Chairs of The Canada Council
- Brooke Claxton 1957–1960
- Claude Bissell 1960–1962
- Douglas B. Weldon 1962–1964
- Jean Martineau 1964–1969
- John G. Prentice 1969–1974
- Brian Flemming (interim) 1974–1975
- Gertrude M. Laing 1975–1978
- Mavor Moore 1979–1983
- Maureen Forrester 1983–1988
- Allan Gotlieb 1989–1994
- Donna Scott 1994–1998
- Jean-Louis Roux 1998–2004
- Karen Kain 2004–2008
- Joseph L. Rotman 2008–
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