List of presidents of the Canadian Pacific Railway Limited

List of CPR presidents since 1881:

• 1881-1888 Sir George Stephen, 1st Baron Mount Stephen Bt. GCVO ^[1]
• 1889-1899 Sir William Cornelius Van Horne KCMG
• 1899-1918 Sir Thomas George Shaughnessy, 1st Baron Shaughnessy KCVO
• 1918-1942 Sir Edward Wentworth Beatty GBE
• 1942-1947 D'Alton Corry Coleman CMG
• 1947-1948 William Merton Neal^[2][3]
• 1948-1955 William Allan Mather KGStJ
• 1955–1964, 1966 Norris Roy Crump CC ^[4]
• 1964-1966 Robert A. Emerson^[5]
• 1966-1972 Ian David Sinclair OC
• 1972-1981 Frederick Stewart Burbidge OC ^[6]
• 1981-1996 William W. Stinson
• 1996-2001 David P. O'Brien OC
• 2001-2006 Robert J. Ritchie
• 2006-2012 Frederic J. Green
• 2013–Present Keith Creel

Before 2017 the CEO was a separate title and thereafter held by the president of the company.

• Keith Creel 2017 - Present
• E. Hunter Harrison 2012-2017
• Frederic J. Green 2006-2012
• Robert J. Ritchie 1995-2006
• Ian Barry Scott 1985-1995