Chancellors
- Wilfred A. Curtis, RCAF air marshal, 1959–1968
- Floyd S. Chalmers, publisher, 1968–1973
- Walter L. Gordon, federal cabinet minister, 1973–1977
- John P. Robarts, premier of Ontario, 1977–1982
- John S. Proctor, banker, 1982–1983
- J. Tuzo Wilson, geophysicist, 1983–1986
- Larry Clarke, founder of SPAR Aerospace, 1986–1991
- Oscar Peterson, jazz piano great, 1991–1994
- Arden Haynes, businessman, 1994–1998
- Avie J. Bennett, businessman, 1998–2004
- Peter deCarteret Cory, jurist, 2004–2008
- Roy McMurtry, politician and judge, 2008–Present
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