Hugh Vernon Stiff (1916–1995) was a Canadian Anglican bishop in the 20th century.

Life and career Stiff was born on 15 September 1916Who was Who 1987-1990: London, A & C Black, 1991 and educated at the University of Toronto. He was a parishioner of the Church of St. Mary Magdalene in Toronto. He was ordained in 1953Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 and began his ordained ministry as missioner at Lintlaw, Saskatchewan. After this, he was Rector of All Saints' Saskatchewan, then Dean of Calgary.

In 1969, he became Bishop of Keewatin. In 1974, he became Dean of Toronto and Rector of St. James Cathedral, until his retirement in 1986. Stiff died on 24 September 1995.

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