Justice | Service dates[9][10] | Service length | Appointed on advice of | Legal education | Prior position |
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No. | Name (lived) | Province | Overall tenure | Chief justice tenure | Overall tenure | Chief justice tenure |
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1 | Sir William Buell Richards (1815–1889) | Ontario | September 30, 1875 – January 10, 1879 | September 30, 1875 – January 10, 1879 | 3 years, 102 days | 3 years, 102 days | 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 | 16 years, 361 days | 13 years, 258 days | 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 17, 1902 | December 13, 1892 – November 17, 1902 | 27 years, 48 days | 9 years, 339 days | 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 | — | 3 years, 6 days | 0 days— | 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 11, 1895 | — | 19 years, 346 days | 0 days— | 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 | — | 12 years, 216 days | 0 days— | Mackenzie | Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer (1841) | Lawyer |
7 | Sir Henri-Elzéar Taschereau (1836–1911) | Quebec | October 7, 1878 – May 1, 1906 | November 21, 1902 – May 1, 1906 | 27 years, 206 days | 3 years, 161 days | Mackenzie (as puisne justice); Laurier (as chief justice) | — | Quebec Superior Court |
8 | John Wellington Gwynne (1814–1902) | Ontario | January 14, 1879 – January 7, 1902 | — | 22 years, 358 days | 0 days— | 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 | — | 4 years, 270 days | 0 days— | Macdonald | — | Ontario Court of Error & Appeal |
10 | Robert Sedgewick (1848–1906) | Nova Scotia | February 18, 1893 – August 4, 1906 | — | 13 years, 167 days | 0 days— | 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 | — | 7 years, 229 days | 0 days— | 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 | — | 15 years, 175 days | 0 days— | 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 | October 23, 1918 – May 1, 1924 | 22 years, 219 days | 5 years, 191 days | 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 | — | 1 year, 89 days | 0 days— | 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 | — | 232 days | 0 days— | Laurier | Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer (1853) | Chief Justice of Ontario |
16 | Wallace Nesbitt (1858–1930) | Ontario | May 16, 1903 – October 3, 1905 | — | 2 years, 140 days | 0 days— | Laurier | Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer (1881) | Lawyer |
17 | Albert Clements Killam (1849–1908) | Manitoba | August 8, 1903 – February 5, 1905 | — | 1 year, 181 days | 0 days— | Laurier | Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer (1877) | Chief Justice of Manitoba |
18 | John Idington (1840–1928) | Ontario | February 10, 1905 – March 30, 1927 | — | 22 years, 48 days | 0 days— | Laurier | University of Toronto (1864) | High Court of Justice of Ontario |
19 | James Maclennan (1833–1915) | Ontario | October 5, 1905 – February 12, 1909 | — | 3 years, 130 days | 0 days— | Laurier | Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer (1857) | Court of Appeal for Ontario |
20 | Sir Charles Fitzpatrick (1853–1942) | Quebec | June 4, 1906 – October 20, 1918 | June 4, 1906 – October 20, 1918 | 12 years, 139 days | 12 years, 139 days | Laurier (directly as chief justice) | Université Laval, Faculté de droit (1876) | Minister of Justice (Canada) |
21 | Sir Lyman Duff (1865–1955) | British Columbia | September 27, 1906 – January 6, 1944 | March 17, 1933 – January 6, 1944 | 37 years, 101 days | 10 years, 295 days | Laurier (as puisne justice); Bennett (as chief justice) | Osgoode Hall Law School
| Supreme Court of British Columbia |
22 | Francis Alexander Anglin (1865–1933) | Ontario | February 23, 1909 – February 27, 1933 | September 16, 1924 – February 27, 1933 | 24 years, 4 days | 8 years, 164 days | 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 9, 1923 | — | 12 years, 59 days | 0 days— | 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 | — | 10 years, 339 days | −1 day— | Borden | McGill Law School (1878) | Member of the International Joint Commission |
25 | Arthur Cyrille Albert Malouin (1857–1936) | Quebec | January 30, 1924 – September 30, 1924 | — | 244 days | 0 days— | King | Université Laval, Faculté de droit (1882) | Quebec Superior Court |
26 | Edmund Leslie Newcombe (1859–1931) | Nova Scotia | September 16, 1924 – December 9, 1931 | — | 7 years, 84 days | 0 days— | King | University of Halifax (1881) | Deputy Minister of Justice (federal) |
27 | Thibaudeau Rinfret (1879–1962) | Quebec | October 1, 1924 – June 21, 1954 | January 8, 1944 – June 21, 1954 | 29 years, 263 days | 10 years, 164 days | King (as 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 | — | 8 years, 343 days | 0 days— | King | University of Toronto Faculty of Law (1893) | Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan |
29 | Robert Smith (1858–1942) | Ontario | May 18, 1927 – December 6, 1933 | — | 6 years, 202 days | 0 days— | 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 | — | 9 years, 345 days | 0 days— | 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 12, 1943 | — | 10 years, 203 days | 0 days— | 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 12, 1935 | — | 1 year, 332 days | 0 days— | 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 | — | 9 years, 151 days | 0 days— | 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 | 27 years, 197 days | 8 years, 216 days | 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 | — | 10 years, 288 days | 0 days— | King | University of Manitoba, Faculty of Law (1898) | Lawyer |
36 | Robert Taschereau (1896–1970) | Quebec | February 9, 1940 – August 31, 1967 | April 22, 1963 – August 31, 1967 | 27 years, 203 days | 4 years, 131 days | 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 26, 1959 | — | 16 years, 4 days | 0 days— | King | Harvard Law School (1912) | Lawyer |
38 | Roy Lindsay Kellock (1893–1975) | Ontario | October 3, 1944 – January 14, 1958 | — | 13 years, 103 days | 0 days— | King | — | Court of Appeal for Ontario |
39 | James Wilfred Estey (1889–1956) | Saskatchewan | October 6, 1944 – January 22, 1956 | — | 11 years, 108 days | 0 days— | King | Harvard Law School (1915) | Attorney General of Saskatchewan |
40 | Charles Holland Locke (1887–1980) | British Columbia | June 3, 1947 – September 15, 1962 | — | 15 years, 104 days | 0 days— | King | Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer (1910) | Lawyer |
41 | John Robert Cartwright (1895–1979) | Ontario | December 22, 1949 – March 22, 1970 | September 1, 1967 – March 22, 1970 | 20 years, 90 days | 2 years, 202 days | 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 22, 1973 | March 23, 1970 – December 22, 1973 | 24 years, 0 days | 3 years, 274 days | 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 22, 1973 | — | 19 years, 174 days | 0 days— | St. Laurent | McGill Law School | Minister of Finance (federal) |
44 | Henry Grattan Nolan (1893–1957) | Alberta | March 1, 1956 – July 8, 1957 | — | 1 year, 129 days | 0 days— | St. Laurent | Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer (English and Alberta bars) | Lawyer |
45 | Ronald Martland (1909–1997) | Alberta | January 15, 1958 – February 9, 1982 | — | 24 years, 25 days | 0 days— | Diefenbaker | University of Alberta, University of Oxford (1928, 1931) | Lawyer |
46 | Wilfred Judson (1902–1980) | Ontario | February 5, 1958 – July 19, 1977 | — | 19 years, 164 days | 0 days— | 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 30, 1984 | — | 25 years, 178 days | 0 days— | Diefenbaker | University of Oxford (1932) | Lawyer |
48 | Emmett Matthew Hall (1898–1995) | Saskatchewan | November 23, 1962 – February 28, 1973 | — | 10 years, 97 days | 0 days— | 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 28, 1978 | — | 15 years, 212 days | 0 days— | 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 7, 1980 | — | 12 years, 139 days | 0 days— | Pearson | Université Laval, Faculté de droit (1928) | Lawyer |
51 | Bora Laskin (1912–1984) | Ontario | March 19, 1970 – March 26, 1984 | December 27, 1973 – March 26, 1984 | 14 years, 7 days | 10 years, 90 days | P. Trudeau (as 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 29, 1990 | April 18, 1984 – June 29, 1990 | 17 years, 95 days | 6 years, 72 days | P. Trudeau (as 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 9, 1988 | — | 14 years, 313 days | 0 days— | 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 – September 30, 1977 | — | 3 years, 272 days | 0 days— | P. Trudeau | McGill University Faculty of Law | President of the Canadian Bar Association |
55 | Willard Zebedee Estey (1919–2002) | Ontario | September 29, 1977 – April 21, 1988 | — | 10 years, 205 days | 0 days— | P. Trudeau | University of Saskatchewan College of Law | Chief Justice of Ontario |
56 | Yves Pratte (1925–1988) | Quebec | October 1, 1977 – June 29, 1979 | — | 1 year, 271 days | 0 days— | 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 14, 1989 | — | 10 years, 44 days | 0 days— | P. Trudeau | University of Saskatchewan | British Columbia Court of Appeal |
58 | Julien Chouinard (1929–1987) | Quebec | September 24, 1979 – February 6, 1987 | — | 7 years, 135 days | 0 days— | 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 | 19 years, 284 days | 9 years, 189 days | 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 3, 1991 | — | 8 years, 305 days | 0 days— | P. Trudeau | Dalhousie Law School | Court of Appeal for Ontario |
61 | Gerald Eric Le Dain (1924–2007) | Ontario | May 29, 1984 – November 29, 1988 | — | 4 years, 184 days | 0 days— | P. Trudeau | McGill University Faculty of Law | Federal Court of Appeal |
62 | Gérard La Forest (b. 1926) | New Brunswick | January 16, 1985 – September 29, 1997 | — | 12 years, 256 days | 0 days— | 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 – June 30, 2002 | — | 15 years, 76 days | 0 days— | Mulroney | Université Laval (Faculté de droit (Université Laval)) | Quebec Court of Appeal |
64 | John Sopinka (1933–1997) | Ontario | May 24, 1988 – November 24, 1997 | — | 9 years, 184 days | 0 days— | Mulroney | University of Toronto | Lawyer |
65 | Charles Gonthier (1928–2009) | Quebec | February 1, 1989 – July 31, 2003 | — | 14 years, 180 days | 0 days— | Mulroney | McGill University Faculty of Law | Quebec Court of Appeal |
66 | Peter Cory (1925–2020) | Ontario | February 1, 1989 – May 31, 1999 | — | 10 years, 119 days | 0 days— | Mulroney | Osgoode Hall Law School | Court of Appeal for Ontario |
67 | Beverley McLachlin (b. 1943) | British Columbia | March 30, 1989 – December 14, 2017 | January 7, 2000 – December 14, 2017 | 28 years, 259 days | 17 years, 341 days | 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 (1934–2021) | Alberta | September 17, 1990 – June 4, 1992 | — | 1 year, 261 days | 0 days— | 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 | — | 13 years, 175 days | 0 days— | Mulroney | University of British Columbia and Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge | Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Canada |
70 | John C. Major (b. 1931) | Alberta | November 13, 1992 – December 24, 2005 | — | 13 years, 41 days | 0 days— | Mulroney | University of Toronto | Court of Appeal of Alberta |
71 | Michel Bastarache (b. 1947) | New Brunswick | September 30, 1997 – June 30, 2008 | — | 10 years, 274 days | 0 days— | Chrétien | University of Ottawa Faculty of Law | New Brunswick Court of Appeal |
72 | William Ian Corneil Binnie (b. 1939) | Ontario | January 8, 1998 – October 20, 2011 | — | 13 years, 285 days | 0 days— | Chrétien | Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge University of Toronto | Lawyer |
73 | Louise Arbour (b. 1947) | Ontario | September 15, 1999 – June 30, 2004 | — | 4 years, 289 days | 0 days— | 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 (1939–2023) | Quebec | January 7, 2000 – November 29, 2014 | — | 14 years, 326 days | 0 days— | Chrétien | Université Laval University of Toronto | Quebec Court of Appeal |
75 | Marie Deschamps (b. 1952) | Quebec | August 7, 2002 – August 6, 2012 | — | 9 years, 365 days | 0 days— | Chrétien | Université de Montréal McGill University Faculty of Law | Quebec Court of Appeal |
76 | Morris J. Fish (b. 1938) | Quebec | August 5, 2003 – August 30, 2013 | — | 10 years, 25 days | 0 days— | Chrétien | McGill University Faculty of Law | Quebec Court of Appeal |
77 | Rosalie Abella (b. 1946) | Ontario | August 30, 2004 – July 1, 2021 | — | 16 years, 304 days | 0 days— | Martin | University of Toronto | Court of Appeal for Ontario |
78 | Louise Charron (b. 1951) | Ontario | August 30, 2004 – August 29, 2011 | — | 6 years, 364 days | 0 days — | Martin | University of Ottawa Faculty of Law | Court of Appeal for Ontario |
79 | Marshall Rothstein (b. 1940) | Manitoba | March 1, 2006 – August 30, 2015 | — | 9 years, 182 days | 0 days— | Harper | University of Manitoba | Federal Court of Appeal |
80 | Thomas Cromwell (b. 1952) | Nova Scotia | December 22, 2008 – August 31, 2016 | — | 7 years, 253 days | 0 days— | Harper | Queen's University Faculty of Law University of Oxford | Nova Scotia Court of Appeal |
81 | Michael J. Moldaver (b. 1947) | Ontario | October 21, 2011 – August 31, 2022 | — | 10 years, 314 days | 0 days— | Harper | University of Toronto | Court of Appeal for Ontario |
82 | Andromache Karakatsanis (b. 1955)[A] | Ontario | October 21, 2011 – present | — | 12 years, 190 days | 0 days— | Harper | Osgoode Hall Law School | Court of Appeal for Ontario |
83 | Richard Wagner (b. 1957)[B] | Quebec | October 5, 2012 – present | December 18, 2017 – present | 11 years, 206 days | 6 years, 132 days | Harper (as puisne justice); J. Trudeau (as chief justice) | University of Ottawa Faculty of Law | Quebec Court of Appeal |
84 | Clément Gascon (b. 1960) | Quebec | Jun 9, 2014 – Sept 15, 2019[11] | — | 5 years, 98 days | 0 days— | Harper | McGill University Faculty of Law | Quebec Court of Appeal |
85 | Suzanne Côté (b. 1958)[C] | Quebec | December 1, 2014 – present | — | 9 years, 149 days | 0 days— | Harper | Laval University | Lawyer |
86 | Russell Brown (b. 1965) | Alberta | August 31, 2015 – June 12, 2023[12] | — | 7 years, 285 days | 0 days— | Harper | University of Victoria University of Toronto | Court of Appeal of Alberta |
87 | Malcolm Rowe (b. 1953)[D] | Newfoundland and Labrador | October 28, 2016 – present | — | 7 years, 183 days | 0 days— | J. Trudeau | Osgoode Hall Law School | Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador (Court of Appeal) |
88 | Sheilah Martin (b. 1956)[E] | Alberta | December 18, 2017 – present | — | 6 years, 132 days | 0 days— | J. Trudeau | McGill University Faculty of Law University of Alberta Faculty of Law | Court of Appeal of Alberta Court of Appeal for the Northwest Territories Court of Appeal of Nunavut |
89 | Nicholas Kasirer (b. 1960)[F] | Quebec | September 16, 2019 – present | — | 4 years, 225 days | 0 days— | J. Trudeau | McGill University Faculty of Law University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne | Quebec Court of Appeal |
90 | Mahmud Jamal (b. 1967)[G] | Ontario | July 1, 2021 – present | — | 2 years, 302 days | 0 days— | J. Trudeau | McGill University Faculty of Law Yale Law School | Ontario Court of Appeal |
91 | Michelle O'Bonsawin (b. 1973 or 1974[13])[H] | Ontario | September 1, 2022 – present[14] | — | 1 year, 240 days | 0 days— | J. Trudeau | University of Ottawa (Faculty of Law) (LLB & PhD)[14][15] York University (Osgoode Hall) (LLM)[14] | Ontario Superior Court of Justice |
92 | Mary Moreau (b. 1955 or 1956[16])[I] | Alberta | November 6, 2023 – present[17] | — | 174 days | 0 days— | J. Trudeau | University of Alberta (Faculty of Law) (LLB) Université de Sherbrooke (Civil Code of Québec study program) | Court of King's Bench of Alberta |