List of editors-in-chief of the largest newspapers in Canada: Difference between revisions

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This is a '''list of [[Editor-in-chief|editors-in-chief]] of the largest [[newspaper]]s in [[Canada]]''' by [[List of newspapers in Canada by circulation|circulation]].

==''[[Calgary Herald]]''==

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==''[[The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]]'' (Montreal)==

* [[Mark Harrison (journalist)|Mark Harrison]] (1977–1989)

* [[Norman Webster]] (1989–1993)

* [[Joan Fraser]] (1993–1996)

* [[Alan Allnutt]] (1996–2000)

* [[Peter Stockland]] (2000–2004)

* [[Andrew Phillips (editor)|Andrew Phillips]] (2004–2009)

* [[Raymond Brassard]] (2010–2013)

* [[Lucinda Chodan]] (2013–present)

==''[[The Globe and Mail]]''==

* [[George McCullagh]] (1936–1952)

* [[Oakley Dalgleish]] (1952–1963)

* [[R. Howard Webster]] 1963–1965

* [[James L. Cooper]] (1965–1974)

* [[Richard S. Malone]] (1974–1978)

* [[Richard Doyle (politician)|Richard Doyle]] (1978–1983)

* [[Norman Webster]] (1983–1989)

* [[William Thorsell]] (1989–1999)

* [[Richard Addis]] (1999–2002)

* [[Edward Greenspon]] (2002–2009)

* [[John Stackhouse (Globe and Mail)|John Stackhouse]] (2009–2014)

* [[David Walmsley]] (2014–present)

==''[[Le Journal de Montréal]]''==

* [[André Lecompte]] (1964–?)

* [[Paule Beaugrand-Champagne]]

* [[Lyne Robitaille]]

==''[[National Post]]''==

* [[Kenneth Whyte]] (1998–2003)

* [[Matthew Fraser (journalist)|Matthew Fraser]] (2003–2005)

* [[Doug Kelly (journalist)|Doug Kelly]] (2005–2010)

* [[Stephen Meurice]] (2010–present)

==''[[Ottawa Citizen]]''==

* [[Charles Herbert Mackintosh]] (1874–1892)

* [[Hugh Clark (politician)|Hugh Clark]] 1897–1898

* [[Edward Whipple Bancroft Morrison]] (1898–1913)

* [[Keith Spicer]] (1985–1989)

* [[Gordon Fisher (journalist)|Gordon Fisher]] (1989–1991)

* [[James Travers (journalist)|James Travers]] (1991–1996)

* [[Neil Reynolds]] (1996–2000)

* [[Scott Keir Anderson]] (2000–2007)

* [[Gerry Nott]] (2009–present)

==''[[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|La Presse]]''==

* [[William-Edmond Blumhart]]

* [[Guy Crevier]] (2001)

* [[Philippe Cantin]]

* [[André Pratte]] (2001–present)

==''[[The Province]]''==

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==''[[Toronto Star]]''==

* [[Joseph E. Atkinson]] (1899–1948)

* [[Harry Comfort Hindmarsh]] (1948–1955)

* [[Beland Honderich]] (1955–1966)

* [[Peter C. Newman|Peter Newman]] (1969–1971)

* [[Robert Nielsen]] (acting 1971)

* [[Martin Wise Goodman|Martin Goodman]] (1971–1978)

* [[Denis Harvey]] (1978–1981)

* [[George Radwanski]] (1981–1985)

* [[Fred Kuntz]] (2006–2008)

* [[Giles Gherson]] (2004–2006)

* [[Michael Cooke (journalist)|Michael Cooke]] (2009–2021)

* Anne Marie Owens (2021-present)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/anne-marie-owens-becomes-editor-of-the-toronto-star/article_00c44be0-038c-5f11-8998-1d94675a6870.html |title=Anne Marie Owens becomes editor of the Toronto Star |date=2021-04-06 |access-date=2023-09-22 |website=[[Toronto Star]] |last=Kalinowski |first=Tess |quote=In 2011, she became deputy editor at Maclean’s magazine before returning to the Post in 2014 as the first woman to be editor-in-chief of a Canadian national newspaper.}}</ref>

==''[[Toronto Sun]]''==

* [[Peter Worthington]] (1971–1982), editor until 1976; no editor-in-chief previously

* [[Barbara Amiel]] (1983–1985)

* [[John Downing]] (1985–1997), with the title of editor; there was no editor-in-chief until 1995

* [[Peter O'Sullivan (editor)|Peter O'Sullivan]] (1995–1999)

* [[Mike Strobel]] (1999–2001)

* [[Mike Therien]] (2001–2004)

* [[Jim Jennings (editor)|Jim Jennings]] (2004–2006)

* [[Glenn Garnett]] (2007)

* [[Lou Clancy]] (2007–2009)

* James Wallace (2009–2013)

* [[Wendy Metcalfe]] (2013–2015)

* [[Adrienne Batra]] (2015–present)

==''[[The Vancouver Sun]]''==

* [[Neil Reynolds]] (2000–2003)

* [[Patricia Graham (journalist)|Patricia Graham]] (2003–present)

==''[[Winnipeg Free Press]]''==

* [[William Fisher Luxton]] (1872–1893)

* [[Frederick Molyneux St. John]] (1893–1895)

* [[Arnott James Magurn]] (1898–1901)

* [[John Wesley Dafoe]] (1901–1944)

* [[George Victor Ferguson]] (1944–1946)

* [[Grant Dexter]] (1946–1954)

* [[Thomas Worrall Kent]] (1954–1959)

* [[Shane MacKay]] (1959–1967)

* [[Richard S. Malone]] (1967–1974)

* [[Peter McLintock]] (1974–1979)

* John Dafoe (1979–1993)

* [[Duncan McMonagle]] (1993–1996)

* [[Nicholas Hirst]] (1996–2005)

* [[Bob Cox (Canadian journalist)|Bob Cox]] (2005–2007)

* [[Margo Goodhand]] (2007–2012)

* [[Paul Samyn]] (2012–present)

==See also==

* [[List of newspapers in Canada]]

== References ==

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[[Category:Lists of newspapers published in Canada|Editors-in-chief]]

[[Category:Canadian newspaper editors| List]]