List of members of the Order of Ontario

The following is a full list of members of the Order of Ontario, both past and current, in order of their date of appointment.

Members

1987 John Black Aird – 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Ontario Aline Akeson – poverty activist J. M. S. Careless – historian Hon. William G. Davis – Premier of Ontario (1971–1985) Celia Franca – founder of National Ballet of Canada Harry Gairey – civil rights activist Duncan Gordon Roger Guindon – university administrator Dianne Harkin – founder of Women for the Survival of Agriculture Cleeve Horne – portrait painter and sculptor Benjamin Sinclair Johnson – sprinter Franc Joubin – prospector and geologist Johnny Lombardi – pioneer of multicultural broadcasting in Canada Clifford McIntosh – public speaker, author and founder of the Quetico Centre Oskar Morawetz – composer John Polanyi – Nobel laureate Al Purdy – poet James Swail – researcher and developer of assistive devices for the blind Bessie Touzel – social worker and teacher Whipper Billy Watson – professional wrestler, supporter of children's charities

1988 Alex Baumann – competitive swimmer, Olympic medalist June Callwood – journalist, author and social activist Floyd Chalmers – editor, publisher and philanthropist Robertson Davies – novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, professor, founding Master of Massey College Reva Gerstein – first woman Chancellor of the University of Western Ontario (1992–96) Charlotte Lemieux – teacher and public servant Walter Frederick Light – business executive Gordon Lightfoot – singer and songwriter Dennis McDermott – trade unionist, Canadian Director of the United Auto Workers (1968–78), and president of the Canadian Labour Congress (1978–86) Pauline McGibbon – 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Ontario Don Moore – activist and immigration advocate Bernice Noblitt – President of the Federated Women's Institute of Canada, women's rights activist and teacher John C. Parkin – architect Beryl Potter – activist for the rights of people with disabilities John Josiah Robinette – lawyer Murray Ross – founding president of York University Robert B. Salter – Orthopedic surgeon and professor John Weinzweig – composer

1989 Louis Applebaum – composer John W. H. Bassett – publisher, media baron Dorothy Beam – advocate for the rights of the Deaf Leonard Birchall – decorated RCAF pilot (World War II) Violet Blackman – black rights activist Morley Callaghan – author & playwright Paul Charbonneau – priest and founder of Brentwood Recovery Home Charles George Drake – neurosurgeon Anne Gribben – nurse and labour activist James Ham – engineer, administrator and President of the University of Toronto Kenneth Hare – climatologist Daniel Iannuzzi – broadcaster Norman Jewison – film director, producer, actor and founder of the Canadian Film Centre Basil Johnston – Anishinaabe writer & storyteller Cliff Lumsdon – world champion marathon swimmer Janet Murray – nun, educator and hospital administrator Laure Rièse – educator; first female faculty member to obtain a PhD from University of Toronto Harry Thode – geochemist, nuclear chemist, and academic administrator Eberhard Zeidler – architect

1990 James Archibald – veterinary surgeon, organ transplant pioneer Margaret Atwood – writer John Bailey – physician and community organizer Maxwell Enkin – refugee advocate Maureen Forrester – contralto Ursula Franklin – metallurgist, research physicist, author and educator George R. Gardiner – businessman, philanthropist and co-founder of the Gardiner Museum Stanley Grizzle – trade union activist Karen Kain – dancer Vicki Keith – marathon swimmer Wilbert Keon – heart surgeon, scientific researcher Dr. Robert McClure – surgeon, missionary, Moderator of the United Church of Canada (1968–71), social activist Roland Michener – 20th Governor General of Canada Roderick Moran – paediatric dentist and organizer of specialized care clinics for disabled children Brian Orser – figure skater (Olympic medallist/world champion) Clifford Pilkey – trade union leader Wilfrid Sarazin Herbert Smith – engineer and educator Kathleen Taylor – the first woman to chair the board of a major Canadian bank Jean Woodsworth – social worker, women's and seniors' rights activist

1991 Gerald Barbeau John Basmajian – scientist Elisabeth Bednar Agnes Benidickson – first female chancellor of Queen's University Liona Boyd – classical guitarist Clara Bernhardt – writer, poet and composer A. J. Casson – artist, member of the Group of Seven Clifford Chadderton – veteran (World War II), CEO of The War Amps Frances Dafoe – figure skater, World Champion and Olympic medallist Dora de Pedery-Hunt – artist, designer of coins for Royal Canadian Mint John Craig Eaton – businessman John Robert Evans – pediatrician, academic, businessperson, civic leader, founding dean of McMaster University Faculty of Medicine Timothy Findley – author & playwright Mary Lou Fox Wilbur Howard – minister, the first black person to graduate from Emmanuel College and be ordained in the United Church of Canada William Goldwin Carrington Howland – lawyer, judge and former Chief Justice of Ontario Greta Kraus – Harpsichordist, pianist and teacher Sim Fai Liu – doctor and founder of the Mon Sheong Foundation Veronica O'Reilly Tom Patterson – founder of Stratford Festival of Canada Walter Pitman – president of Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (1975–80) Annabel Slaight – teacher, environmentalist and co-founder of OWL Arthur Solomon Louis Temporale – sculptor George Rutherford Walker Lois Miriam Wilson – first female Moderator of the United Church of Canada (1980–82)

1992 Lincoln Alexander – 24th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario Bromley Armstrong – civil rights leader Boris Berlin – pianist, music educator, arranger, and composer Pierre Berton – author, journalist, TV personality Suzanne Rochon-Burnett – first aboriginal person in Canada to own and operate a private commercial radio station Linda Crabtree – writer, advocate and founder of CMT International Stefan Dupré – economist, teacher and administrator William Hutt – actor Germain Lemieux – folklorist and teacher Arthur Martin – justice of the Court of Appeal for Ontario Doris McCarthy – artist Terry Meagher – human rights and labour activist Raymond Moriyama – architect Fraser Mustard – physician and scientist Oscar Peterson – jazz pianist Serafina Petrone – writer, educator and philanthropist Nancy Pocock – activist, advocate for refugees and artist Harry Rasky – documentary film producer Judith Simser – teacher and advocate for the deaf Rose Wolfe – Chancellor of the University of Toronto (1991–1997)

1993 Roberta Bondar – astronaut Pat Capponi – author and advocate for mental health issues and poverty issues Jean-Gabriel Castel – law professor and Professor Emeritus at Osgoode Hall Law School Tirone David – cardiac surgeon Colin diCenzo Budhendra Doobay – cardiologist, heart surgeon and philanthropist Grace Hartman – first female mayor of Sudbury Daniel G. Hill – civil servant, human rights specialist, and Black Canadian historian Thomas Hill – curator, writer, art historian, artist, actor, producer and traditional eskanye singer Karl Kaiser – wine maker and ice wine pioneer Murray Koffler – businessman and philanthropist Benjamin Lu – chemical engineering professor and Professor Emeritus at University of Ottawa Abbyann Lynch – teacher and ethics consultant Lois Marshall – concert soprano Isabel McLaughlin – artist Gunther Plaut – author Paul Rekai – doctor and co-founder of Central Hospital Mary Stuart – administrator and volunteer William Tamblyn – engineer, administrator and first President of Lakehead University Shirley Van Hoof Donald J.P. Ziraldo – wine maker and ice wine pioneer

1994 Prasanta Basu – ophthalmologist, researcher and director of the Eye Bank of Canada (1955-1991) Joan Chalmers – philanthropist Martin Connell – businessman and philanthropist Elsie Cressman – missionary and midwife Lorna deBlicquy – aviator and Canada's first woman Civil Aviation Flight Inspector Selma Edelstone Nicholas Goldschmidt – conductor, first music director of the Royal Conservatory Opera School (University of Toronto) Martha Henry – actress Conrad Lavigne – media executive Donald C. MacDonald – politician Flora MacDonald – politician Edwin Mirvish – businessman, philanthropist and theatrical impresario Alice Munro – writer Phil Nimmons – jazz clarinetist, composer, bandleader Ted Nolan – hockey player and coach George Pedersen – president of University of Western Ontario (1985 to 1994) Ronald Satok – artist Nelles Silverthorne – pediatrician, researcher and vaccine pioneer Elizabeth Thorn Bryan Walls – dental surgeon, historian and author

1995 Doris Anderson – author, journalist, women's rights activist Tim Armstrong – public policy advisor, legal counsel and author Harry Arthurs – lawyer, academic, labour law scholar Douglas Bassett – media executive Thomas Beck – entrepreneur and philanthropist Laurent Belanger – entrepreneur and administrator Marlene Castellano – teacher and researcher Shirley Carr – labour leader, first woman president the Canadian Labour Congress. Angela Coughlan – internationally ranked competitive swimmer, Olympic medallist Corinne Devlin – gynecologist and teacher Robert Filler – surgeon and researcher Ted Hargreaves – businessman and charitable fundraiser Elmer Iseler – conductor of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, founder of the Festival Singers of Canada and the Elmer Iseler Singers Heather Johnston – first lay woman president of the Canadian Council of Churches Vim Kochhar – former senator and co-founder of Rotary Cheshire Homes Linda Lundström – fashion designer Lloyd Perry – lawyer Natavarlal Shah – physician, co-founder of the Sikh Education Research Centre and co-founder of the Mount Carmel Home William Somerville – public servant and administrator

1996 Avie Bennett – businessman and philanthropist Huguette Burroughs – journalist and public servant Herbert Carnegie – hockey player Jesse Davidson & John Davidson – co-founders of the charity Jesse's Journey Clifford R. Evans – labour leader Gregory Evans – judge Ellen Louks Fairclough – first female member of the Canadian federal Cabinet Amber Foulkes Charles Godfrey – physician, professor and former MPP Kamala-Jean Gopie – political activist Chris Hadfield – astronaut Tommy Hunter – country singer Arlette Lefebvre – child psychologist at the Hospital for Sick Children Jeffrey Wan-shu Lo Janet Lunn – children's writer Trisha Romance – artist Etienne Saint-Aubin – lawyer Ezra Schabas – musician, educator and author Al Waxman – actor William Wilkinson Doreen Wicks – humanitarian

1997 John Brooks – founder of the John Brooks Community Foundation and Scholarship Fund François Chamberland Audrey Cole – activist for people with disabilities John Colicos – actor William Coyle – aerospace pioneer Leslie Dan – businessman Michael de Pencier – entrepreneur, environmental investor and publisher Jack Diamond – architect, founding director of the Master of Architecture program at the University of Toronto Charles Dubin – judge Ralph Ellis – filmmaker, documentarian and administrator Larry Grossman – politician Elizabeth Bradford Holbrook – portrait sculptor Abbyann Lynch – medical ethicist Ron Ianni – lawyer, teacher and President of the University of Windsor Roy Laine Moon Lum Kathleen Mann – teacher and choir director Judith Meeks Nancy Raeburn Jack Rabinovitch – philanthropist and founder of the Giller Prize Richard Rohmer – writer Bob Rumball – pastor and advocate for the deaf and those with special needs Nalini Stewart – administrator Paul Tsai

1998 Marion Anderson – Aboriginal band councillor Bluma Appel – philanthropist, arts patron Jean Ashworth Bartle – Founder and director of the Toronto Children's Chorus Allan Leslie Beattie – lawyer, former chairman of the board for the Hospital for Sick Children Irene Broadfoot – community activist