List of editors-in-chief of the largest newspapers in Canada

This is a list of editors-in-chief of the largest newspapers in Canada by circulation.

Calgary Herald

The Gazette (Montreal)

• Mark Harrison (1977–1989)
• Norman Webster (1989–1993)
• Joan Fraser (1993–1996)
• Alan Allnutt (1996–2000)
• Peter Stockland (2000–2004)
• 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 (1978–1983)
• Norman Webster (1983–1989)
• William Thorsell (1989–1999)
• Richard Addis (1999–2002)
• Edward Greenspon (2002–2009)
• 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 (2003–2005)
• Doug Kelly (2005–2010)
• Stephen Meurice (2010–present)

Ottawa Citizen

• Charles Herbert Mackintosh (1874–1892)
• Hugh Clark 1897–1898
• Edward Morrison (1898–1913)
• Keith Spicer (1985–1989)
• Gordon Fisher (1989–1991)
• James Travers (1991–1996)
• Neil Reynolds (1996–2000)
• Scott Keir Anderson (2000–2007)
• Gerry Nott (2009–present)

La Presse

• William-Edmond Blumhart
• Guy Crevier (2001)
• Philippe Cantin
• André Pratte (2001–present)

The Province

Toronto Star

• Joseph E. Atkinson (1899–1948)
• Harry Comfort Hindmarsh (1948–1955)
• Beland Honderich (1955–1966)
• Peter Newman (1969–1971)
• Robert Nielsen (acting 1971)
• Martin Goodman (1971–1978)
• Denis Harvey (1978–1981)
• George Radwanski (1981–1985)
• Fred Kuntz (2006–2008)
• Giles Gherson (2004–2006)
• Michael Cooke (2009–2018)
• Anne Marie Owens (2021-2024)
• Nicole MacIntyre (2024–present)

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 (1995–1999)
• Mike Strobel (1999–2001)
• Mike Therien (2001–2004)
• 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 (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 (2005–2007)
• Margo Goodhand (2007–2012)
• Paul Samyn (2012–present)

See also

• List of newspapers in Canada

References