
|
Lawyer
|
33
|
Henry Hague Davis (1885–1944)
|
Ontario
|
January 31, 1935 – June 30, 1944
|
—
|
3,439
|
—
|
Bennett
|
University of Toronto Faculty of Law (1911)
|
Court of Appeal for Ontario
|
34
|
Patrick Kerwin (1889–1963)
|
Ontario
|
July 20, 1935 – February 2, 1963
|
July 1, 1954 – February 2, 1963
|
10,060
|
3,139
|
Bennett (as puisne justice); St. Laurent (as Chief Justice)
|
Osgoode Hall Law School (Law Society of Upper Canada) (1911)
|
High Court of Justice of Ontario
|
35
|
Albert Blellock Hudson (1875–1947)
|
Manitoba
|
March 24, 1936 – January 6, 1947
|
—
|
3,941
|
—
|
King
|
University of Manitoba, Faculty of Law (1898)
|
Lawyer
|
36
|
Robert Taschereau (1896–1970)
|
Quebec
|
February 9, 1940 – September 1, 1967
|
April 22, 1963 – September 1, 1967
|
10,067
|
1,549
|
King (as puisne justice); Diefenbaker (as Chief Justice)
|
Université Laval, Faculté de droit) (1920)
|
Lawyer
|
37
|
Ivan Cleveland Rand (1884–1969)
|
New Brunswick
|
April 22, 1943 – April 27, 1959
|
—
|
5,850
|
—
|
King
|
Harvard Law School (1912)
|
Lawyer
|
38
|
Roy Lindsay Kellock (1893–1975)
|
Ontario
|
October 3, 1944 – January 15, 1958
|
—
|
4,853
|
—
|
King
|
—
|
Court of Appeal for Ontario
|
39
|
James Wilfred Estey (1889–1956)
|
Saskatchewan
|
October 6, 1944 – January 22, 1956
|
—
|
4,126
|
—
|
King
|
Harvard Law School (1915)
|
Attorney General of Saskatchewan
|
40
|
Charles Holland Locke (1887–1980)
|
British Columbia
|
June 3, 1947 – September 16, 1962
|
—
|
5,585
|
—
|
King
|
Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer (1910)
|
Lawyer
|
41
|
John Robert Cartwright (1895–1979)
|
Ontario
|
December 22, 1949 – March 23, 1970
|
September 1, 1967 – March 23, 1970
|
7,397
|
935
|
St. Laurent (as puisne justice); Pearson (as Chief Justice)
|
Osgoode Hall Law School (Law Society of Upper Canada) (1920)
|
Lawyer
|
42
|
Joseph Honoré Gérald Fauteux (1900–1980)
|
Quebec
|
December 22, 1949 – December 23, 1973
|
March 23, 1970 – December 23, 1973
|
8,768
|
1,372
|
St. Laurent (as puisne justice); P. Trudeau (as Chief Justice)
|
Université de Montréal Faculty of Law (1925)
|
Quebec Superior Court
|
43
|
Douglas Charles Abbott (1899–1987)
|
Quebec
|
July 1, 1954 – December 23, 1973
|
—
|
7,116
|
—
|
St. Laurent
|
McGill Law School
|
Minister of Finance (federal)
|
44
|
Henry Grattan Nolan (1893–1957)
|
Alberta
|
March 1, 1956 – July 8, 1957
|
—
|
495
|
—
|
St. Laurent
|
Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer (English and Alberta bars)
|
Lawyer
|
45
|
Ronald Martland (1909–1997)
|
Alberta
|
January 15, 1958 – February 10, 1982
|
—
|
8,793
|
—
|
Diefenbaker
|
University of Alberta, University of Oxford (1928, 1931)
|
Lawyer
|
46
|
Wilfred Judson (1902–1980)
|
Ontario
|
February 5, 1958 – July 20, 1977
|
—
|
7,106
|
—
|
Diefenbaker
|
Osgoode Hall Law School (Law Society of Upper Canada) (1932)
|
High Court of Justice of Ontario
|
47
|
Roland Almon Ritchie (1910–1988)
|
Nova Scotia
|
May 5, 1959 – October 31, 1984
|
—
|
9,312
|
—
|
Diefenbaker
|
University of Oxford (1932)
|
Lawyer
|
48
|
Emmett Matthew Hall (1898–1995)
|
Saskatchewan
|
November 23, 1962 – March 1, 1973
|
—
|
3,752
|
—
|
Diefenbaker
|
University of Saskatchewan College of Law (1919)
|
Chief Justice of Saskatchewan, Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan
|
49
|
Wishart Flett Spence (1904–1998)
|
Ontario
|
May 30, 1963 – December 29, 1978
|
—
|
5,693
|
—
|
Pearson
|
Osgoode Hall Law School (Law Society of Upper Canada) (1928)
|
High Court of Justice of Ontario
|
50
|
Louis-Philippe Pigeon (1905–1986)
|
Quebec
|
September 21, 1967 – February 8, 1980
|
—
|
4,524
|
—
|
Pearson
|
Université Laval, Faculté de droit (1928)
|
Lawyer
|
51
|
Bora Laskin (1912–1984)
|
Ontario
|
March 23, 1970 – March 26, 1984
|
December 27, 1973 – March 26, 1984
|
5,118
|
3,739
|
P. Trudeau (as both puisne justice and later as Chief Justice)
|
University of Toronto (1936) Harvard Law School (1937) Osgoode Hall Law School (Law Society of Upper Canada) (1937)
|
Court of Appeal for Ontario
|
52
|
Robert George Brian Dickson (1916–1998)
|
Manitoba
|
March 26, 1973 – June 30, 1990
|
April 18, 1984 – June 30, 1990
|
6,306
|
2,265
|
P. Trudeau (as both puisne justice and later as Chief Justice)
|
University of Manitoba Faculty of Law (1938)
|
Manitoba Court of Appeal
|
53
|
Jean Beetz (1927–1991)
|
Quebec
|
January 1, 1974 – November 10, 1988
|
—
|
5,428
|
—
|
P. Trudeau
|
Université de Montréal Faculty of Law (1950) Pembroke College, Oxford (1953)
|
Quebec Court of Appeal
|
54
|
Louis-Philippe de Grandpré (1917–2008)
|
Quebec
|
January 1, 1974 – October 1, 1977
|
—
|
1,370
|
—
|
P. Trudeau
|
McGill University Faculty of Law
|
President of the Canadian Bar Association
|
55
|
Willard Zebedee Estey (1919–2002)
|
Ontario
|
September 29, 1977 – April 22, 1988
|
—
|
3,859
|
—
|
P. Trudeau
|
University of Saskatchewan College of Law
|
Chief Justice of Ontario
|
56
|
Yves Pratte (1925–1988)
|
Quebec
|
October 1, 1977 – June 30, 1979
|
—
|
638
|
—
|
P. Trudeau
|
Université Laval (Faculté de droit (Université Laval)) and University of Toronto
|
Chairman of Air Canada
|
57
|
William Rogers McIntyre (1918–2009)
|
British Columbia
|
January 1, 1979 – February 15, 1989
|
—
|
3,699
|
—
|
P. Trudeau
|
University of Saskatchewan
|
British Columbia Court of Appeal
|
58
|
Julien Chouinard (1929–1987)
|
Quebec
|
September 24, 1979 – February 6, 1987
|
—
|
2,693
|
—
|
Clark
|
Université Laval
|
Quebec Court of Appeal
|
59
|
Antonio Lamer (1933–2007)
|
Quebec
|
March 28, 1980 – January 6, 2000
|
July 1, 1990 – January 6, 2000
|
7,224
|
3,477
|
P. Trudeau (as puisne justice); Mulroney (as Chief Justice)
|
Université de Montréal
|
Quebec Court of Appeal
|
60
|
Bertha Wilson (1923–2007)
|
Ontario
|
March 4, 1982 – January 4, 1991
|
—
|
3,229
|
—
|
P. Trudeau
|
Dalhousie Law School
|
Court of Appeal for Ontario
|
61
|
Gerald Eric Le Dain (1924–2007)
|
Ontario
|
May 29, 1984 – November 30, 1988
|
—
|
1,647
|
—
|
P. Trudeau
|
McGill University Faculty of Law
|
Federal Court of Appeal
|
62
|
Gérard La Forest (b. 1926)
|
New Brunswick
|
January 16, 1985 – September 30, 1997
|
—
|
4,641
|
—
|
Mulroney
|
University of New Brunswick Faculty of Law and Yale Law School
|
New Brunswick Court of Appeal
|
63
|
Claire L'Heureux-Dubé (b. 1927)
|
Quebec
|
April 15, 1987 – July 1, 2002
|
—
|
5,557
|
—
|
Mulroney
|
Université Laval (Faculté de droit (Université Laval))
|
Quebec Court of Appeal
|
64
|
John Sopinka (1933–1997)
|
Ontario
|
May 24, 1988 – November 24, 1997
|
—
|
3,472
|
—
|
Mulroney
|
University of Toronto
|
Lawyer
|
65
|
Charles Gonthier (1928–2009)
|
Quebec
|
February 1, 1989 – August 1, 2003
|
—
|
5,295
|
—
|
Mulroney
|
McGill University Faculty of Law
|
Quebec Court of Appeal
|
66
|
Peter Cory (b. 1925)
|
Ontario
|
February 1, 1989 – June 1, 1999
|
—
|
3,773
|
—
|
Mulroney
|
Osgoode Hall Law School
|
Court of Appeal for Ontario
|
67
|
Beverley McLachlin† (b. 1943)
|
British Columbia
|
March 30, 1989 – present
|
January 7, 2000 – present
|
12,856[9]
|
8,921[9]
|
Mulroney (as puisne justice); Chrétien (as Chief Justice)
|
University of Alberta Faculty of Law
|
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia
|
68
|
William Stevenson (b. 1934)
|
Alberta
|
September 17, 1990 – June 5, 1992
|
—
|
628
|
—
|
Mulroney
|
University of Alberta Faculty of Law
|
Court of Appeal of Alberta Court of Appeal for the Northwest Territories
|
69
|
Frank Iacobucci (b. 1937)
|
Ontario
|
January 7, 1991 – June 30, 2004
|
—
|
4,924
|
—
|
Mulroney
|
University of British Columbia and Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge
|
Chief Justice of the Federal Court
|
70
|
John C. Major (b. 1931)
|
Alberta
|
November 13, 1992 – December 25, 2005
|
—
|
4,791
|
—
|
Mulroney
|
University of Toronto
|
Court of Appeal of Alberta
|
71
|
Michel Bastarache (b. 1947)
|
New Brunswick
|
September 30, 1997 – June 30, 2008
|
—
|
3,926
|
—
|
Chrétien
|
University of Ottawa Faculty of Law
|
New Brunswick Court of Appeal
|
72
|
William Ian Corneil Binnie (b. 1939)
|
Ontario
|
January 8, 1998 – October 21, 2011
|
—
|
5,034
|
—
|
Chrétien
|
Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge University of Toronto
|
Lawyer
|
73
|
Louise Arbour (b. 1947)
|
Ontario
|
September 15, 1999 – June 30, 2004
|
—
|
1,751
|
—
|
Chrétien
|
Université de Montréal Faculty of Law University of Ottawa Faculty of Law
|
Chief Prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda
|
74
|
Louis LeBel (b. 1939)
|
Quebec
|
January 7, 2000 – November 30, 2014
|
—
|
5,442
|
—
|
Chrétien
|
Université Laval University of Toronto
|
Quebec Court of Appeal
|
75
|
Marie Deschamps (b. 1952)
|
Quebec
|
August 7, 2002 – August 7, 2012
|
—
|
3,653
|
—
|
Chrétien
|
Université de Montréal
|
Quebec Court of Appeal
|
76
|
Morris J. Fish (b. 1938)
|
Quebec
|
August 5, 2003 – August 31, 2013
|
—
|
3,680
|
—
|
Chrétien
|
McGill University Faculty of Law
|
Quebec Court of Appeal
|
77
|
Rosalie Abella† (b. 1946)
|
Ontario
|
October 4, 2004 – present
|
—
|
7,189[9]
|
—
|
Martin
|
University of Toronto
|
Court of Appeal for Ontario
|
78
|
Louise Charron (b. 1951)
|
Ontario
|
October 4, 2004 – August 30, 2011
|
—
|
2,521
|
—
|
Martin
|
University of Ottawa Faculty of Law
|
Court of Appeal for Ontario
|
79
|
Marshall Rothstein (b. 1940)
|
Manitoba
|
March 1, 2006 – August 31, 2015
|
—
|
3,470
|
—
|
Harper
|
University of Manitoba
|
Federal Court of Appeal
|
80
|
Thomas Cromwell† (b. 1952)
|
Nova Scotia
|
December 22, 2008 – present
|
—
|
5,649[9]
|
—
|
Harper
|
Queen's University Faculty of Law University of Oxford
|
Nova Scotia Court of Appeal
|
81
|
Michael J. Moldaver† (b. 1948)
|
Ontario
|
October 21, 2011 – present
|
—
|
4,616[9]
|
—
|
Harper
|
University of Toronto
|
Court of Appeal for Ontario
|
82
|
Andromache Karakatsanis† (b. 1955)
|
Ontario
|
October 21, 2011 – present
|
—
|
4,616[9]
|
—
|
Harper
|
Osgoode Hall Law School
|
Court of Appeal for Ontario
|
83
|
Richard Wagner† (b. 1957)
|
Quebec
|
October 5, 2012 – present
|
—
|
4,266[9]
|
—
|
Harper
|
University of Ottawa Faculty of Law
|
Quebec Court of Appeal
|
84
|
Clément Gascon† (b. 1960)
|
Quebec
|
June 9, 2014 – present
|
—
|
3,654[9]
|
—
|
Harper
|
McGill University Faculty of Law
|
Quebec Court of Appeal
|
85
|
Suzanne Côté† (b. 1958)
|
Quebec
|
December 1, 2014 – present
|
—
|
3,479[9]
|
—
|
Harper
|
Laval University
|
Lawyer
|
86
|
Russell Brown† (b. 1965)
|
Alberta
|
August 31, 2015 – present
|
—
|
3,206[9]
|
—
|
Harper
|
University of Victoria University of Toronto
|
Court of Appeal of Alberta
|